Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Pinatubo, Central Luzon Region, Luzon, Philippines

mindat Locality ID: 132501
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132501.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Pinatubo, Central Luzon Region, Luzon, Philippines": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 15°8'35"N
Longitude: 120°20'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 15.143055555556,120.34916666667

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	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Cubanite	Feldspar	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Edenite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pargasite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Corundum Cubanite Feldspar Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	327
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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