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:
Tahiti Nui, Tahiti, Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia, France

mindat Locality ID: 270280
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270280.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tahiti Nui, Tahiti, Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia, France": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Papeete
Papeno'o
Punaauia

Latitude: 17°31'40"S
Longitude: 149°25'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.527777777778,-149.4275

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Gismondine	Natrolite	None
Olivine	Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel

Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gismondine ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Leucite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Saponite ()*	Siderite ()*
Spinel ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Gismondine Natrolite None
Olivine Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	53699	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	53699	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	53697,53699	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	53699	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	53699	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	53697	1188
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	53699	128
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	53701	167
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	53697	5433
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	1	53697	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	53697	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	53699	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	53699,53701	1236
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	53699	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	53699	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	53697	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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