Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nickerie District, Suriname

mindat Locality ID: 210557
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210557.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nickerie District, Suriname": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Maratakka

Latitude: 5°11'37"N
Longitude: 56°54'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 5.1936111111111,-56.904166666667

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.

Andalusite	Beryl	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Spinel	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 B Fe Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Beryl Corundum Feldspar None Not in a structural group Quartz Spinel Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Grandidierite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	111101	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	111101	1310
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	111101	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	111101	1797
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)	1	111101	40
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	111101	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	111101	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	111101	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	111101	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	111101	1934
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	111101	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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