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Locality Name:
Anaga Mts., Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Tenerife, Santa Cruz De Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 203699
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203699.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anaga Mts., Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Tenerife, Santa Cruz De Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Benijo Beach
Igueste De San Andres
Punta De Los Organos Quarry
Quarry Of The Fishing Dock
Taganana

Latitude: 28°32'7"N
Longitude: 16°11'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.535277777778,-16.188888888889

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidote
FeldsparHarmotomeMicaNatroliteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel
ThomsoniteTitaniteTridymite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celadonite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Faujasite-Na  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Phillipsite-K  (*)
Phillipsite-Na  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11090448803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11090391627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11090393250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O62109041,1090442060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3109039,109042,10904327770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21109044309
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611090424135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211090439895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11090448173
Faujasite-Na  (*)None(Na,Ca,Mg)2(Si,Al)12O24·15H2O110904310
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11090422740
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311090445433
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21109042238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42109042,10904414899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110904417380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O11090391236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)2109042,109044884
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1109042471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11090442994
Phillipsite-K  (*)HarmotomeK6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O110904271
Phillipsite-Na  (*)HarmotomeNa6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O110904327
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110904439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811090449056
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1109039598
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O1109039452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2109042,1090444899



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