Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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.

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.

Alunite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Cubanite	Gypsum	Iron	Nickeline	Nolanite	None	Olivine
Pyroxene	Rhabdophane	Spinel

Augite ()*	Bassanite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diopside ()*
Fayalite ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Jarosite ()*	Laihunite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Natrojarosite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rasvumite ()*	Troilite ()*

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: Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Corundum Cristobalite Cubanite Gypsum Iron Nickeline Nolanite None Olivine
Pyroxene Rhabdophane Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	4	1788,1790,1791,1792	2060
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	1	1788	82
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	1789	3902
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	4	1788,1790,1791,1792	453
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	1789	4135
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	4	1788,1790,1791,1792	371
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	1	1788	86
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	1788	1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	1788	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	1788	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	1788	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	1789	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	1788	2228
Laihunite ()*	None	(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺, )₂(SiO₄)	1	1788	15
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	1788,1790,1791,1792	14899
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	1788	254
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	1788,1790,1791,1792	9056
Rasvumite ()*	Cubanite	KFe₂S₃	1	1788	19
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	1789	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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