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Locality Name:
Rainbow Hydrothermal Field, Rainbow Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge Complex, Atlantic Ocean


mindat Locality ID: 226246
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226246.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rainbow Hydrothermal Field, Rainbow Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge Complex, Atlantic Ocean": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°13'47"N
Longitude: 33°54'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.229722222222,-33.901944444444
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: Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BruciteChalcopyriteCubaniteDigeniteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditeSphaleriteSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brucite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Isocubanite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S8082
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S160300
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S30191
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S40249
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28073
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S8070


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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