Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Lower Mt. Sharp, Aeolis Mons (Mount Sharp), Gale Crater, Aeolis Quadrangle, Mars


mindat Locality ID: 271211
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271211.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lower Mt. Sharp, Aeolis Mons (Mount Sharp), Gale Crater, Aeolis Quadrangle, Mars": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bridger Basin
Kimberley Quadrangle
Marias Pass
Pahrump Hills

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: Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousCoronaditeCorundumCristobaliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxene
QuartzRhabdophaneSpinelTridymite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Akaganeite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Augite  (*)Bassanite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O18030863
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)280308,803091588
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6280308,803112060
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O18030882
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2380309,80310,80311453
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1803111188
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3380308,80310,8031114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31803115433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6280310,803112228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4280309,8031114899
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6280308,80311303
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81803089056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2380308,80310,8031161156
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2180309458


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