Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 300669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Beith
Great Cumbrae
Isle Of Arran
Kaim Hill
Kilbirnie
Largs

Latitude: 55°43'11"N
Longitude: 4°49'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.719722222222,-4.8330555555556

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	Allophane	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Edingtonite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Harmotome	Malachite	Mica	Millerite	Mordenite	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sapphirine
Spinel	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tobermorite	Topaz	Tridymite	Wurtzite	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: Ag Al Au Ba Be C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Se Si Sr Ti U V Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Allophane Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Edingtonite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Harmotome Malachite Mica Millerite Mordenite Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pectolite Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sapphirine
Spinel Thomsonite Titanite Tobermorite Topaz Tridymite Wurtzite Zircon

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allophane ()*	Analcime ()*
Andradite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edingtonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Ferrosilite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Millerite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Naumannite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Offretite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Roscoelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Strontianite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	122730	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	122729,122744	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	122733	706
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	122730	470
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	122729,122736	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	122729	1534
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122729	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122729	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	122733	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	122729,122730,122740,122750	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	122734,122741	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	122729	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	122729,122730,122733	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	122729	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	122729,122730	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	122729	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	122729	1025
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	122732	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	122729	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	122729	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	122729,122733	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	122730	9895
Edingtonite ()*	Edingtonite	Ba(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·4H₂O	1	122729	26
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	122729,122740	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	2	122733,122746	371
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122733	271
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	1	122733	84
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	122730,122744	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	122729	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	122729	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	122732	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	122729	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	122729	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	122730	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	122729	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	122729	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	122733	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	122729,122733	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	122729,122733	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	122729	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	122730	1066
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	122746	405
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	2	122729,122732	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122729	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	122729,122736	1236
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	122732	192
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	122736	884
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	122729	146
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	122737,122739,122744	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	122749	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	122729,122749	1898
Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH,O)₂·H₂O	1	122729	30
Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Mn²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	122729	15
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	122730	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	122729,122730,122733,122737,122739,122742,122744,122746,122747,122752	61156
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122732	253
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	122730	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	122729	5186
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	122730	589
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	2	122729,122730	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	122729	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	1	122749	114
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	122735,122741	1476
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	2	122729,122732	605
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	122733	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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