Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland

mindat Locality ID: 41747
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41747.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland": 70
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Barnahallia
Carna
Carrowroe South
Claggan Quarry
Clifden
Cornamona
Costelloe
Glinsk
Gorumna Island
Kinvarra
Maam Bridge
Maam Cross
Moycullen
Oughterard
Recess
Rossaveel
Spiddal
Toombeola

Latitude: 53°23'14"N
Longitude: 9°37'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.387222222222,-9.6241666666667

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.

Allanite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chabazite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Dundasite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Gypsum	Heulandite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Sulphur	Titanite
Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allophane ()*	Anatase ()*
Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Langite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Sulphur ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chabazite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Dundasite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Gypsum Heulandite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Sulphur Titanite
Tourmaline Vesuvianite Wollastonite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	67858	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	67858,67872,67873	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	67898	706
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	67896	470
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	67898	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	67870	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67913	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	8	67872,67880,67894,67898,67905,67907,67913,67922	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	15	67858,67868,67872,67880,67881,67889,67894,67896,67898,67901,67907,67909,67911,67912,67913	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	67883	4979
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	67858	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	16	67858,67868,67872,67875,67876,67877,67880,67893,67894,67905,67907,67909,67910,67911,67913,67922	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	2	67883,67898	577
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	67870	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	67926	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	67858,67873,67909	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	67909,67913	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	67896	97
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	67858,67883,67920,67927	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	67860	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	16	67868,67880,67881,67883,67888,67894,67898,67899,67902,67909,67913,67920,67922,67923,67924,67927	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24	67872,67875,67876,67878,67880,67883,67893,67894,67896,67898,67901,67902,67904,67905,67906,67907,67909,67910,67911,67913,67914,67915,67922,67923	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	67858,67873	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	67896	6890
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	67858	246
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	67926	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	67865	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	67880	5591
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	67909	593
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	67859,67926	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	67922	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	67877	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4	67858,67859,67860,67865	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	67880	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20	67858,67859,67865,67867,67872,67875,67876,67877,67886,67896,67898,67901,67905,67907,67909,67910,67913,67915,67922,67923	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	67875,67876	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	27	67858,67859,67865,67867,67868,67872,67875,67876,67877,67880,67883,67885,67886,67888,67889,67893,67894,67898,67907,67909,67910,67911,67913,67914,67922,67923,67924	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	67858,67909,67911	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	67898	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	67872,67883,67894,67901,67909,67913,67914,67915	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	67926	1934
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	67858	268
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	67903	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	67898	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	67858,67917	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	67858,67873	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	67858	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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