Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Arlington Quarry, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 63657
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-63657.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arlington Quarry, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°12'39"N
Longitude: 64°25'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.210833333333,-64.433055555556

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	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Heulandite	Malachite	Mica	Mordenite	Natrolite
None	Quartz	Stilbite	Thomsonite

Analcime ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*
Epistilbite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Malachite ()*	Mesolite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apophyllite Baryte Calcite Clay Heulandite Malachite Mica Mordenite Natrolite
None Quartz Stilbite Thomsonite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	309
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	Ca₃(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	33
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	138
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	303
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	246
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	425
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	405
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	268
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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