Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sron Gharbh (Sron Garbh), Highland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 272279
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272279.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sron Gharbh (Sron Garbh), Highland, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°40'56"N
Longitude: 4°58'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.682222222222,-4.9763888888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Feldspar	Lapieite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Cooperite ()*	Galena ()*	Keithconnite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malyshevite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Mertieite-II ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Naldrettite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sobolevskite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vaesite ()*
Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Feldspar Lapieite Melonite Mica Millerite
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Stillwaterite Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	124
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	40
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malyshevite ()*	Lapieite	PdCuBiS₃	7
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	155
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	44
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Naldrettite ()*	None	Pd₂Sb	11
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	44
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	106
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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