Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 131065
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131065.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Agaete
Anden Verde
Arucas
El Risco
La Aldea De San Nicolás
La Veja
Las Palmas De Gran Canaria
Maspalomas
Mogán
Playa Del Inglés
San Bartolome De Tirajana
Tasarte
Tasartico
Tejeda

Latitude: 27°57'36"N
Longitude: 15°37'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.96,-15.620277777778

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chabazite	Chevkinite	Clay	Corundum
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gmelinite	Heulandite	Mica	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pseudobrookite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine	Sodalite	Spinel	Sulphur	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edenite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gmelinite-K ()*	Haüyne ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Mogánite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Offretite ()*
Opal ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhönite ()*
Richterite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
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 Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chabazite Chevkinite Clay Corundum
Feldspar Fluorite Gmelinite Heulandite Mica Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pseudobrookite
Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine Sodalite Spinel Sulphur Thomsonite Titanite Tridymite Zircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	108962	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	3	108946,108947,108960	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	108946,108947,108960	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	8	108937,108941,108947,108951,108953,108978,108982,108983	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	108937,108956	3250
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	108946	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	108960,108983	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	13	108935,108937,108939,108940,108941,108942,108944,108949,108950,108953,108956,108963,108982	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	2	108939,108951	310
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	108937	66
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	1	108960	89
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	Ca₃(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	1	108952	33
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	108983	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	108956	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	108960	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	108960	944
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	1	108939	138
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	108942	9617
Gmelinite-K ()*	Gmelinite	K₄(Si₈Al₄)O₂₄·11H₂O	1	108951	5
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	3	108946,108947,108956	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	108956	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	108960,108983	5433
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	2	108960,108983	179
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	108940	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	108956,108960,108983	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	2	108937,108978	425
Mogánite ()*	None	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	108960,108965	43
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	108982	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	108957,108960	884
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	108978	146
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	6	108935,108944,108956,108960,108963,108978	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	108960	2273
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	108956	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	108935,108939,108944,108949,108950,108963	61156
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	1	108957	47
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	108960	148
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	108946,108947	598
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	108939	390
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	108956	2045
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	108951	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4	108946,108947,108960,108968	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	108946,108947,108960	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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