Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
East Lothian, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 301825
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301825.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Lothian, Scotland, UK": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Dunbar
Dunglass Beach
Fassuelburn
Fidra
Haddington
North Berwick

Latitude: 56°0'33"N
Longitude: 2°37'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.009166666667,-2.6283333333333

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.

Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Kaolinite	None
Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Sodalite	Spinel	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Celestine ()*	Diopside ()*	Fayalite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Powellite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanidine ()*	Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*	Strontianite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Baryte Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Kaolinite None
Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Sodalite Spinel Tridymite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	122366	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	122362	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	122366	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	122366	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	122364,122365	11547
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	122367	1252
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	122362	4135
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	122366	371
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	122364	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	122364	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	122364	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	122362,122366	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	122366	884
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	122366	494
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	122359,122360,122362,122364,122367	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	122362	598
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	122366	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	122362	1934
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	122367	589

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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