Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Martinique, French West Indies, France

mindat Locality ID: 186195
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186195.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Martinique, French West Indies, France": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Fort-de-France
La Trinité
Le Diamant
Le Lamentin
Le Marin
Le Morne-Vert
Le Prêcheur
Le Vauclin
Les Anses-d'Arlet
Les Trois-Îlets
Saint-Pierre
Sainte-Anne
Sainte-Luce

Latitude: 14°36'15"N
Longitude: 61°1'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.604166666667,-61.028055555556

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aphthitalite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Corundum
Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Sulphur	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Alunogen ()*	Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Metathénardite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*
Opal ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Salammoniac ()*
Sanidine ()*	Spinel ()*	Sulphur ()*	Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*
Variscite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg N Na O P S Si Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aphthitalite Baryte Beryl Calcite Clay Corundum
Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Sulphur Titanite Tridymite Zircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	53748	2353
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	2	53750,53751	272
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	53754	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	53728	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	53729,53743	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	53726,53731	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	53726,53741,53747	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	4	53728,53744,53748,53751	1008
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	53736,53748	327
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	53724,53751	944
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	53731,53747,53756	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	53739	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	53741,53742,53751	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	53726,53748	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	53748	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	53736,53748,53751	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	53726	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	53736	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	53736,53743,53748,53751	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	0		425
Metathénardite ()*	Aphthitalite	Na₂(SO₄)	1	53751	4
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	0		405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	53726	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	53751	128
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3	53747,53751,53754	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	53724	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	53724,53726,53729,53731,53732,53734,53736,53743,53744,53747,53748,53751,53754,53756	61156
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	1	53751	105
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	53748	598
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	53728	1934
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	53751	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	53748	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	53751	458
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	2	53728,53738	301
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	53748	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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