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:
Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 288374
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288374.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Orrock Quarry

Latitude: 56°5'5"N
Longitude: 3°15'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.084722222222,-3.2597222222222

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Diaspore	Marcasite	Natrolite	None	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite
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: Al Ba C Ca Fe H Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Corundum Diaspore Marcasite Natrolite None Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite
Quartz Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	122386	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122386	27770
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	122386	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	122386	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	122386	5674
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	122386	1236
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	122386	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122386	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	122386	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	122386	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	122386	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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