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Locality Name:
Unspecifed Lava Tubes (lava Caves), Hawaii Co., Hawaii, USA


mindat Locality ID: 258374
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258374.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unspecifed Lava Tubes (lava Caves), Hawaii Co., Hawaii, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAphthitaliteBlöditeChukhroviteCopiapiteGypsumHalotrichiteNoneNot in a structural groupPicromerite
PyrochloreSpinelSulphurTamarugite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Aphthitalite  (*)Blödite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Glauberite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Heklaite  (*)Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)
Meniaylovite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Opal  (*)Picromerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tamarugite  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Aphthitalite  (*)AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)2077
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O0130
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)20137
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Heklaite  (*)NoneKNaSiF603
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)056
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O4098
Meniaylovite  (*)ChukhroviteCa4AlSi(SO4)F13·12H2O07
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O0223
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Picromerite  (*)PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O044
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O087
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)0299


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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