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Locality Name:
Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 28473
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28473.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chipping Sodbury Quarry (Hampstead Farm Quarry)

Latitude: 51°33'19"N
Longitude: 2°23'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.555277777778,-2.3961111111111

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAlumohydrocalciteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDiasporeDundasiteFluorite
GypsumMarcasiteMelanteriteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Felsőbányaite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Para-alumohydrocalcite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scarbroite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1121675470
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)112167511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112167527770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11216751252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11216754979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112167527198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211216759895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O112167597
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O112167566
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211216759617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112167524243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)31121675504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11216757437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11216756890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3112167514640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211216755674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1121675915
Para-alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·6H2O11216756
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112167539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112167561156
Scarbroite  (*)NoneAl5(CO3)(OH)13·5H2O11216759
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112167521482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1121675589



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