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Locality Name:
Errigoiti, Vizcaya, Basque Country, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 131357
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131357.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Errigoiti, Vizcaya, Basque Country, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ofitas De Rigoitia Quarry

Latitude: 43°19'42"N
Longitude: 2°43'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.328333333333,-2.7305555555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B C Ca Fe H Mg O S Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteCorundumGadoliniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePrehniteQuartzTitanite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Datolite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110887827770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11088781252
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)1108878498
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11088781188
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110887814640
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O11088781271
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211088781898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110887861156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11088784899



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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