Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Harmotome	Mica	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel
Thomsonite	Titanite	Tridymite

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 ()*

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:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Harmotome Mica Natrolite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite Spinel
Thomsonite Titanite Tridymite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	109044	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	109039	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	109039	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	109041,109044	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	109039,109042,109043	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	109044	309
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	109042	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	109043	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	109044	8173
Faujasite-Na ()*	None	(Na,Ca,Mg)₂(Si,Al)₁₂O₂₄·15H₂O	1	109043	10
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	109042	2740
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	109044	5433
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	109042	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	109042,109044	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	109044	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	109039	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	109042,109044	884
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	109042	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	109044	2994
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	109042	71
Phillipsite-Na ()*	Harmotome	Na₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	109043	27
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	109044	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	109044	9056
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	109039	598
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	109039	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	109042,109044	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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