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Locality Name:
Northwest Africa 480 Martian Meteorite (NWA 480), Northwest Africa Meteorites


mindat Locality ID: 270477
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270477.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northwest Africa 480 Martian Meteorite (NWA 480), Northwest Africa Meteorites": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cl Cr Fe K Mg Na O P S Si Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCeriteCoronaditeCorundumNickelineNoneOlivinePyroxeneRutileSpinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Liebermannite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Stishovite  (*)
Ulvöspinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl0203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)0371
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Liebermannite  (*)CoronaditeKAlSi3O802
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)70230
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O60303
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Stishovite  (*)RutileSiO2026
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO40120


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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