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:
Dyer Quarry, Gickerville (Gibralter), Birdsboro, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 27682
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27682.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dyer Quarry, Gickerville (Gibralter), Birdsboro, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°16'5"N
Longitude: 75°51'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.268055555556,-75.858055555556

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apophyllite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Gadolinite	Löllingite	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Skutterudite	Stilbite
Thomsonite	Titanite	Vivianite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Datolite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Laumontite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Okenite ()*	Opal ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Safflorite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Stellerite ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*

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 As B C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apophyllite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Gadolinite Löllingite Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Pectolite Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Skutterudite Stilbite
Thomsonite Titanite Vivianite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	161
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	814
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	303
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	71
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	375
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	317
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	531
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	189
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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