Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Portrush, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 18062
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18062.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Portrush, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Craigahulliar Quarry
Islandmore Upper

Latitude: 55°10'59"N
Longitude: 6°37'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.183055555556,-6.6236111111111

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Chabazite	Cristobalite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene

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 Fe H Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Chabazite Cristobalite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Cowlesite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Laumontite ()*

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	121984	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	121983	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	121983	310
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	1	121984	84
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	121983	453
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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