Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Sorowako (Soroako), Sulawesi Selatan Province (South Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia

mindat Locality ID: 260370
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260370.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sorowako (Soroako), Sulawesi Selatan Province (South Sulawesi Province), Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Petea Mine
Sorowako Mine (PT International Nickel Mine; Soroaka Mine; Soroako Mine)

Latitude: 2°31'22"S
Longitude: 121°25'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -2.5227777777778,121.42611111111

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.

Clay	None	Quartz	Sepiolite	Serpentine

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: H Mg Ni O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay None Quartz Sepiolite Serpentine

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Chrysotile ()*	Falcondoite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sepiolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	67112,67113	951
Falcondoite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Ni₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	67112	4
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	67112,67113	359
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	67112	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	67112	241

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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