Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sydney Coalfield, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 31641
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31641.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sydney Coalfield, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Glace Bay
Point Aconi

Latitude: 46°15'59"N
Longitude: 60°9'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.266388888889,-60.151111111111

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.

Alunite	Amarantite	Blödite	Copiapite	Coquimbite	Epsomite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Melanterite
Metavoltine	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Römerite	Starkeyite	Tamarugite	Voltaite

Aluminocopiapite ()*	Alunite ()*	Amarantite ()*	Amarillite ()*	Blödite ()*
Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Dietrichite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hohmannite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metavoltine ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Paracoquimbite ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rhomboclase ()*	Römerite ()*	Rozenite ()*
Sideronatrite ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Voltaite ()*

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K Mg Na O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amarantite Blödite Copiapite Coquimbite Epsomite Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Melanterite
Metavoltine None Not in a structural group Pyrite Römerite Starkeyite Tamarugite Voltaite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aluminocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O	4	31149,31152,31153,31155	50
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		966
Amarantite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·7H₂O	0		22
Amarillite ()*	Tamarugite	NaFe³⁺(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	0		6
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	0		130
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	31155	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	0		136
Dietrichite ()*	Halotrichite	ZnAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	0		15
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	31152	484
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	2	31152,31155	107
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	31155	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	2	31149,31152	409
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	0		251
Hohmannite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·8H₂O	0		10
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	MgFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	31155	54
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	31152,31155	915
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	0		78
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		254
Paracoquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	0		30
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	31149	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	31149,31152,31155	39462
Rhomboclase ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₅O₂)Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂·2H₂O	0		53
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	0		115
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	2	31149,31155	293
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	1	31152	73
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	31152	87
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	0		111

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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