Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hawaii Co., Hawaii, USA

mindat Locality ID: 157286
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157286.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hawaii Co., Hawaii, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Black Sand Beach
Hamakua District
Hualālai Volcano
Kau Desert
Kilauea Volcano
Mauna Kea Summit Region
Mauna Loa Summit
Pahoa
Papakolea (Green Sand Beach)
Unspecifed Lava Tubes (lava Caves)

Latitude: 19°28'26"N
Longitude: 155°29'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.473888888889,-155.48611111111

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Aphthitalite	Blödite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chukhrovite	Clay
Copiapite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Cubanite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Picromerite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel
Sulphur	Tamarugite	Tridymite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*
Augite ()*	Blödite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copiapite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Heklaite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaersutite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Meniaylovite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Monetite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Newberyite ()*	Opal ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Picromerite ()*	Quartz ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tamarugite ()*
Thénardite ()*	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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Aphthitalite Blödite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chukhrovite Clay
Copiapite Corundum Cristobalite Cubanite Feldspar Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Kieserite Mica
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Picromerite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite Spinel
Sulphur Tamarugite Tridymite Zircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	203903,203910	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	203910	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	203914	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	203903,203909	1036
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	3	203907,203908,203914	77
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	203902,203909	2060
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	203914	130
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	203908	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	203906	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	203908	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	203913	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	203912	3531
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	203914	382
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	203909	453
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	3	203899,203908,203913	1188
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	203914	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	203906,203908,203910,203914	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	2	203908,203914	409
Heklaite ()*	None	KNaSiF₆	1	203914	3
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	203902,203903,203906,203909,203910	14640
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	2	203908,203914	56
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	203903,203910	5433
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	203908	191
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	203910	2228
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	203903	179
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	203910	5591
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	203908	80
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	203903	80
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	1	203914	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	203902,203903,203909	14899
Meniaylovite ()*	Chukhrovite	Ca₄AlSi(SO₄)F₁₃·12H₂O	1	203914	7
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	2	203906,203914	223
Monetite ()*	None	Ca(PO₃OH)	1	203912	21
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	203910	254
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	203903	884
Newberyite ()*	None	Mg(PO₃OH)·3H₂O	1	203912	24
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	203914	2994
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	203902	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	203908	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	203902,203910	2273
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	203914	44
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	203903,203910	61156
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	1	203908	105
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	203908,203914	2045
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	203914	87
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	4	203906,203907,203908,203914	299
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	203902,203903,203910	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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