Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Northern Ireland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 14094
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14094.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northern Ireland, UK": 140
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 96

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Barrack Mts
Co. Antrim
Co. Armagh
Co. Down
Co. Fermanagh
Co. Londonderry
Co. Tyrone

Latitude: 54°37'51"N
Longitude: 6°48'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.630833333333,-6.8058333333333

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	Apatite	Aphthitalite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte
Beryl	Bismutite	Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Cerite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Edingtonite	Epidote	Erionite	Ettringite	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gadolinite	Gismondine	Gmelinite	Gyrolite	Harmotome	Heulandite	Hydrotalcite	Iron	Lévyne
Melilite	Mica	Milarite	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Perovskite	Prehnite
Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Stilbite	Tetrahedrite	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tobermorite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Tridymite
Wollastonite	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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti U V W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aphthitalite Apophyllite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte
Beryl Bismutite Brucite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Cerite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Cristobalite Edingtonite Epidote Erionite Ettringite Feldspar
Fluorite Gadolinite Gismondine Gmelinite Gyrolite Harmotome Heulandite Hydrotalcite Iron Lévyne
Melilite Mica Milarite Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Perovskite Prehnite
Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite
Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Stilbite Tetrahedrite Thomsonite Titanite Tobermorite Topaz Tourmaline Tridymite
Wollastonite Zircon

129 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Afwillite ()*	Åkermanite ()*	Albite ()*	Allophane ()*
Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bicchulite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Bredigite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cebollite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite-Mg ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Chromite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*
Cowlesite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Danalite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Edingtonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erionite-Ca ()*	Erionite-K ()*
Erionite-Na ()*	Ettringite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(Na) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Garronite-Ca ()*
Gehlenite ()*	Gismondine ()*	Gmelinite-Na ()*	Gobbinsite ()*	Gold ()*
Gonnardite ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Halite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Iron ()*
Killalaite ()*	Larnite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lévyne-Ca ()*	Maghemite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Merwinite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Mordenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Offretite ()*	Okenite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Paranatrolite ()*	Paulingite-K ()*	Pectolite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Plombièrite ()*	Portlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Rankinite ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Russellite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Saponite ()*
Scawtite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sekaninaite ()*
Siderophyllite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spurrite ()*	Stellerite ()*
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Strontianite ()*	Tacharanite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*
Tobermorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*
Vaterite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xonotlite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	121979	1022
Afwillite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂]·2H₂O	2	121960,121979	41
Åkermanite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂MgSi₂O₇	2	121960,121979	50
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	121996,122009,122010,122011,122015	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	121960	470
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	21	121909,121911,121925,121937,121946,121947,121952,121953,121954,121958,121964,121967,121968,121975,121977,121979,121981,121984,121990,122001,122040	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	121930	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	3	121962,121979,122010	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	121912,121921	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	122046,122047	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	4	121937,121979,121982,122035	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	122031,122047	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	122010,122011,122015,122024	4286
Bicchulite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Ca₂Al₂SiO₆(OH)₂	1	121960	6
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	2	122012,122025	716
Bredigite ()*	None	Ca₇Mg(SiO₄)₄	3	121960,121972,121979	13
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	38	121911,121912,121914,121916,121917,121918,121921,121922,121925,121926,121931,121932,121935,121937,121948,121951,121953,121954,121958,121960,121961,121964,121965,121968,121969,121970,121972,121977,121979,121981,121983,121998,122009,122015,122031,122037,122040,122043	27770
Cebollite ()*	Melilite	Ca₅Al₂(SiO₄)₃(OH)₄	1	121979	13
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	122043	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	122031	4979
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	7	121939,121961,121962,121983,121987,122009,122015	310
Chabazite-Mg ()*	Chabazite	(Mg_0.7K_0.5Ca_0.5Na_0.1)[Al₃Si₉O₂₄]·10H₂O	1	121962	2
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	2	121947,121962	66
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	121908	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	122009,122031,122046,122047	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	122015	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	122035	3902
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	121978	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	121916,121953,122003	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	121996	1008
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	10	121911,121917,121918,121948,121954,121964,121977,121981,121984,121998	84
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	3	121973,121983,121995	453
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	121953	2970
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	122015	58
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	121979	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	122031,122046,122047	9895
Edingtonite ()*	Edingtonite	Ba(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·4H₂O	1	122031	26
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	122009,122030	8173
Erionite-Ca ()*	Erionite	Ca₅[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	5	121911,121915,121955,121957,121981	31
Erionite-K ()*	Erionite	K₁₀[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	1	121947	22
Erionite-Na ()*	Erionite	Na₁₀[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	1	121948	13
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	1	121979	93
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	122025	551
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	2	122018,122019	196
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	2	121925,122009	303
Fluorapophyllite-(Na) ()*	Apophyllite	NaCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	121956	10
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	122009,122011,122015,122016	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1	122017	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	122031,122046	24243
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gismondine	Ca₃(Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂)·14H₂O	12	121933,121946,121952,121970,121975,121976,121977,121990,121994,121998,122000,122001	66
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	2	121960,121979	114
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	5	121948,121975,121981,121990,122001	128
Gmelinite-Na ()*	Gmelinite	Na₄(Si₈Al₄)O₂₄·11H₂O	2	121968,121977	25
Gobbinsite ()*	Gismondine	Na₅(Si₁₁Al₅)O₃₂·11H₂O	5	121948,121964,121967,121968,121977	17
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	122046,122047	30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	5	121953,121963,121964,121967,121977	167
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	10	121912,121916,121917,121922,121925,121931,121935,121937,121960,121990	142
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	121929	1398
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	122031	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	121936,121993,121996	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	122047	804
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	122015	246
Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ca₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(Cl,CO₃,OH)₂·4H₂O	1	121979	30
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)	2	122012,122025	57
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	122035	1089
Killalaite ()*	None	Ca_6.4[H_0.6Si₂O₇]₂(OH)₂	1	121960	5
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	3	121960,121972,121979	48
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	121982,122009	1271
Lévyne-Ca ()*	Lévyne	Ca₃(Si₁₂Al₆)O₃₆·18H₂O	3	121968,122039,122041	42
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	121993	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	121960,121979,121996,122016	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	122035	230
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	1	121960	23
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	9	121913,121917,121935,121937,121947,121954,121958,121998,122036	425
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	121956	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	122011,122024	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	13	121909,121912,121921,121940,121946,121952,121953,121964,121968,121975,121976,121977,122001	1236
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	121915	146
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	1	121979	71
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	122011	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	122011,122015,122016	2349
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Milarite	KMg₂Al₃(Al₂Si₁₀)O₃₀	1	121996	42
Paranatrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	2	121962,121964	19
Paulingite-K ()*	None	(K,Ca,Na,Ba, )₁₀(Si,Al)₄₂O₈₄·34H₂O	1	121948	7
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	121979	363
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2	121960,121979	495
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	122035	303
Plombièrite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂(H₂O)₂·(Ca·5H₂O)	3	121960,121972,121979	28
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂	2	121960,121979	51
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122010	1898
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	121995	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	122031,122046,122047	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	122026	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	17	121912,121925,121942,121944,121947,121979,122009,122011,122015,122016,122020,122021,122022,122024,122031,122046,122047	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	121963	177
Rankinite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₂O₇	1	121979	25
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	121978	253
Russellite ()*	None	Bi₂WO₆	2	122012,122025	40
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	121996	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	6	121916,121917,121937,121963,121970,122015	301
Scawtite ()*	None	Ca₇(Si₃O₉)₂(CO₃)·2H₂O	3	121960,121972,121979	25
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	122025	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	122016	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	3	121948,121970,122009	390
Sekaninaite ()*	Beryl	Fe²⁺₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	121986	35
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	122014,122015	92
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	122031,122046	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	121960,121979	1934
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	2	121960,121979	54
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	5	121927,121947,121948,121991,122010	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	2	122009,122015	268
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	121947	589
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	1	121960	47
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	122035	703
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	122047	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	122046,122047	5317
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	122035	116
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	122029	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	8	121916,121918,121925,121937,121946,121977,121981,122043	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	121960,121979,122024	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	3	121960,121972,121979	114
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	4	122011,122012,122014,122015	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122009	2562
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	3	121991,121996,122035	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	122035	1044
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	1	121972	37
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	3	121960,121979,122006	1247
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	2	121960,121979	109
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	122011	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061126	Dunseverick, Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK	https://rruff.info/R061126
R061091	Carneal, Glenoe, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK	https://rruff.info/R061091
R070530	Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK	https://rruff.info/R070530

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