Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, France

mindat Locality ID: 192929
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192929.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ua Pou Island (Ua Pu Island)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Olivine	Pyroxene
Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Edenite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Sodalite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Corundum Feldspar Garnet None Olivine Pyroxene
Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	2	53686,53687	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	53686	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	53686,53687	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	53686,53687	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	53686	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	53686	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	53686	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	53686	4135
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	53686	160
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	53686	1188
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	53686	741
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	53686	5433
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	53686	179
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	53686	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	53686,53687	884
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	2	53686,53687	444
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	53686	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	53686	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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