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:
Réunion Island

mindat Locality ID: 2007
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2007.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Réunion Island": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Piton De La Fournaise Massif
Piton Des Neiges Massif

Latitude: 21°6'"S
Longitude: 55°36'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.1,55.6

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	Aphthitalite	Calcite	Chabazite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gismondine	Gypsum	Gyrolite	Harmotome	Melilite	Molybdenite	Mordenite	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel
Struvite	Sulphur	Taranakite	Thomsonite	Weberite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Aphthitalite ()*
Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*	Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Garronite-Ca ()*	Gehlenite ()*
Gold ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Harmotome ()*
Hematite ()*	Hieratite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Leonardsenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mitscherlichite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Newberyite ()*	Opal ()*	Prehnite ()*
Quartz ()*	Reyerite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scolecite ()*
Siderite ()*	Struvite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*	Taranakite ()*
Thénardite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Truscottite ()*	Yugawaralite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo N Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H K Mg N Na O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aphthitalite Calcite Chabazite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Gismondine Gypsum Gyrolite Harmotome Melilite Molybdenite Mordenite Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel
Struvite Sulphur Taranakite Thomsonite Weberite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	3	100949,100950,100954	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	100947,100950	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	4	100947,100949,100951,100953	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	100949,100950	2162
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	1	100942	77
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	100949,100950	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	100946	2060
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	0		104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	100945,100947,100948,100950	27770
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	100947	66
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	100949,100954,100955	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	100949	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	100942	1188
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gismondine	Ca₃(Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂)·14H₂O	1	100947	66
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	1	100951	114
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	100942	30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	100947	167
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	100942,100944	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	100942	1398
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	100947	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	100943,100950	14640
Hieratite ()*	None	K₂SiF₆	1	100942	7
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	1	100942	56
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	3	100947,100948,100953	1271
Leonardsenite ()*	Weberite	MgAlF₅·2H₂O	1	100942	6
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	100946	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	3	100947,100951,100957	425
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	100955	4924
Mitscherlichite ()*	None	K₂CuCl₄·2H₂O	1	100942	4
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	100949	5800
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	2	100947,100948	405
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	100947	1236
Newberyite ()*	None	Mg(PO₃OH)·3H₂O	0		24
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	100958	2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	100947,100955	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	100946,100947,100948,100950	61156
Reyerite ()*	Gyrolite	Na₂Ca₁₄Al₂Si₂₂O₅₈(OH)₈·6H₂O	0		8
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	100950	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	100950	5614
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	2	100947,100957	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	100949,100950,100954	6417
Struvite ()*	Struvite	(NH₄)Mg(PO₄)·6H₂O	0		30
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	100942,100944	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	100942	275
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	0		57
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	100942	299
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	2	100947,100948	452
Truscottite ()*	Gyrolite	Ca₁₄Si₂₄O₅₈(OH)₈·2H₂O	5	100948,100949,100951,100953,100955	10
Yugawaralite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·4H₂O	2	100948,100953	33

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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