Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Germania, Pascuales, Guayaquil, Guayaquil Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador

mindat Locality ID: 246776
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246776.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Germania, Pascuales, Guayaquil, Guayaquil Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
C.V. Hormigones

Latitude: 2°2'35"S
Longitude: 79°57'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -2.0430555555556,-79.95

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group
Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite

Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Melanterite None Not in a structural group
Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite

15 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	49030	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	49030	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	49030	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	49030	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	49030	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	49030	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	49030	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	49030	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	49030	1271
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	49030	915
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49030	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	49030	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	49030	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	49030	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	49030	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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