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Locality Name:
Killin, Stirling, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 2995
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2995.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Killin, Stirling, Scotland, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Coire Fionn Lairige
Corrycharmaig
Creag Na Caillich
Tomnadashan

Latitude: 56°30'16"N
Longitude: 4°18'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.504444444444,-4.3008333333333
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb Pt Ru S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicBaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparKaolinite
MalachiteMeneghiniteMolybdeniteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentine
SpinelStibniteTalcTitanite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Diopside  (*)Galena  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laurite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31122969315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11229698803
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)112296911547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11229691966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311229691935
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112296927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112296927198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411229673902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41122967951
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611229674135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112296924243
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S21122967205
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411229695591
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS21122967226
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112296912537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211229695800
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1122967485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23122966,122968,12296939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23122966,122968,12296961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23122966,122968,1229695614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11229696417
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22122967,1229693337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11229691101
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11229694899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211229672562


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