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:
Northwest Africa 4801 Meteorite (NWA 4801), Northwest Africa Meteorites

mindat Locality ID: 257561
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257561.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northwest Africa 4801 Meteorite (NWA 4801), Northwest Africa Meteorites": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Cerite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Iron	None	Pyroxene	Spinel

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 Ca Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cerite Diaspore Feldspar Iron None Pyroxene Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Anorthite ()*	Celsian ()*	Diopside ()*	Goethite ()*	Iron ()*
Merrillite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	100
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	230
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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