Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sierra De Mijas, Mijas, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 132303
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132303.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra De Mijas, Mijas, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Brucite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Humite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Olivine
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite

Brucite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Geikielite ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Pargasite ()*	Periclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Brucite Chlorite Clay Corundum Humite Mica Nickeline None Olivine
Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	236
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	70
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	313
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	114
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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