Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hagdale Quarry, Baltasound-Haroldswick Area, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 5072
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5072.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hagdale Quarry, Baltasound-Haroldswick Area, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 60°46'16"N
Longitude: 0°-49'-43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.771111111111,-0.82861111111111

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Brucite	Chlorite	Clay	Diaspore	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	None	Pentlandite
Serpentine	Spinel	Woodwardite

Aragonite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dypingite ()*
Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Honessite ()*	Hydrohonessite ()*
Nakauriite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Reevesite ()*	Theophrastite ()*	Zaratite ()*

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 Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Brucite Chlorite Clay Diaspore Garnet Hydrotalcite None Pentlandite
Serpentine Spinel Woodwardite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	50
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	205
Honessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	25
Hydrohonessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)	12
Nakauriite ()*	None	Cu₈(SO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₆·48H₂O	12
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	48
Theophrastite ()*	Brucite	Ni(OH)₂	6
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	56

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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