Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Piton De La Fournaise Massif, Réunion Island

mindat Locality ID: 132508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piton De La Fournaise Massif, Réunion Island": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dolomieu Crater
La Soufrière
Langevin River
Plaine Des Sables

Latitude: 21°14'32"S
Longitude: 55°42'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.242222222222,55.708888888889

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.

Aphthitalite	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Gypsum	None	Olivine	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Spinel	Sulphur	Weberite

Aphthitalite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hieratite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*
Leonardsenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mitscherlichite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*
Sylvite ()*	Thénardite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Cl Cu F H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Calcite Copper Corundum Gypsum None Olivine Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Spinel Sulphur Weberite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	0		77
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	100946	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	100945	27770
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	100944	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0		1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	100943	14640
Hieratite ()*	None	K₂SiF₆	0		7
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	0		56
Leonardsenite ()*	Weberite	MgAlF₅·2H₂O	0		6
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	100946	14899
Mitscherlichite ()*	None	K₂CuCl₄·2H₂O	0		4
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	100946	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	100944	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	0		275
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	0		299

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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