Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 302146
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302146.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Furzeyground Clay Pit
Hawkpost Pit
Kimmeridge
Steeple With Tyneham
Studland
Swanage
Trigon Hill Clay Pit
West Lulworth
Worth Matravers

Latitude: 50°38'50"N
Longitude: 2°6'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.647222222222,-2.1147222222222

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.

Alum	Aluminite	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Gypsum	Marcasite	Melanterite
None	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Vivianite

Alum-(K) ()*	Aluminite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mogánite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 P S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Aluminite Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum Gypsum Marcasite Melanterite
None Pyrite Sphalerite Vivianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	120619	92
Aluminite ()*	Aluminite	Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₄·7H₂O	1	120635	78
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	120622,120637	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	120620,120622,120635,120637	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	120620,120622,120625,120629,120630,120633,120634,120635,120637,120638	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	4	120625,120630,120633,120638	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	120620	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	10	120619,120620,120622,120624,120625,120629,120633,120634,120635,120637	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	120624	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	120625,120627,120634	2228
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	6	120620,120622,120624,120633,120635,120637	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	120620,120627	915
Mogánite ()*	None	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	120625,120633	43
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	120624,120635	254
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	120620,120622,120624,120625,120627,120629,120634,120635,120637	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	120622	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	120630	589
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	120622	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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