Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Aughrim Hill, Kilkeel, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 283297
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283297.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aughrim Hill, Kilkeel, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Aughrim Quarry

Latitude: 54°5'41"N
Longitude: 6°2'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.094722222222,-6.0344444444444

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	Apophyllite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Stilbite

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apophyllite Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Quartz Stilbite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	122009	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122009	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	122009	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	122009	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	122009	8173
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	122009	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	122009	9617
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	122009	1271
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	122009	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	122009	390
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	122009	268
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122009	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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