Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Houaïlou Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France

mindat Locality ID: 254015
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254015.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Houaïlou Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bel Air Mine
Poro Mine

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene
Quartz	Ramsdellite	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Asbolane ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Népouite ()*
Opal ()*	Pecoraite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsdellite ()*	Siderite ()*
Talc ()*	Todorokite ()*	Willemseite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Co Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Clay Coronadite Corundum Diaspore None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene
Quartz Ramsdellite Serpentine Spinel Talc

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	1	54385	143
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	54385	599
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	54385	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	54385	1188
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	54385	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	54385	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	54385	14640
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	54385	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	54385	14899
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	54385	66
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	54385	2994
Pecoraite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	54385	40
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	54385	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂	1	54385	88
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	54385	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	54385	3337
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	54385	433
Willemseite ()*	Clay Talc	Ni₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	54385	15

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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