Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Builth Wells, Powys, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 287755
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287755.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Builth Wells, Powys, Wales, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Llanelwedd Quarry

Latitude: 52°9'29"N
Longitude: 3°23'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.158055555556,-3.3872222222222

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Clay	Corrensite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite	Talc

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Clay Corrensite Mica None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pumpellyite Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Corrensite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	123482	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	123482	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	123482	309
Corrensite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)₉(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀·nH₂O	1	123482	49
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	123482	1271
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	123482	1898
Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH,O)₂·H₂O	1	123482	30
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	123482	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	123482	301
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	123482	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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