Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dimmitt, Castro Co., Texas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 250587
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250587.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dimmitt, Castro Co., Texas, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dimmit (b) Meteorite
Dimmitt Meteorite

Latitude: 34°31'59"N
Longitude: 102°14'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.533055555556,-102.2475

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Cerite	Diamond	Feldspar	Iron	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Spinel

Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*
Diamond ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*	Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Troilite ()*
Whitlockite ()*

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 Cl Cr Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Cerite Diamond Feldspar Iron None Olivine Pyroxene 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	269922	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	269922	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	269922	2060
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	269922	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	269922	3902
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	269922	697
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	269922	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	269922	2812
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	269922	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	269922	14899
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	269922	374
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	269922	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	269922	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	269922	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	269922	1044
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	1	269922	104

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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