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Locality Name:
Kativik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 281580
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281580.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kativik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
West Clearwater Lake Impact Crater

Latitude: 56°14'0"N
Longitude: 74°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.233333333333,-74.5

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: C Ca Fe H Mg O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AphthitaliteBrownmilleriteBruciteCalciteNoneOlivinePerovskiteRocksaltSpurrite-Afwillite

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Merwinite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Periclase  (*)
Portlandite  (*)Spurrite  (*)Srebrodolskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2134833462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13483327770
Merwinite  (*)AphthitaliteCa3Mg(SiO4)213483323
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)134833153
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO134833114
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)213483351
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)13483354
Srebrodolskite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+2O513483325



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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