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Locality Name:
Keppoch, Dornie, Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 281572
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281572.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Keppoch, Dornie, Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Allt A Mhuilin

Latitude: 56°21'52"N
Longitude: 5°23'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.364444444444,-5.3936111111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteCorundumEpidoteNickelineNoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneRutile
Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)
Grunerite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211226303419
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112263027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611226304135
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1122630371
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6112263084
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)21122630223
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61122630741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3112263014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4112263014899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112263039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211226303106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811226309056
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11226301025


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