Type locality (geology)
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Type locality (Latin locus typicus), also called type area or type section, is the locality where a particular rock type, stratigraphic unit or mineral species is first identified.[1]
The term is similar to the term type site in archaeology or the term type specimen in biology.
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List of geological type localities
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Rocks and minerals
- Aragonite: Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Spain
- Autunite: Autun, France
- Benmoreite: Ben More (Mull), Scotland[2]
- Blairmorite: Blairmore, Alberta, Canada
- Boninite: Bonin Islands, Japan[3]
- Comendite: Comende, San Pietro Island, Sardinia[4]
- Coyoteite: Coyote Peak near Orick, California, USA
- Cummingtonite: Cummington, Massachusetts
- Dunite: Dun Mountain, New Zealand.[5]
- Essexite: Essex County, Massachusetts, US[6]
- Fayalite: Horta, Fayal Island, Azores, Portugal
- Harzburgite: Bad Harzburg, Germany
- Hilairite: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
- Icelandite: Þingmúli, Iceland[7]
- Ijolite: Livaara, Kuusamo, Finland[8]
- Kimberlite: Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
- Komatiite: Komati River, South Africa[9]
- Labradorite: Paul's Island, Labrador, Canada
- Lherzolite: Étang de Lers, France (Old spelling was: Étang de Lherz).[5]
- Mimetite: Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Germany
- Mugearite: Mugeary, Skye, Scotland
- Mullite: Isle of Mull, Scotland
- Pantellerite: Pantelleria, off Sicily[10]
- Portlandite: Scawt Hill, Ballygalley, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Rodingite: Roding River, New Zealand.
- Sabugalite: Sabugal, Guarda District, Portugal
- Sovite: Norsjø, Norway[11]
- Strontianite: Strontian, Scotland (also the element strontium derived from the mineral)
- Temagamite: Temagami, Ontario, Canada
- Tonalite: Tonale Pass
- Trondhjemite: Follstad, Støren, Norway[12]
- Tyuyamunite: Tyuya-Muyun, Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan
- Uraninite: Joachimsthal, Austria-Hungary (now Jáchymov, Czech Republic)
- Websterite: Webster in North Carolina.[5]
- Widgiemoolthalite: Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia
Formations and structures
- Bearpaw Formation: Bear Paw Mountains, Montana, USA
- Burgess Shale: Burgess Pass on Mount Burgess, Alberta-BC, Canada
- Caldera: Caldera de Taburiente, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
- Calvert Formation: Calvert Cliffs State Park, Maryland, USA
- Chapel Island Formation: Chapel Island, Newfoundland, Canada
- Chattanooga Shale: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
- Chazy Formation: Chazy, New York, USA
- Coon Creek Formation: Coon Creek, McNairy County, Tennessee, USA
- Fort Payne Formation: Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
- Jacobsville Sandstone: Jacobsville, Michigan, USA
- Holston Formation: Holston River, Tennessee, USA
- St. Louis Limestone: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Ste. Genevieve Limestone: Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, USA
- Temple Butte Limestone: Temple Butte, Grand Canyon, USA[13]
See also
References
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