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:
Momotombo Volcano, León Department, Nicaragua

mindat Locality ID: 270121
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270121.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Momotombo Volcano, León Department, Nicaragua": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Outwash Basin

Latitude: 12°25'26"N
Longitude: 86°32'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.423888888889,-86.541111111111

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.

Alunite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Halotrichite
Kaolinite	Melanterite	None	Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite	Sulphur	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Alpersite ()*	Augite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mendozite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natroalunite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tridymite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Halotrichite
Kaolinite Melanterite None Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite Sulphur Tridymite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	0		1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Alpersite ()*	Melanterite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	88756	10
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	0		453
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	88756	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	88756	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	88756	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	0		741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	88756	915
Mendozite ()*	None	NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	1	88756	28
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	88756	128
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		471
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	88756	265
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	0		458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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