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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

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: 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: 
AuricuprideBowieiteClayCorundumDiasporeNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartz
SepioliteSerpentineSpinelTalc

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Asbolane  (*)Awaruite  (*)Bowieite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Falcondoite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Laurite  (*)Lizardite  (*)
Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Népouite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sepiolite  (*)
Talc  (*)Willemseite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O148665143
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe248663,48666166
Bowieite  (*)BowieiteRh2S314866633
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4448663,48664,48665,486663902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4148663951
Falcondoite  (*)Sepiolite ClayNi4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O1486634
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)248663,486657437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314866514640
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2248663,48666226
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4248663,48665359
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4148665229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4248663,4866514899
Népouite  (*)Serpentine ClayNi3Si2O5(OH)414866366
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2248663,4866561156
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O148663241
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21486633337
Willemseite  (*)Clay TalcNi3Si4O10(OH)214866315



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