Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Springwater Meteorite, Springwater, Saskatchewan, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 26937
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26937.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Springwater Meteorite, Springwater, Saskatchewan, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°0'0"N
Longitude: 108°18'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52,-108.3

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.

Cerite	Iron	None	Olivine

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: Ca Cr Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cerite Iron None Olivine

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Farringtonite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Iron ()*	Merrillite ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Stanfieldite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*	Whitlockite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Farringtonite ()*	None	Mg₃(PO₄)₂	7
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	230
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	374
Stanfieldite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg₅(PO₄)₆	14
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	104

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130127	Springwater Meteorite, Springwater, Saskatchewan, Canada	https://rruff.info/R130127

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