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Locality Name:
Kailua, Oahu, Honolulu Co., Hawaii, USA


mindat Locality ID: 56430
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56430.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kailua, Oahu, Honolulu Co., Hawaii, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kapaa Quarries
Keolu Hills
Puu O Ehu Quarry

Latitude: 21°23'34"N
Longitude: 157°44'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.392777777778,-157.74555555556
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 K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeAragoniteCalciteChabaziteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCristobaliteEpidote
HeulanditeKaoliniteMicaMordeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartz
Smectite-vermiculite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epistilbite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Mordenite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Saponite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Siderite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12039251627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3203925,203926,2039273250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612039262060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2203925,20392627770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21203925309
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O1203926310
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21203926453
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12039258173
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O3203925,203926,203927138
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33203925,203926,20392714640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O1203926246
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312039265433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412039265591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O3203925,203926,2039271271
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12039261508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O2203926,203927405
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O3203925,203926,203927471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12039262994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2120392539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23203925,203926,20392761156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1203925301
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O1203925390
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12039266417
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1203926652


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