Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tordera, Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 243192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tordera, Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hortsavinyà
Rialls Quarry (Montpalau Quarry)

Latitude: 41°38'43"N
Longitude: 2°40'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.645277777778,2.6744444444444

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite	Corundum
Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Delvauxite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Variscite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite Corundum
Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Vesuvianite Wollastonite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	109653	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	109653	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	109652	919
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	109652	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	109652,109653	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	109653	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	109652	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	109653	382
Delvauxite ()*	Amorphous	CaFe³⁺₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₈·4-5H₂O	1	109653	41
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	109653	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	109653	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	109653	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	109652	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	109653	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	109653	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	109653	2228
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	109653	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	109652	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	109652	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	109653	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	109653	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	109653	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	109653	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	109653	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	109653	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	109653	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	109653	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	109653	21482
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	109653	301
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	109652	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	109653	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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