Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Thurstaston Beach, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1592
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1592.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thurstaston Beach, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 53°20'15"N
Longitude: 3°8'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.3375,-3.1427777777778

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	Analcime	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Feldspar	Natrolite	Nickeline	None
Olivine	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Thomsonite	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Edenite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*	Staurolite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Feldspar Natrolite Nickeline None
Olivine Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile Spinel Staurolite Thomsonite Titanite Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	160
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	371
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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