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:
Malaita Province, Solomon Islands

mindat Locality ID: 126619
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126619.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malaita Province, Solomon Islands": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Malaita Island (Mala Island)

Latitude: 8°42'21"S
Longitude: 160°52'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -8.7058333333333,160.87555555556

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.

Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Garnet	Mica	Natrolite	None	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyroxene
Rutile	Spinel	Tridymite	Zircon

Andradite ()*	Augite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Majorite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Rutile ()*
Spinel ()*	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:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Diamond Garnet Mica Natrolite None Olivine Perovskite Pyroxene
Rutile Spinel Tridymite Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	105959	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	105961	2060
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	105959	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	105959	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	105960	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	105959,105961	1188
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	105961	167
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	105960	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	105960,105961	14899
Majorite ()*	Garnet	Mg₃(MgSi)(SiO₄)₃	1	105959	24
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	105959	884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2	105959,105961	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	105959,105961	2273
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	105959,105960	341
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	105960	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	105959	1934
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	105960	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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