Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii Co., Hawaii, USA

mindat Locality ID: 122809
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122809.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii Co., Hawaii, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Halemaumau Crater

Latitude: 19°24'20"N
Longitude: 155°16'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.405555555556,-155.28083333333

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.

Aphthitalite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Cubanite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kieserite	None
Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur

Anorthite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Augite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Salammoniac ()*	Sulphur ()*	Thénardite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Chalcopyrite Corundum Cristobalite Cubanite Feldspar Gypsum Halotrichite Kieserite None
Olivine Pentlandite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	203909	1036
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	0		77
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	203909	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	203909	453
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	0		409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	203909	14640
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	0		56
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	0		191
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	0		80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	203909	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	0		1512
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	0		105
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	0		299

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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