Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Muirshiel Mine, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 4791
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4791.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muirshiel Mine, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°50'48"N
Longitude: 4°44'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.846666666667,-4.7441666666667

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Spinel

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 Fe Mg Mn O Pb S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe Mg Mn O Pb S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum Feldspar None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Strontianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	589

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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