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Locality Name:
Allt Guibhsachain, Ballachulish, Highland, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 301969
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301969.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Allt Guibhsachain, Ballachulish, Highland, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°40'26"N
Longitude: 5°9'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.673888888889,-5.1608333333333

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteBaddeleyiteBerylBruciteCalciteClayCorundumMicaNickeline
NoneOlivinePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Edenite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Geikielite  (*)Kinoshitalite  (*)Periclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Qandilite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tschermakite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO20238
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)20160
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO3070
Kinoshitalite  (*)Mica ClayBaMg3(Si2Al2O10)(OH)2020
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO0114
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Qandilite  (*)Spinel(Mg,Fe3+)2(Ti,Fe3+,Al)O4011
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2073
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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