Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Motagua Valley, Guatemala

mindat Locality ID: 288180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Motagua Valley, Guatemala": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sierra De Las Minas

Latitude: 15°9'46"N
Longitude: 89°51'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 15.162777777778,-89.850277777778

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	Analcime	Clay	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Lawsonite	Mica	None
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Augite ()*
Banalsite ()*	Cymrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Ferro-glaucophane ()*	Glaucophane ()*
Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jadeite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Omphacite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Preiswerkite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Clay Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Lawsonite Mica None
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Titanite Tridymite Zircon

25 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	64587	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	64587	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	64587	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	64587	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	64587	2060
Banalsite ()*	None	Na₂BaAl₄Si₄O₁₆	1	64587	22
Cymrite ()*	None	Ba(Si,Al)₄(O,OH)₈·H₂O	1	64587	46
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	64587	4135
Ferro-glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	64587	26
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	64587	286
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	64587	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	64587	5433
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	64587	154
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	64587	121
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	64587	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	64587	884
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	64587	229
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	64587	247
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	64587	2273
Preiswerkite ()*	Mica	NaAlMg₂(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	64587	14
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	64587	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	64587	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	64587	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	64587	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	64587	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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