Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Adra, Almería, Andalusia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 204174
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204174.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adra, Almería, Andalusia, Spain": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Guainos Bajos Outcrops (Adra-Motril Highway)
La Alcazaba Outcrops (Adra-Motril Highway)
Metapelite Outcrops
Natroalunite Outcrop

Latitude: 36°45'0"N
Longitude: 3°5'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.75,-3.0841666666667

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Cookeite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Paragonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sudoite ()*
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	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 Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rutile Titanite

27 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)	2	107675,107676	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	107675,107676	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	107675	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	107675	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	107675,107676	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	107675,107676,107677	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	107677	577
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	107677	376
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	107675,107676	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	107675	1025
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	1	107677	181
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	107676	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	107675,107676	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	107675	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	107675,107676	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	107677	5591
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	107675,107676	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	107675,107676,107677	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	107678	128
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	107677	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	107675,107676	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	107677	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	107675,107676,107677	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	107675,107676	5614
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	1	107677	51
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	2	107675,107676	232
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	107675	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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