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


mindat Locality ID: 187898
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187898.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Clinty Quarry
Craigs Quarry
Dungonnell Dam
Scottstown Quarry (Cross Moorfield Quarry)

Latitude: 54°56'44"N
Longitude: 6°12'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.945555555556,-6.2094444444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 F H K Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApophylliteAragoniteCalciteGyroliteNatroliteNoneQuartzThomsonite

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Gyrolite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Quartz  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11219251627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11219213250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3121921,121922,12192527770
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O1121925303
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O2121922,121925142
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O11219211236
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112192561156
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O1121925452


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