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Locality Name:
Mt. La Rocha De Piquer, Torás, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 222727
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222727.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt. La Rocha De Piquer, Torás, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Los Arenales Quarry
Rincón Del Fraile Quarry

Latitude: 39°55'26"N
Longitude: 0°-40'-54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.923888888889,-0.68166666666667
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 Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparNatroliteNoneNot in a structural group
PrehnitePumpellyitePyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTalcTitaniteZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aerinite  (*)Albite  (*)Augite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211108173419
Aerinite  (*)Not in a structural group(Ca,Na)6(Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg,Al)4(Al,Mg)6Si12O36(OH)12(CO3)·12H2O111081722
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11108178803
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611108172060
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81110817577
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11108171025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11108178173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32110817,11081814640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111081714899
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O11108171236
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211108171898
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O111081730
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111081739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111081861156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211108173337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11108174899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11108175251


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