Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Unspecified Caves, Venezuela

mindat Locality ID: 258373
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258373.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unspecified Caves, Venezuela": 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.

Alum	Aluminite	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Cerite	Clay	Diaspore
Epsomite	Garnet	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Leucophosphite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Quartz
Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Sepiolite	Spinel	Struvite	Tridymite

Aluminite ()*	Ammoniojarosite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Ardealite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bassanite ()*	Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Evansite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ice ()*	Koktaite ()*
Leucophosphite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Lonecreekite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganberzeliite ()*	Nitratine ()*	Opal ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Pigotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Struvite ()*	Sveite ()*
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 As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn N Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn N Na O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Aluminite Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Calcite Cerite Clay Diaspore
Epsomite Garnet Gypsum Hexahydrite Leucophosphite Malachite None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Quartz
Rhabdophane Rocksalt Sepiolite Spinel Struvite Tridymite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aluminite ()*	Aluminite	Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₄·7H₂O	78
Ammoniojarosite ()*	Alunite	(NH₄)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	30
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Ardealite ()*	Gypsum	Ca₂(PO₃OH)(SO₄)·4H₂O	30
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	82
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	203
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Evansite ()*	Amorphous	Al₃(PO₄)(OH)₆·8H₂O	56
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	251
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Ice ()*	Amorphous Tridymite	H₂O	59
Koktaite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	12
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	110
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	210
Lonecreekite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	6
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Manganberzeliite ()*	Garnet	(NaCa₂)Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)₃	24
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	91
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	306
Pigotite ()*	None	Al₄C₆H₅O₁₀·13H₂O (?)	3
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	241
Struvite ()*	Struvite	(NH₄)Mg(PO₄)·6H₂O	30
Sveite ()*	None	KAl₇(NO₃)₄(OH)₁₆Cl₂·8H₂O	3
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	104

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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