Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kermadec-Tonga Trench, Pacific Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 286979
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286979.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kermadec-Tonga Trench, Pacific Ocean": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Brothers Volcano

Latitude: 34°52'59"S
Longitude: 179°3'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.883055555556,179.06638888889

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corrensite	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite
Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Heulandite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tamarugite	Titanite
Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Birnessite ()*	Bornite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Clinoptilolite-Na ()*
Corrensite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Saponite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 As Ba Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Arsenopyrite Baryte Clay Clinozoisite Corrensite Corundum Covellite Cristobalite
Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar Heulandite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Sulphur Tamarugite Titanite
Wurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	95225	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	95225	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	95225	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	95225	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	95225	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	95225	178
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	95225	5516
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95225	309
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	95225	5707
Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Heulandite	Na₆(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	1	95225	24
Corrensite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)₉(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀·nH₂O	1	95225	49
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	95225	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	95225	453
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	95225	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	95225	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	95225	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	95225	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	95225	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	95225	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	95225	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	95225	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95225	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	95225	128
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	95225	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	95225	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	95225	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	95225	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	95225	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	95225	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	95225	301
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	95225	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	95225	2045
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	95225	87
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	95225	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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