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:
Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 2454
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2454.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dunseverick
Port Ganny
Port Noffer

Latitude: 55°14'16"N
Longitude: 6°29'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.237777777778,-6.4858333333333

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	Aragonite	Calcite	Chabazite	Erionite	Gismondine	Natrolite	None	Quartz	Stilbite

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Erionite-K ()*
Erionite-Na ()*	Gismondine ()*	Gobbinsite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Paulingite-K ()*
Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Strontianite ()*

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 H K Na O Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca H K Na O Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Calcite Chabazite Erionite Gismondine Natrolite None Quartz Stilbite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0		1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	121948	27770
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	0		66
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	1	121948	84
Erionite-K ()*	Erionite	K₁₀[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	0		22
Erionite-Na ()*	Erionite	Na₁₀[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	1	121948	13
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	121948	128
Gobbinsite ()*	Gismondine	Na₅(Si₁₁Al₅)O₃₂·11H₂O	1	121948	17
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	0		425
Paulingite-K ()*	None	(K,Ca,Na,Ba, )₁₀(Si,Al)₄₂O₈₄·34H₂O	1	121948	7
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	121948	390
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	121948	189
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	0		589

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061126	Dunseverick, Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK	https://rruff.info/R061126

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