Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Shetland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 2888
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2888.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shetland, Scotland, UK": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Fetlar
Haaf Grunay
Mainland
Unst
Yell

Latitude: 60°31'2"N
Longitude: 1°7'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.517222222222,-1.1258333333333

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay
Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corrensite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Hydrotalcite
Malachite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Potarite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Scapolite	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Ullmannite	Vivianite	Woodwardite	Zircon

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg Ir K Mg Na Ni O Os P Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H O P S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay
Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corrensite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Garnet Hydrotalcite
Malachite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Potarite Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Scapolite Sepiolite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Staurolite Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite
Ullmannite Vivianite Woodwardite Zircon

77 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Breithauptite ()*	Brucite ()*	Brugnatellite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinoclase ()*
Copper ()*	Cornubite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dozyite ()*
Dypingite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Genkinite ()*	Geversite ()*
Godlevskite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Honessite ()*	Hongshiite ()*	Hydrohonessite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Iridium ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laurite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marialite ()*
Maucherite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nakauriite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Nontronite ()*	Orcelite ()*	Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Potarite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reevesite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Silver ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Stibiopalladinite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Theophrastite ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tolovkite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Violarite ()*	Vivianite ()*
Zaratite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	4	122844,122849,122864,122869	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122844	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	122864,122869	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122861	3250
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	2	122867,122868	175
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	3	122838,122859,122871	462
Brugnatellite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·4H₂O	1	122871	32
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	122864,122869	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	122867	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2	122845,122846	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	9	122837,122838,122841,122859,122861,122862,122867,122868,122871	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	122861	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	4	122851,122861,122862,122867	1756
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	1	122842	127
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	122859,122867	3846
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	122842	109
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	122842	175
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	122842	2970
Dozyite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Mg₇Al₂(Si₄Al₂)O₁₅(OH)₁₂	1	122862	3
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	122861	50
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	122844,122845	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	122845	9617
Genkinite ()*	None	Pt₄Sb₃	3	122837,122859,122868	12
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂	2	122867,122868	38
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	122859,122867	40
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	122861	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	122867	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	122861	1544
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	3	122859,122861,122867	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	122846	14640
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	4	122837,122859,122867,122868	119
Honessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	1	122861	25
Hongshiite ()*	None	PtCu	2	122867,122868	27
Hydrohonessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)	1	122861	12
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	122846	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	4	122837,122859,122867,122868	154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	122868	162
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	3	122845,122846,122853	1507
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	4	122837,122859,122867,122868	226
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	122867	359
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	2	122862,122867	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	122851,122859,122867	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	122839,122854	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1	122858	139
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1	122867	161
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2	122859,122867	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122873	17380
Nakauriite ()*	None	Cu₈(SO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₆·48H₂O	1	122861	12
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	122867	633
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	122849	471
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)	1	122867	36
Osmium ()*	None	Os	4	122837,122859,122867,122868	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	5	122837,122859,122861,122867,122868	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	122864,122869	2273
Potarite ()*	Potarite	PdHg	1	122867	25
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	2	122838,122859	89
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	122867	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	122842,122845,122848,122864	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	122861	48
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	122846	5614
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	122871	241
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	122867	5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	122867	337
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	122859	978
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1	122867	75
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	122864,122866,122869,122870	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Theophrastite ()*	Brucite	Ni(OH)₂	1	122861	6
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	122858	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	122846	4899
Tolovkite ()*	Cobaltite	IrSbS	1	122868	13
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	122864	652
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	122867	380
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	0		636
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	2	122861,122871	56
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	122858	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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