Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Macael, Almería, Andalusia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 287542
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287542.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Macael, Almería, Andalusia, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Marble Quarries

Latitude: 37°18'23"N
Longitude: 2°17'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.306388888889,-2.2913888888889

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Brookite Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Malachite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc Titanite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	107761	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	107761	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	107761	2162
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	107761	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	107761	3250
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	107761	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	107761	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	107761	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	107761	9895
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	107761	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	107761	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	107761	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	107761	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	107761	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	107761	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	107761	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	107761	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	107761	2473
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	107761	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	107761	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	107761	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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