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:
Bahamas

mindat Locality ID: 159602
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159602.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bahamas": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Exuma District
North Andros District
San Salvador District

Latitude: 24°14'47"N
Longitude: 77°4'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.246388888889,-77.066944444444

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Biphosphammite	Calcite	Cerite	Fairfieldite	Gypsum	Hopeite	None
Rocksalt

Aragonite ()*	Archerite ()*	Ardealite ()*	Biphosphammite ()*	Brushite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cesanite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Collinsite ()*
Darapskite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hopeite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Monetite ()*	Niter ()*	Nitratine ()*
Whitlockite ()*

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: C Ca Cl F H K Mg N Na O P S Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Biphosphammite Calcite Cerite Fairfieldite Gypsum Hopeite None
Rocksalt

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	25005,25010	3250
Archerite ()*	Biphosphammite	H₂K(PO₄)	1	25010	7
Ardealite ()*	Gypsum	Ca₂(PO₃OH)(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	25010	30
Biphosphammite ()*	Biphosphammite	(NH₄)H₂(PO₄)	1	25010	11
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	25010	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	25005,25010	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	25005,25010	1252
Cesanite ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Na₃(SO₄)₃OH	1	25010	3
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	25010	203
Collinsite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	25010	38
Darapskite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)(NO₃)·H₂O	1	25010	31
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	25005	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	25010	2740
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	25005,25010	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	25010	1398
Hopeite ()*	Hopeite	Zn₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	25010	29
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	25010	367
Monetite ()*	None	Ca(PO₃OH)	1	25010	21
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	1	25010	181
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	1	25010	91
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	1	25010	104

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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