Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Andalusite Locality, Alta Vista, Campbell Co., Virginia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 108545
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108545.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Andalusite Locality, Alta Vista, Campbell Co., Virginia, USA": 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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Chloritoid	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite

Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Corundum ()*	Crandallite ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*

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 Fe H K Na O P Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Na O P Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Chloritoid Clay Corundum Diaspore Garnet Kaolinite Mica None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Spinel Staurolite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	376
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	310
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	247
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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