Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Penmaenmawr, Conwy, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 288112
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288112.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Penmaenmawr, Conwy, Wales, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Craiglwyd Quarry

Latitude: 53°15'34"N
Longitude: 3°55'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.259444444444,-3.9277777777778

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.

Axinite	Epidote	None	Pectolite	Prehnite	Quartz

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 Ca Fe H Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Axinite Epidote None Pectolite Prehnite Quartz

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	123231	260
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	123231	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	123231	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	123231	61156
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	123231	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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