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Locality Name:
Miranda, Venezuela


mindat Locality ID: 26775
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26775.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miranda, Venezuela": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Caracas
Cueva Alfredo Jahn
Cueva Cantera Sur De Baruta
Cueva De Baruta
Cueva De Iglesitas
Cueva La Guairita 2
Cueva Quebrada Marasmita
Cueva Ricardo Zuloaga
Cueva Sin Nombre Al Sur De Caracas
Cuevo Del Indio

Latitude: 10°27'53"N
Longitude: 66°39'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 10.464722222222,-66.651111111111
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 As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn N Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluminiteAluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteCalciteCeriteClayEpsomiteGarnet
GypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSepioliteStruvite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Aluminite  (*)Ammoniojarosite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Ardealite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Brushite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Koktaite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganberzeliite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)
Struvite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O129466578
Ammoniojarosite  (*)Alunite(NH4)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6129465730
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)6294658,294659,294660,294661,294663,2946643250
Ardealite  (*)GypsumCa2(PO3OH)(SO4)·4H2O129466330
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212946595509
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O2294663,294665104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3294657,294659,29466127770
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl1294665203
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22294658,2946599895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1294658484
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2294663,2946652740
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3294660,294663,2946656890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl12946571398
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH4294657,294660,294663,294665367
Koktaite  (*)None(NH4)2Ca(SO4)2·H2O129465712
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2129465912537
Manganberzeliite  (*)Garnet(NaCa2)Mn2+2(AsO4)3129465724
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12946592994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2129465939462
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O1294663241
Struvite  (*)Struvite(NH4)Mg(PO4)·6H2O129466330
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)61294663104


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