Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 53281
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53281.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minginish, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Carbost
Cuillin Hills
Glen Brittle
Loch Eynort

Latitude: 57°14'39"N
Longitude: 6°18'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.244166666667,-6.3025

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum
Gyrolite	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Spinel	Stilbite	Thomsonite	Tobermorite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epistilbite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Tobermorite ()*

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 K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Calcite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Gypsum
Gyrolite Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pectolite Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz
Spinel Stilbite Thomsonite Tobermorite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	122537	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	3	122530,122533,122541	1627
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122537	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	3	122536,122537,122538	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	122530,122531,122533,122536,122541	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	122540	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	122540	3846
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	122535	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	122536,122538,122540	8173
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	1	122533	138
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	122537	371
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	122533	6890
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	1	122533	142
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	122533,122541	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	122535,122536,122538	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	3	122531,122533,122541	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	122530,122533	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	122533	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	122537	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	122533	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	122536,122538,122540	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	122537,122538,122541	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	122533	390
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	122534,122536	1934
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	2	122533,122541	268
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	2	122531,122533	452
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	1	122542	114

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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