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:
Strathglass, Highland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 29409
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29409.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Strathglass, Highland, Scotland, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Loch Na Meine Mine
Struy

Latitude: 57°24'26"N
Longitude: 4°41'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.407222222222,-4.6947222222222

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Harmotome	Marcasite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Zircon

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Harmotome ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
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: Al Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Harmotome Marcasite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	122654	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	122654,122656	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	122657	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122656	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	122654	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	122656	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	122654,122656	24243
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	2	122654,122656	290
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	122656	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	122654,122656	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	122656	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	122654	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	122654,122656	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	122654,122656	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	122654,122658	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	122657	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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