Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sierra De Cartagena, Murcia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 131018
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131018.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra De Cartagena, Murcia, Spain": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cartagena
La Unión

Latitude: 37°37'32"N
Longitude: 0°-59'-47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.625555555556,-0.99638888888889

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Devilline	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Talc

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beudantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*
Ecandrewsite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenalite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Minnesotaite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Devilline Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Talc

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	110646	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	110646	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	110646	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	110646	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	110632,110633,110639,110640,110642,110644,110646	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	110646	413
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	110633,110646	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	110646	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	110637,110646	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	110636	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	110637,110643,110646	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	110646	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	110646	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	110646	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	2	110637,110646	366
Ecandrewsite ()*	Corundum	ZnTiO₃	1	110646	8
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	110637,110638,110643,110646	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	110632,110636,110640,110646	7437
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	110637,110646	61
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5	110635,110637,110639,110643,110646	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	110640,110646	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	5	110635,110637,110639,110643,110646	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	110646	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	110637,110643	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	110646	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	110646	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	110646	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	110646	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	110646	1107
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	110625	61
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	110646	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	110637,110643,110646	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	4	110633,110636,110639,110646	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	110646	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	110638	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	110637,110638,110643,110646	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	2	110632,110633	312
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	110637,110643,110646	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	110637,110643,110646	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	110637,110638,110643,110646	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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