Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Peña Igneous Complex, Mendoza Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 270361
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270361.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Peña Igneous Complex, Mendoza Province, Argentina": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°41'34"S
Longitude: 68°59'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.692777777778,-68.996666666667

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Natrolite
None	Pyroxene	Sodalite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tridymite

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferro-pargasite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pargasite ()*	Potassic-ferro-ferri-sadanagaite ()*	Potassic-ferro-pargasite ()*	Sanidine ()*
Scolecite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Natrolite
None Pyroxene Sodalite Spinel Thomsonite Titanite Tridymite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	54
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	209
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	313
Potassic-ferro-ferri-sadanagaite ()*	Amphibole	KCa₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)(Si₅Al₃)O₂₂(OH)₂	2
Potassic-ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	KCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	6
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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