Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 301840
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301840.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Barrhead
Neilston

Latitude: 55°47'45"N
Longitude: 4°24'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.795833333333,-4.4130555555556

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	Allophane	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Feldspar	Malachite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Talc
Thomsonite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*	Silver ()*	Talc ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Analcime Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Feldspar Malachite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Talc
Thomsonite

21 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	122370	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	122370	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	122370	1627
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	122370	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122370	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	122370	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	122370	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	122370	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	122370,122371	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	122370	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	122370	2970
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	122370	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	122370	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	122370	12537
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	122370	1236
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122370	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	122370	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	122370	301
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	122370	5186
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122370	3337
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	122370	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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