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Locality Name:
Tenerife, Santa Cruz De Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 25768
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25768.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tenerife, Santa Cruz De Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Adeje
Arafo
Candelaria
El Médano
Fuente De Joco
Las Cañadas Del Teide
Mirador De La Centinela
Montaña Ayosa
Mount Teide
Sanidinite Occurrence
Santa Cruz De Tenerife
Santiago Del Teide
Teno Mts

Latitude: 28°16'5"N
Longitude: 16°34'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.268055555556,-16.571111111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Nb O P REE S Si Sr Th Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteClayClinozoisiteCorundum
EpidoteEudialyteFeldsparHarmotomeMicaNatroliteNickelineNonePerovskitePyrite
PyroxeneSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSpinelSulphurThomsoniteTitaniteTridymiteWöhlerite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Faujasite-Na  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Gonnardite  (*)Haüyne  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kentbrooksite  (*)Loparite-(Ce)  (*)
Lorenzenite  (*)Magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganoeudialyte  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nontronite  (*)Normandite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phillipsite-K  (*)Phillipsite-Na  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O611090361022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O61109036286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2109036,1090448803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O3109033,109039,1090491627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2109033,1090393250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O65109027,109034,109035,109041,1090442060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6109025,109033,109039,109042,109043,10904927770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21109044309
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611090424135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211090439895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11090448173
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)21109036182
Faujasite-Na  (*)None(Na,Ca,Mg)2(Si,Al)12O24·15H2O110904310
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21109031271
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2109036,1090422740
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O1109033167
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)1109030158
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311090445433
Kentbrooksite  (*)Eudialyte(Na,REE)15(Ca,REE)6Mn3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(F,Cl)2110903619
Loparite-(Ce)  (*)Perovskite(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)2O6110903657
Lorenzenite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2O3(Si2O6)110903682
Magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22F211090368
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21109042238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44109034,109036,109042,10904414899
Manganoeudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa14Ca6Mn3Zr3[Si26O72(OH)2](H2O,Cl,O,OH)611090368
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110904417380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O2109033,1090391236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)3109036,109042,109044884
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1109042471
Normandite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca2(Mn,Fe)2(Ti,Nb,Zr)2(Si2O7)2O2F2110903610
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11090442994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11090362349
Phillipsite-K  (*)HarmotomeK6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O110904271
Phillipsite-Na  (*)HarmotomeNa6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O2109025,10904327
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110904439462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO31109036244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811090449056
Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2110903653
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl1109046105
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1109039598
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl1109036444
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11090352045
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O1109039452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3109036,109042,1090444899


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