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:
Népoui Mine, Poya North Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France

mindat Locality ID: 2436
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2436.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Népoui Mine, Poya North Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine
Spinel	Talc

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 Fe H Mg Ni O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Fe H Mg Ni O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine
Spinel Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Népouite ()*	Opal ()*	Pecoraite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Willemseite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	66
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pecoraite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	40
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Willemseite ()*	Clay Talc	Ni₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	15

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120106	Népoui Mine, Poya North Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France	https://rruff.info/R120106

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