Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 17879
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17879.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Spinel	Ullmannite

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: As Cr Fe Ir Ni O Os Pt Rh Ru S Sb

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cr Fe Ir Ni O Os Pt Rh Ru S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Pentlandite Pyrite Spinel Ullmannite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Genkinite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Laurite ()*
Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Genkinite ()*	None	Pt₄Sb₃	12
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	119
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	154
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	226
Osmium ()*	None	Os	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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