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Locality Name:
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 750
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 2837
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2837.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK": 88
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 54

Number of Child Localities: 37
Child Localities:
Alford
Arbuthnott
Ballater
Banchory
Beinn A'Bhuird
Belhelvie
Botriphnie
Braemar
Brindy Hill South Slope
Cairn Gorm
Call Hill
Crathie
Ellon
Fenella Den
Fettercairn
Gamrie Bay
Glen Lui
Huntly
Insch
Inverurie
Keith
Lecht Mines
Leslie
Loch Avon
Long Gallery
Mt Battock
Murdoch's Cairn
North Esk
Peterhead
Portknockie
Portsoy
Premnay
Queel Burn
Rhynie
St Cyrus
Stonehaven
Strathdon

Latitude: 57°12'1"N
Longitude: 2°43'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.200277777778,-2.7191666666667

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.

Andalusite	Arrojadite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Coronadite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Humboldtine	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite	Mica
Milarite	Molybdenite	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Oxalate	Pectolite	Pentlandite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Stilbite
Talc	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Valleriite	Vesuvianite

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 B Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arrojadite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Coronadite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Humboldtine Hydrotalcite Kaolinite Mica
Milarite Molybdenite Mordenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Oxalate Pectolite Pentlandite Prehnite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Stibnite Stilbite
Talc Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Valleriite Vesuvianite

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Armenite ()*	Arrojadite-(KFe) ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Birnessite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Corundum ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrosilite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Glushinskite ()*	Grossular ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lindbergite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*
Macaulayite ()*	Margarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyroaurite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Stellerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Valleriite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xonotlite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	122096	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			3	122057,122076,122129	1310
Armenite ()*	Milarite	BaCa₂(Al₆Si₉)O₃₀·2H₂O			1	122078	23
Arrojadite-(KFe) ()*	Arrojadite	(KNa)Fe²⁺(CaNa₂)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂			1	122141	50
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0	0	1	122099	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	122078,122120	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			2	122063,122069	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			9	122059,122063,122069,122083,122088,122106,122111,122113,122116	4286
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O			1	122089	178
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	122106	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	122065,122093	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	122094	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	122065	577
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	122122,122123	951
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	122078	1025
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	122129	1797
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	750	0	1	122109	599
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	122068	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	122122	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	122106	8173
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆			1	122142	84
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			3	122065,122067,122069	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	122078	24243
Glushinskite ()*	Humboldtine Oxalate	Mg(C₂O₄)·2H₂O	0	0	1	122100	5
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			3	122068,122086,122122	1544
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	122065	469
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	122102	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			2	122070,122076	1507
Lindbergite ()*	Humboldtine Oxalate	Mn(C₂O₄)·2H₂O	0	0	1	122109	12
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	750	0	1	122109	210
Macaulayite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄Si₄O₄₃(OH)₂			1	122102	2
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	750	0	0		168
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	122065,122104	5800
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O			1	122136	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	122072,122075,122102,122106	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			4	122065,122067,122075,122106	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)			1	122098	363
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	122094	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	122098,122106	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	122078	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	122110	89
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	122078,122094	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			19	122061,122064,122075,122078,122079,122081,122082,122090,122098,122102,122112,122114,122118,122124,122125,122129,122130,122133,122139	61156
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	122092	253
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	122093	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	122065	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	122075,122106	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			2	122076,122091	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	122067,122078	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			1	122117	688
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O			2	122135,122136	189
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	122108	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	122122	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	122078	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			3	122073,122080,122082	1476
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]			1	122094	237
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	122068	1395
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			3	122065,122067,122069	1655
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂			1	122098	109

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_596	Glushinskite, a dihydrate of magnesium oxalate, occurs at the lichen/rock interface on serpentinite colonized by Lecanora atra at Mill of Johnstone, near Insch in north-east Scotland
Michelle_719	The deposit was formed by the weathering of the local Dalradian sequence. This yielded solutions rich in iron, manganese and other trace elements which subsequently ponded, producing a seepage-bog type ironstone. The permeable breccia acted as a channel-way for these supergene iron-manganese solutions.
Michelle_720	The Lecht Mine deposit was formed by the weathering of the local Dalradian sequence. Local oxalate crystallization is found as a result of lichen growth on primary minerals.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Michelle_596	0	0	Recent	Age of glushinskite	high	Glushinskite	145515	Mill Of Johnston, Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK	Mill Of Johnstone	Wilson et al. (1980)		MM43_837	Age of lichen/mineralization
Michelle_719	750	500	Dalradian	Age of host rock			52786	Lecht Mines, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK	Lecht Mines	Nicholson and Anderton (1989)	10.1017/S0263593300014437	EESTRSE80_143	Age of Dalradian rocks that host the supergene Lecht Mines
Michelle_720	0	0	Recent	Age of oxalate mineralization	high	Lindbergite	52786	Lecht Mines, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK	Lecht Mines	Wilson and Jones (1983)	10.1144/GSL.SP.1983.011.01.01	GSLSP11_5	Recent lichen growth occurs on Fe-Mn ores

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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