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:
Rainbow Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge Complex, Atlantic Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 271516
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271516.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rainbow Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge Complex, Atlantic Ocean": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Clamstone Hydrothermal Field
Ghost City Hydrothermal Field
Rainbow Hydrothermal Field

Latitude: 36°13'54"N
Longitude: 33°53'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.231666666667,-33.891111111111

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.

Aragonite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cubanite	Digenite	Millerite	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group
Pentlandite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Ferrihydrite ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*
Spionkopite ()*	Yarrowite ()*

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: C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cubanite Digenite Millerite Nolanite None Not in a structural group
Pentlandite Sphalerite Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	3899	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	3897,3898	3250
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	3899	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	2	3897,3899	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	3897,3898	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	3899	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	3899	27198
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	1	3899	82
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	3899	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	3899	300
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	1	3898	86
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	3899	191
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	3899	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	3897	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	3899	1066
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	3899	73
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	1	3899	70

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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