Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Torrin, Broadford, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 25854
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25854.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Torrin, Broadford, Isle Of Skye, Highland, Scotland, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Camas Malag
Loch Slapin

Latitude: 57°11'20"N
Longitude: 6°'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.188888888889,-6.0094444444444

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.

Calcite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Harkerite	Humite	Ludwigite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pyroxene	Spinel	Wollastonite

Andradite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Datolite ()*	Ferrobustamite ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Grossular ()*
Harkerite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Ludwigite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Monticellite ()*	Szaibélyite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Gadolinite Garnet Harkerite Humite Ludwigite Malachite None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pyroxene Spinel Wollastonite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	122510	1534
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	122510	5509
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	1	122510	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122510	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	122510	5707
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	2	122510,122511	236
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	122510	498
Ferrobustamite ()*	Wollastonite	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	122510	22
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃	1	122510	52
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	122510	1544
Harkerite ()*	Harkerite	Ca₄₈Mg₁₆[AlSi₄O₁₅(OH)]₄(BO₃)₁₆(CO₃)₁₆·2(H₂O,HCl)	1	122510	11
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	122510	741
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	122510	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	122510	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	122510	12537
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	122510	153
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	1	122510	87

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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