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Locality Name:
Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 37286
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37286.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grade-Ruan, Cornwall, England, UK": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kennack
Ruan Major
Ruan Minor
South Wheal Treasure (South Wheal Treasury)

Latitude: 50°0'28"N
Longitude: 5°10'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.007777777778,-5.1822222222222
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 Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeCalciteClayCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnetNone
PrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzSepioliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalcVesuvianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Analcime  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Copper  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pargasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Talc  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211175873419
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O2117589,1175921627
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211175823092
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)22117581,117584718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41117584708
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5117579,117582,117584,117587,11759127770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42117579,1175873902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)44117580,117582,117584,117591951
Copper  (*)CopperCu2117584,1175933846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62117582,1175874135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23117579,117582,1175889895
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)32117582,1175911544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111757914640
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4111758273
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311175915433
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)44117580,117582,117584,117591359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43117579,117583,11758414899
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11175882349
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21117592313
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211175911898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22117584,11758739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111757961156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O2117581,117583301
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O3117579,117582,117584241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11175796417
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)26117579,117581,117582,117583,117584,1175903337
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011175821395
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11175911025


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