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Locality Name:
Melindwr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK


mindat Locality ID: 29075
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29075.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Melindwr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Goginan

Latitude: 52°24'57"N
Longitude: 3°54'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.415833333333,-3.9058333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteGypsumNonePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
TetrahedriteUllmannite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Bindheimite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71123139450
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32123139,1231401089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112313827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112313927198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3123138,123139,12314124243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11231396890
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11231411725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23123138,123139,12314161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2123138,12313921482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311231395317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS1123139293


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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