Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Balearic Islands, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 166576
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-166576.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balearic Islands, Spain": 46
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Formentera
Ibiza
Majorca
Menorca (Minorca)

Latitude: 39°38'21"N
Longitude: 3°5'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.639166666667,3.0919444444444

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	Braunite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore
Epsomite	Fairfieldite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Picromerite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Taranakite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Ardealite ()*	Baryte ()*	Braunite ()*
Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Collinsite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Huntite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*
Jacobsite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Konyaite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Monohydrocalcite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Taranakite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Braunite Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore
Epsomite Fairfieldite Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Picromerite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Taranakite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	108749,108765	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	5	108749,108755,108761,108765,108770	3250
Ardealite ()*	Gypsum	Ca₂(PO₃OH)(SO₄)·4H₂O	3	108749,108763,108766	30
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	108745,108748,108765	11547
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	108765	483
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	4	108749,108763,108765,108766	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	22	108745,108748,108749,108753,108755,108757,108758,108759,108761,108763,108765,108766,108768,108769,108770,108771,108772,108773,108774,108775,108778,108780	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	108765	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	108745,108748	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	108787	5707
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	108765	577
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	108748	2600
Collinsite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	2	108749,108766	38
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	108765	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	108745,108748,108749,108765,108766	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	108765	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	108745	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	108745,108748	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	108765	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	108765	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	7	108749,108763,108765,108766,108768,108780,108782	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	108765	14640
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	1	108765	69
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	2	108749,108761	341
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	5	108749,108763,108766,108771,108780	367
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	108765	172
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	108765	5591
Konyaite ()*	Picromerite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·5H₂O	1	108765	20
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	108749	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	108787	12537
Monohydrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·H₂O	2	108749,108763	55
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3	108749,108765,108780	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	108749,108765,108766	17380
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	108765	64
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	108745,108748	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	108745,108748,108749,108751,108763,108765,108766,108771,108780,108782	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	108765	312
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	108748	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	108765	589
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	2	108749,108763	57
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	108787	1101
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	108765	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...