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Locality Name:
Outer Space


mindat Locality ID: 215804
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215804.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Outer Space": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
55 Cancri System
Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Comet Wild 2 (Comet 81P)
Main Belt Asteroids
NGC 6302 (Bug Nebula; Butterfly Nebula)
Perseus Constellation

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Mg N O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBrownleeiteCalciteCorundumCubaniteDiamondFeldsparIronMagnetoplumbiteMelilite
MilariteNickelineNoneOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyroxeneRocksaltSpinelTridymite
Wurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Brownleeite  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Esseneite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hibonite  (*)Ice  (*)
Iron  (*)Khamrabaevite  (*)Moissanite  (*)Nierite  (*)Osbornite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Roedderite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1951731036
Brownleeite  (*)BrownleeiteMnSi1951711
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)295179,9518227770
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6094
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31951731797
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3195173802
Diamond  (*)DiamondC0697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61951734135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6195173944
Esseneite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe3+AlSiO619517317
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1951731188
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7195173114
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O19080
Ice  (*)Amorphous TridymiteH2O395172,95175,9517759
Iron  (*)IronFe295173,951781089
Khamrabaevite  (*)RocksaltTiC07
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC057
Nierite  (*)NoneSi3N407
Osbornite  (*)RocksaltTiN19517320
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81951731512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3195173495
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81951739056
Roedderite  (*)MilariteKNaMg2(Mg3Si12)O3019517330
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41951731934
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)195178703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1951781044


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