Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cachari, Azul, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 286324
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286324.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cachari, Azul, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cachari Meteorite

Latitude: 36°23'59"S
Longitude: 59°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.399722222222,-59.5

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.

Corundum	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Spinel	Zircon

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: Al Ca Cr Fe Mg O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum Feldspar None Pyroxene Spinel Zircon

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Anorthite ()*	Chromite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Troilite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	1972	1036
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	1972	3902
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	1972	5433
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	1972	303
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	1972	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	1972	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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