Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ross Creek, Bay Of Fundy, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 33819
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33819.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ross Creek, Bay Of Fundy, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ross Creek (east)
Woodworth Cove

Latitude: 45°14'44"N
Longitude: 64°27'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.245555555556,-64.456944444444

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.

Calcite	Diaspore	Heulandite	Malachite	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Stilbite

Barrerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Goethite ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Quartz ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*

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 Fe H K Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Diaspore Heulandite Malachite Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Quartz Stilbite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Barrerite ()*	Stilbite	Na₂(Si₇Al₂)O₁₈·6H₂O	1	31331	23
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	Ca₃(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	0		33
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	0		138
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	0		246
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	2	31330,31331	405
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	0		1236
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	31330,31331	61156
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	0		189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	0		268

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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