Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cheddar, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 225379
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225379.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cheddar, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Batts Coombe Quarry
Callow Hill Quarry

Latitude: 51°17'37"N
Longitude: 2°47'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.293611111111,-2.7852777777778

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite None Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaboleite ()*	Galena ()*
Hydrocerussite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	121604,121605	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	121604	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	121604	27198
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄	1	121604	57
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	121604	24243
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	121604	201
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	121604	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	121604	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	121604	1711
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	121604	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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