Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Rhandirmwyn, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 279756
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279756.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rhandirmwyn, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Nantymwyn Mine (Cerrigmeyn Mine)

Latitude: 52°5'6"N
Longitude: 3°46'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.085,-3.7702777777778

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Vivianite

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: As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Vivianite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	123082	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	123082	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	123082	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	123082	27198
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	123082	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	123082	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	123082	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	123082	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	123082	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	123082	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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