Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Unst, Shetland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 3021
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3021.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unst, Shetland, Scotland, UK": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Baltasound-Haroldswick Area
Clay Geo
Clibberswick
Cliff Quarry
Harold's Grave Quarry
Lunda Wick
Quoys
Swinna Ness

Latitude: 60°33'58"N
Longitude: 1°8'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.566111111111,-1.1466666666667

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper
Corrensite	Diaspore	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Potarite
Pyrite	Quartz	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc	Ullmannite	Woodwardite

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 As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir K Mg Ni O Os Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite Copper
Corrensite Diaspore Garnet Hydrotalcite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Potarite
Pyrite Quartz Sepiolite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Staurolite Talc Ullmannite Woodwardite

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Brucite ()*
Brugnatellite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Dozyite ()*	Dypingite ()*	Genkinite ()*
Geversite ()*	Godlevskite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Honessite ()*	Hongshiite ()*	Hydrohonessite ()*
Irarsite ()*	Iridium ()*	Laurite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Millerite ()*	Nakauriite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Orcelite ()*	Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Potarite ()*
Pyroaurite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reevesite ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Silver ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Talc ()*
Theophrastite ()*	Tolovkite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Violarite ()*	Zaratite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	122864,122869	3419
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	122864,122869	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122861	3250
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	2	122867,122868	175
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	122871	462
Brugnatellite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·4H₂O	1	122871	32
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	122864,122869	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	122867	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	5	122861,122862,122867,122868,122871	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	122861	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3	122861,122862,122867	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	122867	3846
Dozyite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Mg₇Al₂(Si₄Al₂)O₁₅(OH)₁₂	1	122862	3
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	122861	50
Genkinite ()*	None	Pt₄Sb₃	1	122868	12
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂	2	122867,122868	38
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	122867	40
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	122861	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	122867	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	122861	1544
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	2	122861,122867	205
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	2	122867,122868	119
Honessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	1	122861	25
Hongshiite ()*	None	PtCu	2	122867,122868	27
Hydrohonessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)	1	122861	12
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	2	122867,122868	154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	122868	162
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	2	122867,122868	226
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	122867	359
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	2	122862,122867	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	122867	14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1	122867	161
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	122867	1066
Nakauriite ()*	None	Cu₈(SO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₆·48H₂O	1	122861	12
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	122867	633
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)	1	122867	36
Osmium ()*	None	Os	2	122867,122868	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	3	122861,122867,122868	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	122864,122869	2273
Potarite ()*	Potarite	PdHg	1	122867	25
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	0		89
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	122867	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	122864	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	122861	48
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	122871	241
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	122867	5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	122867	337
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1	122867	75
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	122864,122866,122869,122870	3337
Theophrastite ()*	Brucite	Ni(OH)₂	1	122861	6
Tolovkite ()*	Cobaltite	IrSbS	1	122868	13
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	122864	652
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	122867	380
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	2	122861,122871	56

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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