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:
West Lothian, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 301828
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301828.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Lothian, Scotland, UK": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bathgate Hills
Bathville
Linhouse Glen
Linlithgow
Pumpherston
West Calder

Latitude: 55°53'30"N
Longitude: 3°35'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.891666666667,-3.5894444444444

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Harmotome	Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Harmotome ()*
Magnetite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mercury ()*	Nickeline ()*
Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Witherite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Co Fe H Hg Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Copper Harmotome Melanterite Nickeline None Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Vivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	122992	2793
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	122992	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122988	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	122992,122995	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	1	122992	83
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	122992,122995	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	122992	2600
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	122992	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	122992	24243
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	2	122986,122992	290
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	122992	14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1	122992	161
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	122994	915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	122992	397
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2	122985,122992	633
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	122990	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	122994	293
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	122992	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	122992	21482
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	122992	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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