Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Baddeleyite	Beryl	Brucite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Mica	Nickeline
None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Andalusite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edenite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Geikielite ()*	Kinoshitalite ()*	Periclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Qandilite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Tremolite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Zircon ()*

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:
Amphibole Andalusite Baddeleyite Beryl Brucite Calcite Clay Corundum Mica Nickeline
None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	238
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	160
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	70
Kinoshitalite ()*	Mica Clay	BaMg₃(Si₂Al₂O₁₀)(OH)₂	20
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	114
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Qandilite ()*	Spinel	(Mg,Fe³⁺)₂(Ti,Fe³⁺,Al)O₄	11
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	73
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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