Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cerros Pintados ("Cerro Pintados"), Pampa Del Tamarugal, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 686
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-686.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerros Pintados ("Cerro Pintados"), Pampa Del Tamarugal, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile": 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.

Amarantite	Botryogen	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Khademite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Tamarugite
Tengerite

Alunogen ()*	Amarantite ()*	Amarillite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Apjohnite ()*
Botryogen ()*	Butlerite ()*	Cadwaladerite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Goldichite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hohmannite ()*	Jurbanite ()*
Khademite ()*	Kimuraite-(Y) ()*	Mendozite ()*	Metahohmannite ()*	Metasideronatrite ()*
Misenite ()*	Parabutlerite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amarantite Botryogen Gypsum Halotrichite Khademite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Scheelite Tamarugite
Tengerite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	272
Amarantite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·7H₂O	22
Amarillite ()*	Tamarugite	NaFe³⁺(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	6
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Apjohnite ()*	Halotrichite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	28
Botryogen ()*	Botryogen	MgFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	45
Butlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	26
Cadwaladerite ()*	None	Al₂(H₂O)(OH)₄·n(Cl,OH^-,H₂O)	2
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	137
Goldichite ()*	None	KFe³⁺(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	12
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	409
Hohmannite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·8H₂O	10
Jurbanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	7
Khademite ()*	Khademite	Al(SO₄)F·5H₂O	15
Kimuraite-(Y) ()*	Tengerite	CaY₂(CO₃)₄·6H₂O	10
Mendozite ()*	None	NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	28
Metahohmannite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	9
Metasideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·H₂O	28
Misenite ()*	None	K₈(SO₄)(SO₃OH)₆	4
Parabutlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	23
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	265
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	87
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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