Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Montcada Hill Quarry (Pedrera Del Turó De Montcada), Montcada I Reixac, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 55716
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55716.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montcada Hill Quarry (Pedrera Del Turó De Montcada), Montcada I Reixac, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°28'50"N
Longitude: 2°10'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.480555555556,2.1805555555556

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.

Allophane	Alumohydrocalcite	Alunite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Beraunite	Calcioferrite
Calcite	Cerite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite	Copper	Diaspore	Malachite	Marcasite
Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alumohydrocalcite Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Beraunite Calcioferrite
Calcite Cerite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite Copper Diaspore Malachite Marcasite
Melanterite None Not in a structural group Phosphosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Allophane ()*	Aluminocopiapite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Alunite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beraunite ()*	Calcioferrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Crandallite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Delvauxite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Evansite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Huntite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Koninckite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metavariscite ()*	Mitridatite ()*	Montgomeryite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Opal ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Strengite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tinticite ()*	Variscite ()*	Whitlockite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	470
Aluminocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O	50
Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite	CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·4H₂O	46
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	136
Calcioferrite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgFe³⁺₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	9
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	310
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Delvauxite ()*	Amorphous	CaFe³⁺₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₈·4-5H₂O	41
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Evansite ()*	Amorphous	Al₃(PO₄)(OH)₆·8H₂O	56
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	69
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Koninckite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·3H₂O	19
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	234
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Metavariscite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	27
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	129
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	44
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	128
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	254
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	182
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	263
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Tinticite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·3H₂O	19
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	301
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	104

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R080094	Montcada Hill Quarry (Pedrera Del Turó De Montcada), Montcada I Reixac, Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain	https://rruff.info/R080094

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