Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Guantánamo Province, Cuba

mindat Locality ID: 121068
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-121068.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guantánamo Province, Cuba": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sierra Del Convento

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Titanite	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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Calcite Clay Feldspar Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Titanite Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Jadeite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	45969	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	45969	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	45969	286
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	45969	154
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	45969	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	45969	229
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	45969	247
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	45969	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	45969	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	45969	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	45969	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	45969	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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