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:
Las Palmas De Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 247991
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247991.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Las Palmas De Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cantera De La Esfinge
El Sebadal-La Isleta

Latitude: 28°9'42"N
Longitude: 15°24'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.161666666667,-15.415555555556

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Corundum	None	Pseudobrookite	Sapphirine	Sodalite	Spinel
Sulphur	Tridymite

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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Corundum None Pseudobrookite Sapphirine Sodalite Spinel
Sulphur Tridymite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Rhönite ()*
Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	108956	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	108956	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	108956	9895
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	1	108956	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	108956	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	108956	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	108957	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	108956	2994
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	108956	164
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	1	108957	47
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	108956	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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