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Locality Name:
San Alberto Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 232270
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232270.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Alberto Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Gloria Pegmatite
Mina Clavero
Pampa De Achala

Latitude: 31°44'5"S
Longitude: 65°'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.734722222222,-65.0125

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 Be Ca F Fe H Li Mg Mn Na O P Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeAmorphousBerylDufréniteHureauliteNoneOlivineQuartzRockbridgeiteStewartite
StrunziteTripliteWardite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Alluaudite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Beryl  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Heterosite  (*)
Hureaulite  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Stewartite  (*)
Strunzite  (*)Triplite  (*)Wardite  (*)Zwieselite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)31249794
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F12497244
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18124914286
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O12497139
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)12497204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O12497125
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O124932994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21249561156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)512497206
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O1249748
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O1249798
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F12491233
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O1249758
Zwieselite  (*)TripliteFe2+2(PO4)F1249747



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