Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Central, Paraguay

mindat Locality ID: 144202
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144202.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central, Paraguay": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Arrua-I
Asuncion
Greater Asuncion
Ypacaraí

Latitude: 25°25'12"S
Longitude: 57°24'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.42,-57.404166666667

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Clay	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Olivine	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel	Tridymite

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Clay Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Natrolite None Olivine Quartz
Rutile Spinel Tridymite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Celadonite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	95843	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	95827	1627
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95828	309
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	95828	1188
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	95842	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	8	95829,95831,95832,95833,95834,95835,95838,95840	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95843	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	95828,95838	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	8	95829,95831,95832,95833,95834,95835,95838,95840	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	95830	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	95830,95842,95843	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	95842	5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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