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Locality Name:
Isle Of Lewis And Harris, Na H-Eileanan Siar, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 302039
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302039.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Isle Of Lewis And Harris, Na H-Eileanan Siar, Scotland, UK": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Harris
Lewis

Latitude: 57°58'17"N
Longitude: 6°47'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.971388888889,-6.7855555555556

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 As Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Th U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBerylChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzSapphirineSpinel
TopazZircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Kasolite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sapphirine  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Surinamite  (*)Thorite  (*)Topaz  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)211227113419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)4122704,122706,122709,1227158803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2122707,1227119052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811227044286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22122707,12271127198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811227161008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O311227201797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611227144135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)6122704,122706,122707,122708,122709,1227108173
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O41122704445
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O1122704198
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411227161507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44122704,122706,122707,12271514899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3122704,122706,1227154924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23122704,122709,12271617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24122704,122706,122707,12271139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811227079056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26122704,122706,122709,122715,122716,12271961156
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]1122716129
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511227161516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)33122704,122706,1227151214
Surinamite  (*)SapphirineMg3Al3O(Si3BeAlO15)11227168
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)3122704,122706,1227151006
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F22122703,1227041476
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22122704,1227062718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2122704,122706890
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)6122704,122705,122706,122715,122716,1227185251



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