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Locality Name:
Las Aguadas, San Martín Department, San Luis Province, Argentina


mindat Locality ID: 279895
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279895.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Las Aguadas, San Martín Department, San Luis Province, Argentina": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cabeza De Novillo Pegmatite
Cema Pegmatite
Maria Del Huerto Pegmatite

Latitude: 32°34'52"S
Longitude: 65°24'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.581111111111,-65.414166666667
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 B Be Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeArrojaditeArseniosideriteBerylChildreniteClayDufréniteFeldsparGarnetGraftonite
HureauliteJahnsiteLazuliteLeucophosphiteLipscombiteMicaNoneOlivinePyroxeneQuartz
ReddingiteRockbridgeiteSouzaliteTourmalineWagnerite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beusite  (*)Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)  (*)Dufrénite  (*)
Eosphorite  (*)Gormanite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)  (*)Lazulite  (*)
Leucophosphite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Phosphoferrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Reddingite  (*)Robertsite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Sicklerite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Spodumene  (*)Staněkite  (*)
Tavorite  (*)Triploidite  (*)Varulite  (*)Wyllieite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)135288803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1833527,3528,35294286
Beusite  (*)GraftoniteMn2+Mn2+2(PO4)21352839
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)  (*)ArrojaditeK(NaMn)CaNa3AlMn13(PO4)12(OH)21352826
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O13528139
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O13528128
Gormanite  (*)SouzaliteFe2+3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O1352823
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O13528125
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mg2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O1352814
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)213528232
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O13528110
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)21352847
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)13528155
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)135284924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21352817380
Phosphoferrite  (*)ReddingiteFe2+3(PO4)2·3H2O1352831
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21352861156
Reddingite  (*)ReddingiteMn2+3(PO4)2·3H2O1352824
Robertsite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O1352836
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)513528206
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)135282705
Sicklerite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)1352866
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3135281214
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O633527,3528,3529688
Staněkite  (*)WagneriteFe3+Mn2+O(PO4)1352813
Tavorite  (*)NoneLiFe3+(PO4)(OH)1352835
Triploidite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(PO4)(OH)1352829
Varulite  (*)AlluauditeNa2Mn(MnFe3+)(PO4)31352815
Wyllieite  (*)NoneNaNaMn(Fe2+Al)(PO4)31352817


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