Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Candela Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 289238
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-289238.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Candela Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pánuco

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.

Allophane	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*

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 F Fe H Hg Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	82177	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	82177	5516
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	82177	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	82177	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	82177	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	82177	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	82177	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	82177	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	82177	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	82177	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	82177	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	82177,82178	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	82177	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	82177	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	82177	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	82177	39462

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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