Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 301845
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301845.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bishopton
Hartfield Moss
Linthills And Lairdshide
Lochwinnock
Muirshiel Mine
Paisley

Latitude: 55°49'34"N
Longitude: 4°35'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.826111111111,-4.5980555555556

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.

Allophane	Alum	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coquimbite
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Halotrichite	Harmotome	Malachite	Mica	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Römerite	Spinel	Stilbite
Tamarugite	Thomsonite	Titanite	Voltaite	Wurtzite

Alum-(K) ()*	Alunogen ()*	Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Offretite ()*	Otavite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Römerite ()*	Silver ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Strontianite ()*
Tamarugite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Voltaite ()*

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 Cd Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alum Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coquimbite
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Halotrichite Harmotome Malachite Mica Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Römerite Spinel Stilbite
Tamarugite Thomsonite Titanite Voltaite Wurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	122825	92
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	122825	272
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	122821	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	122824	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	122824	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	122821,122824	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	122820	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	122820,122821,122824	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	122824	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	122820	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	122821	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	122821,122826	3846
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	1	122825	136
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	122821	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	122821	481
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	122820,122824	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	2	122819,122820	717
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	122825	409
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	122821	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	122821,122824	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	122821	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	122824	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	122821	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122821	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	122819,122821	1236
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	122821	146
Otavite ()*	Calcite	Cd(CO₃)	1	122820	25
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	122819,122820,122821	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	122820,122824,122825	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	122824	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	122821,122822,122823,122824	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	1	122825	115
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	122821	5186
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	122821	268
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	122824	589
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	122825	87
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	122821	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	122821	4899
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	122825	111

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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