Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Glen Brittle, Minginish, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 53280
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53280.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glen Brittle, Minginish, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Coire Lagon
Sgurr Nam Boc

Latitude: 57°12'14"N
Longitude: 6°18'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.203888888889,-6.3061111111111

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	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite
Quartz	Stilbite

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 Cu Fe H Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Calcite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite
Quartz Stilbite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*
Laumontite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	122541	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122541	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	122540	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	122540	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	122540	8173
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	122541	1271
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	122541	425
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122540	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	122541	61156
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	122541	268

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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