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:
Colima, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 126725
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126725.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colima, Mexico": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Manzanillo Municipality

Latitude: 19°5'0"N
Longitude: 107°31'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.083333333333,-107.52861111111

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Nickeline	None	Olivine
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine	Spinel	Wollastonite

Aenigmatite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fayalite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Nickeline None Olivine
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine Spinel Wollastonite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	82291	133
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	82289	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	82289	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	82289	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	82289	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	82291	371
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	82289	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	82289	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	82289	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	82291	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	82289,82291	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	82289	4924
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	82289	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	82289	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	82289	61156
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	82289	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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