Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wasson Bluff (Wasson's Bluff), Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 4526
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4526.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wasson Bluff (Wasson's Bluff), Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°23'30"N
Longitude: 64°14'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.391666666667,-64.241944444444

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.

Allophane	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Copper	Heulandite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Stilbite	Thomsonite

Analcime ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Laumontite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite-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 Ba C Ca Cu H K Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Baryte Calcite Chabazite Copper Heulandite Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Quartz Stilbite Thomsonite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	310
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	Ca₃(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	33
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	246
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	268
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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