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:
Duirinish, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 53282
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53282.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Duirinish, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dunvegan

Latitude: 57°24'19"N
Longitude: 6°43'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.405277777778,-6.7225

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.

Analcime	Apophyllite	Calcite	Chabazite	Copper	Gismondine	Gypsum	Gyrolite	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Stilbite	Thomsonite

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Copper ()*	Cowlesite ()*
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gypsum ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Laumontite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Offretite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stellerite ()*
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apophyllite Calcite Chabazite Copper Gismondine Gypsum Gyrolite Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Stilbite Thomsonite

17 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	2	122517,122518	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	122517,122518	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	122517	310
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	122517	3846
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	2	122517,122518	84
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gismondine	Ca₃(Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂)·14H₂O	1	122517	66
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	122517	6890
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	1	122517	142
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	1	122517	85
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	122517	1271
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	2	122517,122519	425
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	122518	146
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	122517	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	122516	61156
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	122517	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	122517	268
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	3	122517,122518,122519	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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