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Locality Name:
Mérida, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 208896
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208896.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mérida, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Carija Hill
Mines Hill (Cerro De Las Minas)
Wollastonite Occurrence

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H O P U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClinozoisiteEpidoteFritzscheiteNoneOlivinePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
TurquoiseVesuvianiteWollastonite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Francevillite  (*)Halite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sabugalite  (*)
Sylvite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)
Vanuralite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111025527770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611102554135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211102559895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11102558173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11102551188
Francevillite  (*)FritzscheiteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O111025343
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11102551398
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1110254443
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111025561156
Sabugalite  (*)NoneHAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16H2O087
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl1110255275
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O11102541059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211102552562
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1110254484
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1110253628
Vanuralite  (*)NoneAl(UO2)2(VO4)2(OH)·8.5H2O11102533
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011102551395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO32110253,1102551247


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