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:
Meridiani Planum, Terra Meridiani, Mars

mindat Locality ID: 189889
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189889.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meridiani Planum, Terra Meridiani, Mars": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Eagle Crater
Endeavour Crater
Endurance Crater
Erebus Crater
Meridiani Planum Meteorite (Heat Shield Rock)
Victoria Crater

Latitude: 7°19'58"N
Longitude: 5°48'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 7.3327777777778,-5.8022222222222

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.

Alunite	Corundum	Gypsum	Iron	None

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: Ca Fe H K O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Corundum Gypsum Iron None

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Iron ()*	Jarosite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	80342	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	80341,80343,80344,80347,80350	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	80349	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	80341,80347	2228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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