Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hilderston Silver Mine, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 5295
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5295.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hilderston Silver Mine, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°55'33"N
Longitude: 3°36'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.925833333333,-3.6163888888889

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Harmotome	Nickeline	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Harmotome ()*	Magnetite ()*
Maucherite ()*	Mercury ()*	Nickeline ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Witherite ()*

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Co Fe H Hg Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Co Fe H Hg Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Copper Harmotome Nickeline None Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Vivianite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	445
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	83
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	290
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	161
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	397
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	633
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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