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Locality Name:
Isle Of Rum, Highland, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 3009
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3009.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Isle Of Rum, Highland, Scotland, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hallival Hill
Rum Central Complex
Sgurr Mor

Latitude: 56°59'14"N
Longitude: 6°19'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.987222222222,-6.3313888888889
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: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Cr Cu Fe Ir Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Te Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideBaddeleyiteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteDigeniteFeldsparFluoriteMeloniteNickeline
NoneOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSpinelZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braggite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hongshiite  (*)Irarsite  (*)
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Keithconnite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Moncheite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Spinel  (*)Telluropalladinite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zirkelite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11224951036
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO21122497238
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411224965516
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S41122496101
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11224965707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22122496,12249727198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411224963902
Copper  (*)CopperCu11224963846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11224964165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11224961027
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11224951188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112249724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2122496,12249730554
Hongshiite  (*)NonePtCu112249627
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS1122496154
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe1122496128
Keithconnite  (*)NonePd20Te7112249640
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)1122496116
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4112249614899
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)21122496133
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82122496,1224971512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112249739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82122496,1224979056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11224965186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs21122496337
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411224961934
Telluropalladinite  (*)NonePd9Te4112249615
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11224965251
Zirkelite  (*)Fluorite(Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x112249627


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