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:
Swansea, Wales, UK

mindat Locality ID: 23975
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23975.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Swansea, Wales, UK": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bishopston
Gleision Colliery
Llanrhidian
Middleton
Oystermouth
Southgate

Latitude: 51°36'10"N
Longitude: 4°4'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.602777777778,-4.0666666666667

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Marcasite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Wavellite

Baryte ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Crandallite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore Marcasite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Wavellite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	123598	11547
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	123596	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	123597,123598,123603,123605,123607	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	123597	577
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	123596	310
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	123595	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	123597,123607	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	123597,123598,123603,123605	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	123597	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	123597,123607	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	123597	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	123596	61156
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	123596	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	2	123596,123601	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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