Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Costelloe, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland

mindat Locality ID: 286270
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286270.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Costelloe, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cloughmore North Quarry
Larkin's Quarry
Shannapheasteen

Latitude: 53°17'55"N
Longitude: 9°28'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.298611111111,-9.4711111111111

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite
Mica None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	67880	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	67880,67881	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	67883	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	67880	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	67883	577
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	67883	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	67880,67881,67883	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	67880,67883	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	67880	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	67880	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	67880,67883	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	67883	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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