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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

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 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: 
AmphiboleAragoniteBrookiteCalciteClayCorundumFeldsparMalachiteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSerpentineSpinelTalcTitanite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211077613419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11077618803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211077612162
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41107761708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11077613250
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21107761700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110776127770
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11077612600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211077619895
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110776114640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110776114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110776112537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110776117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110776139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110776161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211077615614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11077616417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11077612473
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211077613337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11077614899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211077612562



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