Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 3035
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3035.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loanhead Quarry, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°46'0"N
Longitude: 4°36'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.766666666667,-4.6091666666667

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	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Edingtonite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Harmotome
Malachite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel
Thomsonite	Titanite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Edingtonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Grossular ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Offretite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Vanadinite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Edingtonite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Harmotome
Malachite Mica Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pumpellyite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel
Thomsonite Titanite Wurtzite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Edingtonite ()*	Edingtonite	Ba(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·4H₂O	26
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	146
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH,O)₂·H₂O	30
Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Mn²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	15
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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