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:
Magallanes, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 131750
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131750.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Magallanes, Chile": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Antártica Chilena Province
Magallanes Province
Tierra Del Fuego Province
Última Esperanza Province

Latitude: 52°7'35"S
Longitude: 71°54'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -52.126388888889,-71.907222222222

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.

Amphibole	Feldspar	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Tridymite

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Feldspar None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Tridymite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	2	36670,36671	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	36670,36676	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	36676	1036
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	36670	295
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	36670	371
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	36676	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	36676	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	36670,36671	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	36670	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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