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Locality Name:
Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 287601
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287601.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Thurstaston Beach
Wallasey

Latitude: 53°22'24"N
Longitude: 3°4'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.373333333333,-3.0791666666667
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumFeldsparNatroliteNickelineNone
OlivinePrehnitePyritePyroxeneRutileSpinelStauroliteThomsoniteTitaniteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Edenite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211210113419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11210118803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11210111627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11210113250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611210112060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112101127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112101127198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611210114135
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)21121011160
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1121011371
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3112101114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311210135433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4112101114899
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O11210111236
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11210112349
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211210111898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112101139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811210119056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211210115614
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1121011978
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O1121011452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11210114899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211210112562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11210115251


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