Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Glen Beag, Glenelg, Highland, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 2922
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2922.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glen Beag, Glenelg, Highland, Scotland, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Allt An Fhaing
Balvraid
Beinn A'Chapuill
Corrary
Strath A Chomair

Latitude: 57°10'57"N
Longitude: 5°34'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.1825,-5.5761111111111

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Humite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Diopside ()*	Galena ()*	Omphacite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Humite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Talc Wollastonite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	122467,122470	3419
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122470	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	122471	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	122470	285
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	122467	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	122467,122470	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	122471	24243
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	122467	229
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	122471	39462
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	0		147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	122471	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	122470	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	122471	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	122470	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	122467,122470	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	122470	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	122470	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	122467,122470	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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