Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 302142
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302142.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bridport
Charmouth
Chickerell
Chideock
Lyme Regis
Osmington
Symondsbury

Latitude: 50°42'2"N
Longitude: 2°44'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.700555555556,-2.7422222222222

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rhabdophane	Sphalerite

Allophane ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bassanite ()*	Calcite ()*
Felsőbányaite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Marcasite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Diaspore Gypsum Marcasite None Pyrite
Quartz Rhabdophane Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	120644	470
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	120652,120654	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	120642	11547
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	3	120642,120649,120650	82
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	120641,120642,120647,120650,120653,120654,120658	27770
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	1	120644	66
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	120655,120658	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5	120640,120642,120644,120650,120654	6890
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	120647,120655	5674
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	120654	254
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	120642,120647,120649,120650,120653,120655,120658	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	120650	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	120658	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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