Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sierra Del Convento, Guantánamo Province, Cuba

mindat Locality ID: 209121
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209121.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Del Convento, Guantánamo Province, Cuba": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite
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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Clay Feldspar Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Titanite
Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Jadeite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Omphacite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	286
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	154
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	229
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	247
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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