Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Torrox, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 287986
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287986.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Torrox, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cerro Pastora
Torrox Unit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Andalusite	Beryl	Clay	Diamond	Dumortierite	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Staurolite

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 B C Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Beryl Clay Diamond Dumortierite Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Staurolite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Diamond ()*	Dumortierite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Staurolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	108255	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2	108255,108256	1310
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	108255	1008
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	108256	697
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	108255	231
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	108255	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	108255	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	108255	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	108255	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	108255	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	108256	978

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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