Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Cerro Sarambí, Amambay Department, Paraguay

Oldest recorded age at locality: 143.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 83.7

mindat Locality ID: 11167
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11167.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Sarambí, Amambay Department, Paraguay": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°45'"S
Longitude: 56°13'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.75,-56.233055555556

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	Cancrinite	Chevkinite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Perovskite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*
Diopside ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lamprophyllite ()*	Loparite-(Ce) ()*
Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Strontiochevkinite ()*
Tausonite ()*	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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K La Mg Na Nb O S Si Sr Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce F Fe H K La Mg Na Nb O S Si Sr Th Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Cancrinite Chevkinite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite None Perovskite
Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Tridymite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	143.8	83.7	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	143.8	83.7	286
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	143.8	83.7	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	143.8	83.7	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	143.8	83.7	232
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	143.8	83.7	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	143.8	83.7	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	143.8	83.7	14640
Lamprophyllite ()*	None	(SrNa)Ti₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂	143.8	83.7	63
Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Perovskite	(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂O₆	143.8	83.7	57
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	143.8	83.7	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	143.8	83.7	884
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	143.8	83.7	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	143.8	83.7	598
Strontiochevkinite ()*	Chevkinite	(Sr,Ce,La)₄Fe²⁺(Ti,Zr)₄O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	143.8	83.7	3
Tausonite ()*	Perovskite	SrTiO₃	143.8	83.7	5
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	143.8	83.7	652

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000445	South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000446	South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000447	South America carbonatite complex
Jen_0000709	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, nepheline syenite, trachyte, phonolite, K-fenite.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000445	113.6	108	110.8±2.8	Fission Track	apatite	11167	Cerro Sarambí, Amambay Department, Paraguay	Cerro Sarambi Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000446	88.9	83.7	86.3±2.6	Fission Track	apatite	11167	Cerro Sarambí, Amambay Department, Paraguay	Cerro Sarambi Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000447	143.8	142	142.9±0.9			11167	Cerro Sarambí, Amambay Department, Paraguay	Cerro Sarambi Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000709	98	98	98			11167	Cerro Sarambí, Amambay Department, Paraguay	Cerro Sarambi	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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