Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Letterfearn, Highland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 226251
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226251.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Letterfearn, Highland, Scotland, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Faire Donn

Latitude: 56°21'52"N
Longitude: 5°27'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.364444444444,-5.4583333333333

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Talc	Wollastonite

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 O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Talc Wollastonite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122588	3419
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122588	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	122588	4135
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	122588	741
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	122588	1507
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	122588	39462
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	122588	1516
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122588	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122588	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	122588	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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