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Locality Name:
Gualba, Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 283006
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283006.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gualba, Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Àngel Quarry
Gualba Quarries

Latitude: 41°44'48"N
Longitude: 2°29'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.746666666667,2.4916666666667
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHumiteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSerpentine
SphaleriteSpinelTalcVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtzite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dypingite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Inesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Powellite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211096833419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11096838803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311096831534
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41109683708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11096833250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211096835509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411096835516
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)22109682,109683462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4109682,109683,109684,10968527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11096835707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110968327198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F21109683285
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41109683951
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11096834165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62109682,1096834135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211096839895
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O110968250
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11096838173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22109683,1096849617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11096831188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2109683,10968424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11096837437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1109683717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311096831544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61109683741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110968314640
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O2109682,109683341
Inesite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O2109683,10968450
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110968314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110968312537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211096835800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110968317380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1109683633
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11096832349
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1109683494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211096831898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22109683,10968439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811096839056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22109683,10968461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11096834894
Silver  (*)CopperAg11096835186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2109683,10968421482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211096833337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211096832562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011096831395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311096831247


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