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Locality Name:
Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia, France


mindat Locality ID: 192927
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192927.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia, France": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tahiti

Latitude: 17°41'12"S
Longitude: 149°20'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.686666666667,-149.34722222222

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGismondineNatrolite
NoneOlivinePyroxeneSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Haüyne  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Leucite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Saponite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1536991627
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1536991036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6253697,536992060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15369927770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1536998173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1536971188
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O153699128
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O153701167
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)153694158
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31536975433
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)153697233
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4253694,5369714899
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O153699425
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O253699,537011236
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O153699301
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1536996417
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41536971934



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