Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 526
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-526.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Cape Sharp
Clarke Head
Partridge Island
Swan Creek
Two Islands (Brothers)
Wasson Bluff (Wasson's Bluff)
West Bay

Latitude: 45°22'38"N
Longitude: 64°17'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.377222222222,-64.294166666667

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	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Gmelinite	Gypsum	Heulandite	Malachite	Mica	Mordenite	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Spinel	Stilbite	Stilpnomelane
Thomsonite	Titanite

Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Azurite ()*	Barrerite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*
Chlorapatite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Epidote ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Galena ()*	Gmelinite-Na ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marialite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*	Vésigniéite ()*	Yarrowite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Analcime Apatite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chabazite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Gmelinite Gypsum Heulandite Malachite Mica Mordenite Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Spinel Stilbite Stilpnomelane
Thomsonite Titanite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	6	31195,31196,31197,31198,31199,31200	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	31195	1588
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	31195	718
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	31197	5509
Barrerite ()*	Stilbite	Na₂(Si₇Al₂)O₁₈·6H₂O	2	31194,31196	23
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	31197,31198,31199	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	31194,31195,31196,31197,31198,31199	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	31196	309
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	3	31197,31198,31199	310
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	31196	66
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	31195	203
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	31197,31199	3531
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	Ca₃(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	1	31199	33
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	31198,31199	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	31199	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	31195	8173
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	1	31196	138
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	31196	24243
Gmelinite-Na ()*	Gmelinite	Na₄(Si₈Al₄)O₂₄·11H₂O	1	31198	25
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	31195	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	31195,31196,31198	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	31199	246
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	31199	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	31196	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	31197,31198	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1	31195	139
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	6	31194,31196,31197,31198,31199,31200	1236
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	31197	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	31195	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	31194,31195,31196,31198,31199	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	31195	5614
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	31199	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	2	31196,31199	268
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	31196	456
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	31199	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	31195	4899
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	31197	46
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	1	31197	70

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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