Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
MESO Mineral Zone, Central Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 204068
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204068.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "MESO Mineral Zone, Central Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Smooth Ground Site
Sonne Field
Talus Tips Site
TV Grab Station

Latitude: 34°3'27"S
Longitude: 179°35'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.0575,179.58888888889

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	Atacamite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Marcasite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz
Sphalerite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Epidote ()*	Geerite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Atacamite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Marcasite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz
Sphalerite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0		1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	66924	1588
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	66925	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	66924	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	66924	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	66924,66925	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	66924	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	66924	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	1	66925	38
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	66924	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	66924	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	66924	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	66924,66925	5674
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	0		1236
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	66924,66925	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	66924	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	66924,66925	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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