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Locality Name:
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, France


mindat Locality ID: 211271
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211271.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, France": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bouillante Geothermal Field
Deshaies
Madeleine-Soufrière Volcanic Massif
Monts Caraïbes

Latitude: 16°6'1"N
Longitude: 61°43'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 16.100277777778,-61.720555555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe H K O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorrensiteCorundumEpidote
FeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMicaMordeniteNoneOlivinePrehnitePyritePyroxene
QuartzSpinelSulphur

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Corrensite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pargasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Spinel  (*)Sulphur  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)Wairakite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1542261036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61542262060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)254223,5422527770
Corrensite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Ca,Na,K)1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)9(Si,Al)8O20(OH)10·nH2O15422349
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61542264135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1542238173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1542261188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315422314640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41542235591
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)215422780
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415422614899
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O154223405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215422317380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1542262994
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2154227313
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21542231898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215422339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215422361156
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41542271934
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1542262045
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4154226120
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O15422373


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