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:
Bonao, La Vega Province, Dominican Republic

mindat Locality ID: 285891
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285891.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonao, La Vega Province, Dominican Republic": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Falcondo Mine

Latitude: 18°56'5"N
Longitude: 70°21'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.934722222222,-70.362777777778

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.

Auricupride	Bowieite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz
Sepiolite	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Asbolane ()*	Awaruite ()*	Bowieite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Falcondoite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Laurite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Népouite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Talc ()*	Willemseite ()*

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: Ca Co Cr Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Rh Ru S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Bowieite Clay Corundum Diaspore None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz
Sepiolite Serpentine Spinel Talc

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	1	48665	143
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	2	48663,48666	166
Bowieite ()*	Bowieite	Rh₂S₃	1	48666	33
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	4	48663,48664,48665,48666	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	48663	951
Falcondoite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Ni₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	48663	4
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	48663,48665	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	48665	14640
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	2	48663,48666	226
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	48663,48665	359
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	48665	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	48663,48665	14899
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	48663	66
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	48663,48665	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	48663	241
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	48663	3337
Willemseite ()*	Clay Talc	Ni₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	48663	15

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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