Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Orihuela, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 132556
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132556.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orihuela, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Arneva
Los Vives
Oriolet
Sierra De La Murada

Latitude: 38°15'2"N
Longitude: 0°-56'-29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.250555555556,-0.94138888888889

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Aerinite ()*	Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Cu Fe H Hg Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	110722	3419
Aerinite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Ca,Na)₆(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺,Mg,Al)₄(Al,Mg)₆Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·12H₂O	1	110720	22
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	110722	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	110719,110722	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	110719	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	110722	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	110722	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	110720	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	110720	9895
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	110720,110722	14640
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	110724	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	110720,110722	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	110722	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	110720,110722	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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