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Locality Name:
Columbia Hills, Gusev Crater, Aeolis Quadrangle, Mars


mindat Locality ID: 189893
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189893.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Columbia Hills, Gusev Crater, Aeolis Quadrangle, Mars": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Home Plate
Husband Hill
Inner Basin

Latitude: 15°11'39"S
Longitude: 175°29'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.194166666667,175.48555555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeBerauniteCorundumDiasporeGadoliniteLazuliteLipscombiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphosiderite
ReddingiteRockbridgeiteStrunziteTurquoiseVivianite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Alluaudite  (*)Alunite  (*)Antarcticite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)Barićite  (*)
Beraunite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Datolite  (*)Ferristrunzite  (*)
Ferroalluaudite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kainite  (*)Kidwellite  (*)
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Landesite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)Natron  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Sanderite  (*)Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)318032594
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Antarcticite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaCl2·6H2O011
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)218032543
Barićite  (*)Vivianite(Mg,Fe)3(PO4)2·8H2O1803257
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O180325136
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O180325280
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O18032577
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)0498
Ferristrunzite  (*)StrunziteFe3+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O18032514
Ferroalluaudite  (*)AlluauditeNaFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)318032511
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kainite  (*)NoneKMg(SO4)Cl·2.75H2O050
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)18032553
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Reddingite(Fe3+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)318032534
Landesite  (*)ReddingiteMn2+9Fe3+3(PO4)8(OH)3·9H2O18032514
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)218032547
Natron  (*)NoneNa2(CO3)·10H2O051
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O180325182
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5180325206
Sanderite  (*)Not in a structural groupMg(SO4)·2H2O04
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O180325263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O18032598
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O180325484


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