Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nicaragua

mindat Locality ID: 23295
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23295.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nicaragua": 62
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 48

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Boaco Department
Carazo Department
Chinandega Department
Chontales Department
Estelí Department
Granada Department
Jinotega Department
León Department
Madriz Department
Managua Department
Masaya Department
Matagalpa Department
Nueva Segovia Department
Región Autónoma Del Atlántico Norte (Zelaya Norte Department)
Región Autónoma Del Atlántico Sur (Zelaya Sul Department)
Río San Juan Department
Rivas Department
Zelaya Department
Zelaya Norte Province

Latitude: 12°47'43"N
Longitude: 85°53'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.795277777778,-85.899166666667

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Atacamite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fleischerite	Garnet	Gismondine	Gypsum	Halotrichite
Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Khademite	Kieserite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Mordenite	Natrolite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Topaz	Tridymite

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 Au C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Se Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Analcime Atacamite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fleischerite Garnet Gismondine Gypsum Halotrichite
Hexahydrite Kaolinite Khademite Kieserite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Mordenite Natrolite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Topaz Tridymite

75 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aerinite ()*	Albite ()*
Alpersite ()*	Altaite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Andradite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Despujolsite ()*
Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fibroferrite ()*
Galena ()*	Gobbinsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Khademite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mendozite ()*
Mereiterite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Petedunnite ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scolecite ()*	Selenium ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Topaz ()*
Tremolite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wairakite ()*	Zunyite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	88750	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	88774	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	88755	1022
Aerinite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Ca,Na)₆(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺,Mg,Al)₄(Al,Mg)₆Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·12H₂O	1	88758	22
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	88755,88757	8803
Alpersite ()*	Melanterite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	88748,88756	10
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	88750	489
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	88732,88748	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	2	88746,88758	272
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	88779	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	88757	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	88755,88757	2060
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	88749	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	88739,88746,88749,88775,88779	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	88739,88750,88772,88776,88780	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	88774	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	88774	951
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	4	88746,88755,88757,88758	453
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	88776	2970
Despujolsite ()*	Fleischerite	Ca₃Mn⁴⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	88758	10
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	88758	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	88757	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	88774	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	88748,88756,88775,88776,88778,88779	8173
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	2	88746,88758	107
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	88739,88750,88772,88781	24243
Gobbinsite ()*	Gismondine	Na₅(Si₁₁Al₅)O₃₂·11H₂O	1	88758	17
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	88748,88755,88756	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	16	88739,88750,88766,88767,88768,88769,88770,88771,88772,88773,88776,88777,88778,88779,88781,88788	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	88779	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	7	88746,88748,88749,88755,88756,88757,88758	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	88755	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	88739,88746,88750,88755,88757,88776	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	88746	251
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	88746,88757	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	88755,88757,88758	5591
Khademite ()*	Khademite	Al(SO₄)F·5H₂O	1	88758	15
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	88746	80
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	88739	1271
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	88774	359
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	88739	229
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	88774,88777	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	88774	14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	88748,88756	915
Mendozite ()*	None	NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	2	88748,88756	28
Mereiterite ()*	None	K₂Fe²⁺(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	88746	2
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	88752	425
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	88750	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	4	88746,88755,88757,88758	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	3	88730,88739,88742	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	88732,88739,88746,88757,88758	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	88746,88756,88757	128
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	88755	471
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	88747	158
Petedunnite ()*	Pyroxene	CaZnSi₂O₆	1	88757	5
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	4	88746,88748,88756,88758	265
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	88750	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	88732,88739,88750,88758,88772,88776,88779,88780,88781	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88732	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	88780	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	88730,88732,88737,88739,88757,88772,88775,88777,88781	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	88737	598
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	88752	390
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	88746	143
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	88739	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	88739,88750,88780	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	88746,88755,88757	2045
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	1	88746	139
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	88747	1101
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	88732	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	88774	2562
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	88755	458
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	88758	652
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	1	88739	73
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	1	88732	86

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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