Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Benalúa De Las Villas, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 299618
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299618.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Benalúa De Las Villas, Granada, Andalusia, Spain": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Colomera Meteorite

Latitude: 37°25'58"N
Longitude: 3°38'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.432777777778,-3.6494444444444

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.

Apatite	Cerite	Feldspar	Milarite	None	Olivine	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Spinel
Tridymite

Albite ()*	Armalcolite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Diopside ()*
Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*	Whitlockite ()*	Yagiite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Cerite Feldspar Milarite None Olivine Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Rutile Spinel
Tridymite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	260	260	1	107985	8803
Armalcolite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Mg,Fe²⁺)Ti₂O₅	260	260	1	107985	39
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	260	260	1	107985	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	260	260	1	107985	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	260	260	1	107985	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	260	260	1	107985	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	260	260	1	107985	1188
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	260	260	1	107985	230
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	260	260	1	107985	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	260	260	1	107985	598
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	260	260	1	107985	374
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	260	260	1	107985	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	260	260	1	107985	1044
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	260	260	1	107985	104
Yagiite ()*	Milarite	NaMg₂(AlMg₂Si₁₂)O₃₀	260	260	1	107985	1

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00624	260	260	Triassic							Yes			Cu	195468	Granada, Andalusia, Spain	Granada	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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