Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Aeolis Quadrangle, Mars

mindat Locality ID: 247946
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247946.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aeolis Quadrangle, Mars": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gale Crater
Gusev Crater

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.

Alluaudite	Alunite	Amorphous	Beraunite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Feldspar
Gadolinite	Gypsum	Iron	Lazulite	Lipscombite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phosphosiderite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Reddingite	Rhabdophane	Rockbridgeite	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Strunzite
Tridymite	Turquoise	Vivianite

Akaganeite ()*	Alluaudite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antarcticite ()*
Augite ()*	Barbosalite ()*	Barićite ()*	Bassanite ()*	Beraunite ()*
Cacoxenite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Datolite ()*	Ferristrunzite ()*
Ferroalluaudite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kainite ()*
Kidwellite ()*	Kryzhanovskite ()*	Landesite ()*	Lipscombite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Natron ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Pigeonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Sanderite ()*
Sanidine ()*	Strengite ()*	Strunzite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tridymite ()*
Turquoise ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alluaudite Alunite Amorphous Beraunite Clay Coronadite Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Feldspar
Gadolinite Gypsum Iron Lazulite Lipscombite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Phosphosiderite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Reddingite Rhabdophane Rockbridgeite Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Strunzite
Tridymite Turquoise Vivianite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O	4	80308,80313,80314,80315	63
Alluaudite ()*	Alluaudite	NaMnFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃	1	80325	94
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	80319	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	5	80308,80309,80313,80315,80316	1588
Antarcticite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaCl₂·6H₂O	1	80319	11
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	6	80308,80311,80313,80314,80315,80316	2060
Barbosalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	80325	43
Barićite ()*	Vivianite	(Mg,Fe)₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	80325	7
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	4	80308,80313,80314,80315	82
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	80325	136
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	80325	280
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	80325	77
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	4	80304,80309,80310,80311	453
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	80319	498
Ferristrunzite ()*	Strunzite	Fe³⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	80325	14
Ferroalluaudite ()*	Alluaudite	NaFe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃	1	80325	11
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	80311,80313	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	80319	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	80313	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	3	80313,80314,80315	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	80308,80310,80311,80313,80314,80315,80316,80319	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	80311,80314,80316	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	80317	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	80310,80311	2228
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	1	80319	50
Kidwellite ()*	None	NaFe³⁺_9+x(PO₄)₆(OH)₁₁·3H₂O (x ≈ 0.33)	1	80325	53
Kryzhanovskite ()*	Reddingite	(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)₃(PO₄)₂(OH,H₂O)₃	1	80325	34
Landesite ()*	Reddingite	Mn²⁺₉Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₈(OH)₃·9H₂O	1	80325	14
Lipscombite ()*	Lipscombite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	80325	47
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	80309,80311,80313,80314,80315,80316	14899
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O	1	80319	51
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	80313	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	80304	2994
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	80325	182
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	6	80308,80311,80313,80314,80315,80316	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	80313,80315	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	80308,80313,80314,80315	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	80308,80310,80311,80313,80314,80315,80316	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	1	80325	206
Sanderite ()*	Not in a structural group	Mg(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	80319	4
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	80313	598
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	80325	263
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	80325	98
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	80317	703
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	2	80304,80309	458
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	80325	484

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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