Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Joya Neighborhood, Daule Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador

mindat Locality ID: 246980
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246980.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Joya Neighborhood, Daule Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 2°1'40"S
Longitude: 79°54'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -2.0277777777778,-79.914166666667

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	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Quartz

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 O Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar None Not in a structural group Prehnite Quartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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