Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Marble Quarries, Kilchrist, Broadford, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 2955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marble Quarries, Kilchrist, Broadford, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 57°12'38"N
Longitude: 5°56'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.210555555556,-5.9466666666667

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Brucite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gadolinite	Garnet	Harkerite	Humite	Ludwigite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene
Quartz	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Azurite ()*
Brucite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuspidine ()*	Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Ferrobustamite ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Grossular ()*	Harkerite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Humite ()*	Ludwigite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Szaibélyite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
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 B C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Brucite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Gadolinite Garnet Harkerite Humite Ludwigite Malachite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene
Quartz Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wöhlerite Zircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	285
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	236
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	67
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	271
Ferrobustamite ()*	Wollastonite	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	22
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃	52
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Harkerite ()*	Harkerite	Ca₄₈Mg₁₆[AlSi₄O₁₅(OH)]₄(BO₃)₁₆(CO₃)₁₆·2(H₂O,HCl)	11
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	80
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	153
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	87
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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