Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rhiwnant Mine, Rhayader, Powys, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 297737
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-297737.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rhiwnant Mine, Rhayader, Powys, Wales, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°14'35"N
Longitude: 3°37'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.243055555556,-3.6261111111111

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.

Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

Ankerite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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