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Locality Name:
Cehegín, Murcia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 135212
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135212.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cehegín, Murcia, Spain": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Baños De Gilico
Cabezo De Las Balas
Cabezo Ródenas-Begastri
Cañada Chirrea

Latitude: 38°7'31"N
Longitude: 1°43'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.125277777778,-1.7308333333333

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteGadoliniteGypsum
NatroliteNonePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTitanite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hastingsite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11105801627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11105863250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2110580,11058627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111058027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11105801025
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)1110580498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611105804135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11105808173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11105866890
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21110580209
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111058014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42110580,11058214899
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O11105801236
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22110580,1105821898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111058039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111058661156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11105804899



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