Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Raith, Fife, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 2841
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2841.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Raith, Fife, Scotland, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chapel Quarry

Latitude: 56°6'46"N
Longitude: 3°11'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.112777777778,-3.1975

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	Calcite	Clay	Gadolinite	Garnet	None	Pectolite	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Talc

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 Fe H Mg Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Clay Gadolinite Garnet None Pectolite Pyrite Sphalerite Talc

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Datolite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Grossular ()*	Opal ()*
Pectolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122394	27770
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	122394	498
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	122394	9895
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	122394	1544
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	122394	2994
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	122394	363
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	122394	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	122394	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122394	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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