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Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, USAi
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GlasgowCity
Barren CountyCounty
KentuckyState
USACountry

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Type:
City
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PlacePopulation
Glasgow14,470 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
287195
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:287195:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


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7 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Daubréelite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2S4
ⓘ Lawrencite
Formula: (Fe2+,Ni)Cl2
Description: A corrosive product of terrestrial weathering discovered in iron meteorites. For several decades this Cl-bearing mineral was incorrectly believed to be a preterrestrial component of some meteorites.
ⓘ 'Limonite'
Description: Weathering issues are obvious.
ⓘ Native Iron
Formula: Fe
ⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)
ⓘ Pentlandite
Formula: (NixFey)Σ9S8
Description: Troilite, intact in some places, is weathered to pentlandite in others.
ⓘ 'Plessite'
ⓘ Schreibersite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)3P
Description: At grain boundaries and as 1-3 µ rhabdites.
ⓘ Taenite
Formula: (Ni,Fe)
Description: Usually as ribbons
ⓘ Troilite
Formula: FeS
Description: As rounded & rhombic nodules (often with included daubréelite)

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Iron1.AE.05Fe
ⓘvar. Kamacite1.AE.05(Fe,Ni)
ⓘTaenite1.AE.10(Ni,Fe)
ⓘSchreibersite1.BD.05(Fe,Ni)3P
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘPentlandite2.BB.15(NixFey)Σ9S8
ⓘTroilite2.CC.10FeS
ⓘDaubréelite2.DA.05Fe2+Cr3+2S4
Group 3 - Halides
ⓘLawrencite3.AB.20(Fe2+,Ni)Cl2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Limonite'-
ⓘ'Plessite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

PPhosphorus
Pⓘ Schreibersite(Fe,Ni)3P
SSulfur
Sⓘ DaubréeliteFe2+Cr23+S4
Sⓘ Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8
Sⓘ TroiliteFeS
ClChlorine
Clⓘ Lawrencite(Fe2+,Ni)Cl2
CrChromium
Crⓘ DaubréeliteFe2+Cr23+S4
FeIron
Feⓘ DaubréeliteFe2+Cr23+S4
Feⓘ Native IronFe
Feⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite(Fe,Ni)
Feⓘ Lawrencite(Fe2+,Ni)Cl2
Feⓘ Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8
Feⓘ Schreibersite(Fe,Ni)3P
Feⓘ Taenite(Ni,Fe)
Feⓘ TroiliteFeS
NiNickel
Niⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite(Fe,Ni)
Niⓘ Lawrencite(Fe2+,Ni)Cl2
Niⓘ Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8
Niⓘ Schreibersite(Fe,Ni)3P
Niⓘ Taenite(Ni,Fe)

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed359 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Oldest Fossil Listed419 Ma (Early/Lower Devonian)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Asteracanthus siderius
species		Animalia : Chordata : Acrodontidae : Asteracanthus : Asteracanthus siderius419.2 - 358.9 Ma
Devonian
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow,_Kentucky
Wikidata ID:Q1762833
GeoNames ID:4292826

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