Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fife, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 16513
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16513.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fife, Scotland, UK": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Aberdour
Balmullo
Burnt-Island
Cupar
Elie Ness (Ruby Bay)
Glen Farg
Kincardine
Kirkcaldy
Long Craig Island
Luthrie
Newburgh
Pettycur
Raith
Shore Of The Tay
St. Andrews

Latitude: 56°11'47"N
Longitude: 3°11'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.196388888889,-3.1844444444444

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Gadolinite	Garnet
Gypsum	Harmotome	Malachite	Marcasite	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Zircon

Analcime ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Datolite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Opal ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sr U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Gadolinite Garnet
Gypsum Harmotome Malachite Marcasite Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite
Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Talc Zircon

30 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	1	122387	1627
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	122378	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	122375,122378,122386	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	122375,122386,122394	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	122396	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	122375	27198
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	122394	498
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	122394	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	122386	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	122384,122394	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	122375	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	122375	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	122386	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	122383,122387	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	122382	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	122378	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	122386	5674
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	122378	443
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	122388	405
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	122386	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	122394	2994
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	2	122386,122394	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122386	1898
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	122378	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	122375,122386,122394	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	122382	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	122375,122379,122381,122386,122388,122389,122390,122391,122392,122395	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	122386,122394	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122394	3337
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	122382	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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