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Locality Name:
South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 301846
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301846.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Ayr
Ballantrae Complex
Carrick Hills
Colmonell
Dunure
Girvan
Knockdolian Hill
Knockormal Hill
Lendalfoot
Maidens
Maybole
Troon

Latitude: 55°17'1"N
Longitude: 4°49'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.283611111111,-4.8316666666667
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: Al Ca Fe H Ir Mg Na O Os Pt Ru S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBowieiteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparHexahydriteNonePectolitePrehnite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTitanite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Augite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erlichmanite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Kashinite  (*)Laurite  (*)
Pargasite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Platinum  (*)Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)Tschermakite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211228873419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11228878803
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611228872060
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611228874135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11228878173
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS21122877110
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)21122887286
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O1122890251
Kashinite  (*)BowieiteIr2S3112287729
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS21122877226
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21122887313
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)4122884,122886,122888,122896363
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1122877485
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22122884,1228911898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27122876,122878,122881,122882,122885,122892,12289461156
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42122880,1228871934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11228874899
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2112288773
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11228871025


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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