Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Rialls Quarry (Montpalau Quarry), Tordera, Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 127503
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127503.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rialls Quarry (Montpalau Quarry), Tordera, Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°38'44"N
Longitude: 2°40'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.645555555556,2.6747222222222

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Clay	Copiapite	Corundum	Diaspore
Feldspar	Gypsum	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite
Wollastonite

Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Delvauxite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Variscite ()*	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 F Fe H K Mo Na O P S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O P S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcanthite Clay Copiapite Corundum Diaspore
Feldspar Gypsum Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite
Wollastonite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	382
Delvauxite ()*	Amorphous	CaFe³⁺₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₈·4-5H₂O	41
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	301
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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