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:
Mururoa Lagoon, Tuamotu Archipelago (Tuamotus), Tuamotu-Gambier (Tuamotu And Gambier Islands), French Polynesia, France

mindat Locality ID: 206557
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206557.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mururoa Lagoon, Tuamotu Archipelago (Tuamotus), Tuamotu-Gambier (Tuamotu And Gambier Islands), French Polynesia, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
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Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Calcite	Diaspore	Ettringite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Gyrolite	Marcasite	None
Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Fe H Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Calcite Diaspore Ettringite Feldspar Gypsum Gyrolite Marcasite None
Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile Spinel Zircon

16 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	1	53710	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	53710	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	53708	1627
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	53710	295
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	53708,53710	27770
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	53710	371
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	53710	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	53708	6890
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	1	53708	142
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	53710	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	53710	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	53710	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	53710	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	53710	6417
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	53708	183
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	53710	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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