Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Cartagena, Murcia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 232312
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232312.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cartagena, Murcia, Spain": 86
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 53

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Algameca Chica
Cabo De Palos Range
La Aljorra
Sierra Minera De Cartagena-La Unión
Tallante

Latitude: 37°37'38"N
Longitude: 0°-54'-30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.627222222222,-0.90833333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brookite
Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Sulphur	Tridymite	Vivianite
Warwickite	Wurtzite

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: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Bournonite Brookite
Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum
Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyrochlore
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Sulphur Tridymite Vivianite
Warwickite Wurtzite

79 IMA Minerals at location:

Adamite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Boleite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Boyleite ()*	Brianyoungite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Caracolite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cotunnite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fluorophlogopite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Groutite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hawleyite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Lesukite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Opal ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Penfieldite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ranciéite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Siderite ()*	Sideronatrite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Todorokite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Warwickite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	2	110541,110545	254
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	110575,110576,110577	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	110562	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	110520,110562	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	110539	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2	110519,110520	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	110541,110545	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	15	110518,110524,110525,110529,110531,110533,110534,110535,110539,110540,110562,110566,110569,110570,110572	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	110572	450
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	2	110519,110520	65
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	110572	1089
Boyleite ()*	Starkeyite	Zn(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	110554	23
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	1	110562	79
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	110562	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	12	110518,110522,110529,110530,110534,110538,110539,110556,110562,110563,110569,110570	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	110572	359
Caracolite ()*	Apatite	Na₂(Pb₂Na)(SO₄)₃Cl	2	110519,110520	20
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	110518,110520	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	110562,110572	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	4	110520,110529,110538,110569	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	110576,110577	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	110520	1382
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	110520	227
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂	1	110520	54
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	110575,110576,110577	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	110524,110534,110541,110562	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	110522,110575	944
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	110524,110525,110572	9617
Fluorophlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	1	110522	47
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	110575,110576	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	110520,110543,110554,110562,110572	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	110562	504
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	110520	137
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	9	110519,110520,110531,110538,110539,110544,110548,110554,110570	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	110562	717
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	110570	72
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	110519,110520,110566	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	110520	1398
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS	1	110562	62
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	110522,110576,110577	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	110538,110544	1689
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	110577	407
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	2	110569,110570	243
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	3	110518,110538,110562	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	110522	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	110519,110520,110562	2228
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	2	110576,110577	179
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	110572	265
Lesukite ()*	None	Al₂(OH)₅Cl·2H₂O	1	110520	10
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	110522	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	110520,110541,110545,110572	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	110562	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	110562	1107
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	110520	254
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	2	110541,110545	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	110522,110560	2994
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	110520	158
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	110575,110576	313
Penfieldite ()*	None	Pb₂Cl₃(OH)	1	110520	22
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	110522,110575,110576	2273
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	110522	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	110554,110562	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	9	110520,110529,110533,110534,110539,110548,110556,110569,110570	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	110562,110576,110577	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	110520,110524,110543,110548,110552,110554,110556,110560,110562,110566,110572,110577	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	110562	177
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	5	110531,110534,110535,110569,110570	312
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	110522,110576	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	110520,110560,110562	6417
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	2	110519,110520	73
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	110557,110560,110562	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	110520,110543,110550,110554,110560,110562	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	110575	1934
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	110554	79
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	110520	2045
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	110534	433
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	110522	458
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	110562	636
Warwickite ()*	Warwickite	(Mg,Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)₂O(BO₃)	1	110522	15

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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