Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
South Gloucestershire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 302387
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302387.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Gloucestershire, England, UK": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Almondsbury
Aust
Cromhall
Dodington
Dyrham And Hinton
Rangeworthy
Sodbury
Tortworth
Tytherington
Westerleigh
Wick And Abson
Wickwar
Yate

Latitude: 51°33'29"N
Longitude: 2°27'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.558055555556,-2.4663888888889

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	Alumohydrocalcite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Dundasite	Fluorite
Gypsum	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Allophane ()*	Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Felsőbányaite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Para-alumohydrocalcite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scarbroite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alumohydrocalcite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Dundasite Fluorite
Gypsum Marcasite Melanterite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

25 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	2	121675,121680	470
Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite	CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·4H₂O	1	121680	46
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	121665,121668,121675,121680,121683	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	121665,121667,121668,121675,121680,121683,121687	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	7	121663,121665,121670,121675,121684,121685,121687	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	121675	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	121675	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	121675	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	121675	97
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	1	121675	66
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	121675,121683	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	121675,121680,121683	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2	121675,121680	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	121667,121670,121675,121683	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	121665,121675,121687	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	121665,121668,121675,121683,121687	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	121675	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	121675	915
Para-alumohydrocalcite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite	CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	121675	6
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	121665,121668,121675,121680,121683	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	121663,121670,121675,121677,121683	61156
Scarbroite ()*	None	Al₅(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·5H₂O	1	121675	9
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	121680	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	121675,121680	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	2	121673,121675	589

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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