Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Benalmádena, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 11531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Benalmádena, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Trinidad Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Brucite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Humite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Quartz
Spinel	Talc

Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Geikielite ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brucite Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Humite Mica Nickeline None Quartz
Spinel Talc

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	108190	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	108190	27770
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	108190	236
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	108190	9895
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	1	108190	70
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	108190	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	108190	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	108190	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	108190	5433
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	108190	2273
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	108190	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	108190	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	108190	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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