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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Assynt, Highland, Scotland, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 434
Youngest recorded age at locality: 386

mindat Locality ID: 31910
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31910.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Assynt, Highland, Scotland, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ledmore
Loch Assynt
Loch Borrolan

Latitude: 58°5'59"N
Longitude: 4°58'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.099722222222,-4.9683333333333

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBruciteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetHumiteNoneQuartzTalcWollastonite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vishnevite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)343438611224161534
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21122412462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112241227770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O4343861122416232
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F21122412285
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11224138173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3112241414640
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)43438611224162349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112241461156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22122412,1224143337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211224142562
Vishnevite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite CancriniteNa8(Al6Si6)O24(SO4)·2H2O434386112241621
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311224121247



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000861MAGMATIC STYLE: Plug-like body, probably some 10s of metres across, but poor outcrop obscures extent. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, nepheline syenite, pseudoleucite syenite (borolanite), syenite and quartz syenite; fenite.
Jen_0000862MAGMATIC STYLE: Plug-like body, probably some 10s of metres across, but poor outcrop obscures extent. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, nepheline syenite, pseudoleucite syenite (borolanite), syenite and quartz syenite; fenite.


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0000861402386394±8K-Ar       282070Loch Borrolan, Assynt, Highland, Scotland, UKBorralanWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000862434426430±4U-Pb zircon   Zircon  282070Loch Borrolan, Assynt, Highland, Scotland, UKBorralanWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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