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Locality Name:
D'Orbigny Meteorite, D'Orbigny, Coronel Suaréz, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 256444
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256444.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "D'Orbigny Meteorite, D'Orbigny, Coronel Suaréz, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°40'"S
Longitude: 61°38'60"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.666666666667,-61.65
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 C Ca Fe H Mg N Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mg N Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideCalciteCeriteFeldsparNickelineNoneOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyroxene
SapphirineSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Calcite  (*)Esseneite  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Kirschsteinite  (*)Kuratite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Matyhite  (*)Nitratine  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rhönite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Troilite  (*)Tsangpoite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)Whitlockite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe0166
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Esseneite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe3+AlSiO6017
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)0371
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Kirschsteinite  (*)OlivineCaFe2+(SiO4)033
Kuratite  (*)SapphirineCa2(Fe2+5Ti)O2[Si4Al2O18]02
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Matyhite  (*)CeriteCa9(Ca0.5   0.5)Fe2+(PO4)701
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)091
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Rhönite  (*)SapphirineCa4[Mg8Fe3+2Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36]047
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS01044
Tsangpoite  (*)NoneCa5(PO4)2(SiO4)05
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO40120
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)60104


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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