River Taf Valley, Wales, UKi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| River Taf Valley | Valley |
| Wales | Country |
| UK | Country |
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Locality type:
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Dyfed
Other Languages:
French:
Tâf, Pays de Galles, Royaume-Uni
Welsh:
Afon Taf, Cymru, Y Deyrnas Unedig
Breton:
Stêr Tâf, Kembre, Rouantelezh-Unanet
Cebuano:
Afon Taf, Wales, Hiniusang Gingharian
Dutch:
Tâf, Wales, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Serbian:
Тав, Велс, Уједињено Краљевство
Serbo-Croatian:
Tâf, Wales, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
Swedish:
Afon Taf, Wales, Storbritannien
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities5 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 Habit: good Colour: clear Description: microspecimen I only identified on going back over my samples collected in 2003 & 4 now that I have a microscope (June 2007) Reference: collected july 2003 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS Reference: Metal Mines of Southern Wales, G W Hall, 1971 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: Mining Journal 1879 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS Reference: Metal Mines of Southern Wales, G W Hall, 1971 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Pb | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
Fossils
There are 6 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.BETA TEST - These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 65 | |||||||||
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| Youngest Fossil Listed | 446 Ma (Late/Upper Ordovician) | |||||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 466 Ma (Middle Ordovician) | |||||||||
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| Fossil Localities | Click to show 6 fossil localities |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Taf |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q2373449 |
| GeoNames ID: | 2636330 |
Localities in this Region
- Wales
- Pembrokeshire
- Crymych
- Pembrokeshire
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