Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fron Olau, Prenteg, Gwynedd, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 286127
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286127.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fron Olau, Prenteg, Gwynedd, Wales, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Twll Maen Grisial

Latitude: 52°56'49"N
Longitude: 4°6'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.946944444444,-4.1102777777778

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.

Apatite	Brookite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Monazite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ce F Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Brookite Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Kaolinite Monazite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Titanite

15 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	123410	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	123410	2162
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	123410	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	123410	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	123410	577
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	123410	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	123410	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	123410	7437
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	123410	62
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	123410	5433
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	123410	945
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	123410	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	123410	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	123410	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	123410	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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