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Locality Name:
Tobago, Trinidad And Tobago


mindat Locality ID: 287252
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287252.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tobago, Trinidad And Tobago": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mount Irvine
Serpentinite Localities

Latitude: 14°35'48"N
Longitude: 68°41'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.596666666667,-68.697222222222
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: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteDigeniteEpidoteNickelineNonePentlandite
PerovskitePrehnitePyriteQuartzSerpentineSphaleriteSpinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Awaruite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Digenite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe1116133166
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111613227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111613327198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411161333902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41116133951
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2116132,1161331025
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11161331027
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41116133359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111613314899
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811161331512
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22116132,1161331898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111613339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811161339056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111613261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111613321482


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