Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Steeple With Tyneham, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 302147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Steeple With Tyneham, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Brandy Bay
Povington Clay Pit
Worbarrow Bay

Latitude: 50°37'26"N
Longitude: 2°9'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.623888888889,-2.1630555555556

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite
Vivianite

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mogánite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Fe H K Na O P S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum Gypsum Marcasite None Pyrite Sphalerite
Vivianite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	120622	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	120622	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	120622,120625	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	120625	1252
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	120622,120624,120625	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	120624	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	120625	2228
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	120622,120624	5674
Mogánite ()*	None	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	120625	43
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	120624	254
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	120622,120624,120625	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	120622	21482
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	120622	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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