Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Blaby, Leicestershire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 302539
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302539.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blaby, Leicestershire, England, UK": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Croft
Enderby
Huncote
Thurlaston

Latitude: 52°34'43"N
Longitude: 1°14'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.578611111111,-1.2380555555556

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.

Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Fluorite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Palygorskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Palygorskite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Fluorite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Palygorskite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	120942,120945	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	120942	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	120950	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	120942	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	120942	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	120942	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	120942	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	120942	7437
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	120942,120948	1271
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	120942	5800
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	120946	306
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	120942	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	120942	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	120942	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	120942	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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