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:
Bell Co., Texas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 171341
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-171341.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bell Co., Texas, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bartlett Meteorite
Temple

Latitude: 31°7'0"N
Longitude: 97°17'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.116666666667,-97.299444444444

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.

Cubanite	Iron	Marcasite	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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: Cr Cu Fe Ni O P S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cubanite Iron Marcasite None Pentlandite Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	269637	3902
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	269635,269637	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	269637	191
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	269636	5674
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	269637	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	269636	39462
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	269635	374
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	2	269635,269637	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2	269635,269637	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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