Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Loch Scridain, Isle Of Mull, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 2947
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2947.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loch Scridain, Isle Of Mull, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Loch Scridain (north Of)
Pennycross Sapphire Occurrence (Sgeir An Fhèidh To Crois An Ollaimb)
Port Na Cloidheig

Latitude: 56°21'50"N
Longitude: 6°4'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.363888888889,-6.0780555555556

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: Al Ca Fe H Mg O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CorundumNoneNot in a structural groupPseudobrookiteSpinel

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Corundum  (*)Laumontite  (*)Mullite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O32122198,1221991797
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O11221991271
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)2122199,12220078
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O51122199164
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411221991934



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-189Loch Scridain, Isle Of Mull, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UKhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-176-to-fkm-200/#FKM-189


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