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.

Locality Name:
Falkland Islands

mindat Locality ID: 3098
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3098.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Falkland Islands": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
East Falkland
West Falkland

Latitude: 51°42'30"S
Longitude: 59°22'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -51.708333333333,-59.368333333333

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	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Struvite	Zircon

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 Au C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn N O P Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Fe H Mg Mn N O P Pb S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica None
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Struvite Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Struvite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	49561	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	49563	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	49561	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49561	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	49561	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1214
Struvite ()*	Struvite	(NH₄)Mg(PO₄)·6H₂O	0		30
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	49561	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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