Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nunney, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 288046
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288046.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nunney, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Colemans Quarry

Latitude: 51°12'17"N
Longitude: 2°23'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.204722222222,-2.3922222222222

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chloroxiphite ()*	Crednerite ()*	Diaboleite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Mendipite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Paralaurionite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	121575	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	121575	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	121575	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	1	121575	83
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	121575	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	121575	4979
Chloroxiphite ()*	None	Pb₃CuO₂Cl₂(OH)₂	1	121575	8
Crednerite ()*	None	CuMnO₂	1	121575	35
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄	1	121575	57
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	121575	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	121575	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	121575	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	121575	14640
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	121575	201
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	121575	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	121575	770
Mendipite ()*	None	Pb₃O₂Cl₂	1	121575	17
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	121575	1107
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	1	121575	46
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	121575	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	121575	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	121575	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	121575	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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