Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
San Salvador Caves, San Salvador Island, San Salvador District, Bahamas

mindat Locality ID: 25590
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25590.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Salvador Caves, San Salvador Island, San Salvador District, Bahamas": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Biphosphammite	Calcite	Cerite	Fairfieldite	Gypsum	Hopeite	None
Rocksalt

Aragonite ()*	Archerite ()*	Ardealite ()*	Biphosphammite ()*	Brushite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cesanite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Collinsite ()*
Darapskite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hopeite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Monetite ()*	Niter ()*	Nitratine ()*	Whitlockite ()*

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: C Ca Cl F H K Mg N Na O P S Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl F H K Mg N Na O P S Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Biphosphammite Calcite Cerite Fairfieldite Gypsum Hopeite None
Rocksalt

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Archerite ()*	Biphosphammite	H₂K(PO₄)	7
Ardealite ()*	Gypsum	Ca₂(PO₃OH)(SO₄)·4H₂O	30
Biphosphammite ()*	Biphosphammite	(NH₄)H₂(PO₄)	11
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Cesanite ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Na₃(SO₄)₃OH	3
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	203
Collinsite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	38
Darapskite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)(NO₃)·H₂O	31
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hopeite ()*	Hopeite	Zn₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	29
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Monetite ()*	None	Ca(PO₃OH)	21
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	181
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	91
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	104

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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