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:
Yaiza, Lanzarote, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 245040
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245040.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yaiza, Lanzarote, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
El Golfo Mountain
Los Hervideros Coast
Playa Blanca
Playa Quemada
Salinas De Janubio

Latitude: 28°55'33"N
Longitude: 13°49'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.925833333333,-13.822222222222

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	Calcite	Chabazite	Chlorite	Clay	Gismondine	Gypsum	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Thomsonite

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cowlesite ()*
Gobbinsite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Mesolite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Offretite ()*	Saponite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Todorokite ()*
Vermiculite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Chabazite Chlorite Clay Gismondine Gypsum Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Thomsonite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	108996	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	108996,108997	27770
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	108996	66
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	108996	1756
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	1	108996	84
Gobbinsite ()*	Gismondine	Na₅(Si₁₁Al₅)O₃₂·11H₂O	1	108996	17
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	108996	167
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	108997,109000	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	109000	1398
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	108996	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	108996	1236
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	108996	146
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	108996	301
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	3	108996,108998,108999	452
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	108996	433
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	108996	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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