Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Maam Cross, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland

mindat Locality ID: 286041
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286041.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maam Cross, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ardragh Quarry
Walsh's Quarry

Latitude: 53°24'14"N
Longitude: 9°32'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.403888888889,-9.5427777777778

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.

Allanite	Baryte	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Epidote	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Titanite	Tourmaline

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 C Ca Ce F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Baryte Calcite Chlorite Clay Epidote Fluorite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Titanite Tourmaline

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	67898	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	67898	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	67898	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67898	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	67898	577
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	67898,67899	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	67898	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	67898	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	67898	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	67898	2705
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	67898	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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