Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Marsco, Sligachan, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 8043
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8043.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marsco, Sligachan, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 57°15'7"N
Longitude: 6°8'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.251944444444,-6.1369444444444

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Epidote ()*
Fayalite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite None Not in a structural group
Olivine Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Titanite Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	371
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	271
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	303
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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