Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wetar Island, Maluku Province, Maluku Islands (Moluccas), Indonesia

mindat Locality ID: 302320
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302320.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wetar Island, Maluku Province, Maluku Islands (Moluccas), Indonesia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wetar Base Metal Sulphide And Baryte Deposits

Latitude: 7°42'50"S
Longitude: 126°19'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -7.7138888888889,126.32138888889

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brackebuschite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copiapite	Copper	Covellite	Enargite	Geocronite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Römerite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenbrackebuschite ()*	Arsendescloizite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copiapite ()*	Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Jordanite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Karibibite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Moschellandsbergite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Perroudite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Römerite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Brackebuschite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copiapite Copper Covellite Enargite Geocronite Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Römerite Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	67074	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	67074	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	67074	2734
Arsenbrackebuschite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂(Fe³⁺,Zn)(AsO₄)₂(OH,H₂O)	1	67074	24
Arsendescloizite ()*	Adelite	PbZn(AsO₄)(OH)	1	67074	20
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	67074,67076	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	67074	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	67074	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	67074	1089
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	67074	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	67074,67076	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	67074	2600
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	67074	382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	67076	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	67074	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	67074	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	67074	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	67074	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	67074,67076	2228
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	1	67074	105
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	67074,67076	5591
Karibibite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(As³⁺O₂)₄(As³⁺₂O₅)(OH)	1	67074	19
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	67074	198
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	67074	1107
Moschellandsbergite ()*	None	Ag₂Hg₃	1	67074	24
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	67074,67076	17380
Perroudite ()*	None	Ag₄Hg₅S₅(I,Br)₂Cl₂	1	67074	23
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	67074	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	67074,67076	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	67074,67076	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	67074,67076	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	1	67074	115
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	67074,67076	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	67076	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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