Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Escambray Mountain (Sierra De Escambray), Villa Clara Province, Cuba

Oldest recorded age at locality: 73
Youngest recorded age at locality: 71

mindat Locality ID: 25618
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25618.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Escambray Mountain (Sierra De Escambray), Villa Clara Province, Cuba": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°14'13"N
Longitude: 79°53'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.236944444444,-79.896944444444

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.

Amphibole	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Lawsonite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Titanite	Tridymite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Augite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Deerite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Jadeite ()*	Katophorite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Lawsonite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Omphacite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Taramite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Mg Na O Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Lawsonite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Serpentine Titanite Tridymite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	73	71	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	73	71	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	73	71	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	73	71	708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	73	71	2060
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	73	71	376
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	73	71	951
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	73	71	1025
Deerite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₆Fe³⁺₃(Si₆O₁₇)O₃(OH)₅	73	71	27
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	73	71	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	73	71	8173
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	73	71	286
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	73	71	154
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	73	71	46
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	73	71	1507
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	73	71	121
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	73	71	359
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	73	71	884
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	73	71	229
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	73	71	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	73	71	5614
Taramite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	73	71	10
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	73	71	4899

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_088	73	71	72±1	Ar/Ar			muscovite				Muscovite			25618	Escambray Mountain (Sierra De Escambray), Villa Clara Province, Cuba	[Yayabo Quarry]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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