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:
Outwash Basin, Momotombo Volcano, León Department, Nicaragua

mindat Locality ID: 270122
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270122.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Outwash Basin, Momotombo Volcano, León Department, Nicaragua": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Melanterite	None

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 Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Halotrichite Melanterite None

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Alpersite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Melanterite ()*
Mendozite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Pickeringite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alpersite ()*	Melanterite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	10
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Mendozite ()*	None	NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	28
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	128
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	265

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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