Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Huiliches Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 239780
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239780.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huiliches Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chiquilihuín
Junín De Los Andes

Latitude: 39°54'56"S
Longitude: 71°3'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -39.915555555556,-71.0525

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.

Analcime	Clay	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Natrolite	None

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 H Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Clay Feldspar Kaolinite Natrolite None

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Dickite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Scolecite ()*	Yugawaralite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	3132	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	3132	1627
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	3131	651
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	3132	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	3132	1236
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	3132	390
Yugawaralite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·4H₂O	1	3132	33

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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