Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Punta Del Aguila, Playa Blanca, Yaiza, Lanzarote, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 10673
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10673.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Punta Del Aguila, Playa Blanca, Yaiza, Lanzarote, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°51'20"N
Longitude: 13°48'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.855555555556,-13.810833333333

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Chabazite	Chlorite	Clay	Gismondine	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Smectite-vermiculite
Thomsonite

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cowlesite ()*
Gobbinsite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Offretite ()*
Saponite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Todorokite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Chabazite Chlorite Clay Gismondine Natrolite None Not in a structural group Smectite-vermiculite
Thomsonite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	66
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	84
Gobbinsite ()*	Gismondine	Na₅(Si₁₁Al₅)O₃₂·11H₂O	17
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	167
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	146
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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