Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Guainos Bajos Outcrops (Adra-Motril Highway), Adra, Almería, Andalusia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 132515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guainos Bajos Outcrops (Adra-Motril Highway), Adra, Almería, Andalusia, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°44'53"N
Longitude: 3°3'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.748055555556,-3.0641666666667

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Titanite ()*

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: Al Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Titanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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