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:
Sierra Alpujata, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 284698
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284698.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Alpujata, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chromitite Outcrops

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Serpentine	Spinel

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Millerite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Orcelite ()*	Parkerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Violarite ()*

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: As Bi Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Serpentine Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	108253	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	108253	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	108253	3902
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	108253	4165
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	108253	327
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	108253	205
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	108253	359
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1	108253	161
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	108253	1066
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	108253	633
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)	1	108253	36
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	1	108253	55
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	108253	1512
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	1	108253	131
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	108253	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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