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Locality Name:
Tallante, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 232308
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232308.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tallante, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cabezo Negro De Tallante

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayCorundumFeldsparMicaNickelineNoneOlivinePyroxene
QuartzSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3110575,110576,1105778803
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22110576,11057727198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63110575,110576,1105774135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61110575944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)2110575,1105761188
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32110576,11057714640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41110577407
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O22110576,110577179
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)22110575,110576313
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22110575,1105762273
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82110576,1105779056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111057761156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1110576598
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411105751934



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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