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:
Staffin, Trotternish, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 29372
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29372.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Staffin, Trotternish, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Flodigarry
Flodigarry Coast
Lealt
Quiraing
Sgurr Mor

Latitude: 57°38'3"N
Longitude: 6°15'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.634166666667,-6.2594444444444

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.

Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Smectite-vermiculite	Stilbite
Thomsonite

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 K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Natrolite None Not in a structural group Smectite-vermiculite Stilbite
Thomsonite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Offretite ()*	Saponite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	4	122565,122568,122569,122570	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122566	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	122566	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	122566,122568,122569,122570	27770
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	3	122565,122569,122570	1271
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	2	122569,122570	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	122570	1236
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	2	122565,122569	146
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	122569	301
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	122565	268
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	122569	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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