Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Indian Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 191808
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191808.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Indian Ocean": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Afanasiy-Nikitin Seamount
Central Indian Ocean Basin
Central Indian Ridge
Ninety East Ridge (90° E Ridge; Indian Ridge)
Southwest Indian Ridge

Latitude: 17°29'2"S
Longitude: 86°46'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.483888888889,86.780277777778

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Atacamite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum
Heulandite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beidellite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*
Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Digenite ()*
Epidote ()*	Geerite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Saponite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Srilankite ()*	Talc ()*	Todorokite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Atacamite Baddeleyite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum
Heulandite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Zircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	66922	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	66922,66931	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	66922,66931	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	66931	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	66924	1588
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	66925	544
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	66920	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	66920,66924,66931	11547
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	66931	85
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	66924	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	66931	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	66931	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	66924,66925	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	66931	951
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	Ca₃(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	1	66931	33
Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Heulandite	Na₆(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	1	66931	24
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	66932	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	66924	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	66931	453
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	66924	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	66922	8173
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	1	66925	38
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	66920,66924,66931	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	66924,66931	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	66924	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	66931,66934	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	66920	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	66931	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	66924,66925	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	66920	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	66931	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	66920,66931	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	66922	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	66931	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	66934	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	66922	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	66924,66925,66931	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	66920,66924,66931	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	66934	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	66931	301
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	66924,66925	21482
Srilankite ()*	Columbite	TiO₂	1	66934	6
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	66931	3337
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	66920	433
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	66934	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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