Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Loch Scridain, Isle Of Mull, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 2947
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2947.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loch Scridain, Isle Of Mull, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Loch Scridain (north Of)
Pennycross Sapphire Occurrence (Sgeir An Fhèidh To Crois An Ollaimb)
Port Na Cloidheig

Latitude: 56°21'50"N
Longitude: 6°4'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.363888888889,-6.0780555555556

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.

Corundum	None	Not in a structural group	Pseudobrookite	Spinel

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 Ca Fe H Mg O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum None Not in a structural group Pseudobrookite Spinel

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Corundum ()*	Laumontite ()*	Mullite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	122198,122199	1797
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	122199	1271
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	2	122199,122200	78
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	122199	164
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	122199	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-189	Loch Scridain, Isle Of Mull, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UK	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-176-to-fkm-200/#FKM-189

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