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Locality Name:
Népoui, Poya North Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France


mindat Locality ID: 24650
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24650.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Népoui, Poya North Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Boninite Outcrop
Reis II Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cr Fe H Mg Na Ni O Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClayHydrotalciteNonePyroxeneSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Maghemite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Népouite  (*)Saponite  (*)
Takovite  (*)Tschermakite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61544102060
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41544103902
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O615441094
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61544104135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6154410944
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4154410229
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4154410311
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415441014899
Népouite  (*)Serpentine ClayNi3Si2O5(OH)415441166
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O154410301
Takovite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Al2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O018
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)215441073


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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