Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Dunseverick, Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 39320
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39320.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dunseverick, Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°14'2"N
Longitude: 6°26'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.233888888889,-6.4361111111111

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	Erionite	Gismondine	Natrolite	None	Stilbite

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 Ba C Ca H K Na O Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Erionite Gismondine Natrolite None Stilbite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Erionite-Na ()*	Gismondine ()*	Gobbinsite ()*
Paulingite-K ()*	Scolecite ()*	Stellerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	84
Erionite-Na ()*	Erionite	Na₁₀[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	13
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	128
Gobbinsite ()*	Gismondine	Na₅(Si₁₁Al₅)O₃₂·11H₂O	17
Paulingite-K ()*	None	(K,Ca,Na,Ba, )₁₀(Si,Al)₄₂O₈₄·34H₂O	7
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	189

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061126	Dunseverick, Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK	https://rruff.info/R061126

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