Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Aeolis Palus, Gale Crater, Aeolis Quadrangle, Mars

mindat Locality ID: 247948
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247948.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aeolis Palus, Gale Crater, Aeolis Quadrangle, Mars": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yellowknife Bay

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.

Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Feldspar	Gypsum	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel

Akaganeite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Augite ()*	Bassanite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanidine ()*

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 Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Coronadite Corundum Feldspar Gypsum Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

16 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	3	80313,80314,80315	63
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3	80313,80315,80316	1588
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	4	80313,80314,80315,80316	2060
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	3	80313,80314,80315	82
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	80313	1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	80313	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	3	80313,80314,80315	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	80313,80314,80315,80316	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	80314,80316	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	80313,80314,80315,80316	14899
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	80313	471
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	4	80313,80314,80315,80316	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	80313,80315	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	80313,80314,80315	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	80313,80314,80315,80316	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	80313	598

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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