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Locality Name:
Almería, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 48
Youngest recorded age at locality: 8.6

mindat Locality ID: 3102
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3102.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Almería, Andalusia, Spain": 171
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 95

Number of Child Localities: 37
Child Localities:
Abla
Adra
Alcolea
Almería
Arboleas
Bacares
Bayarque
Bédar
Benahadux
Berja
Betic Cordillera
Canjáyar
Carboneras
Cóbdar
Cuevas Del Almanzora (Cuevas De Vera)
Dalías
Fiñana
Garrucha
Huércal De Almería
Huércal-Overa
Las Tres Villas
Lucainena De Las Torres
Macael
Níjar
Olula De Castro
Oria
Pulpí
Roquetas De Mar
Serón
Sierra Alhamilla
Sierra Cabrera
Sierra De Gádor
Sierra De Los Filabres
Sorbas
Tabernas
Tíjola
Zurgena

Latitude: 37°7'28"N
Longitude: 2°18'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.124444444444,-2.3133333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Ba Bi Br C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg I K Li Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sr Te Ti U V W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAkrochorditeAllargentumAllophaneAluniteAmarantiteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusite
ApatiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthuriteAtacamiteBaryteBerylBismutite
BournoniteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteBrookiteBruciteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteCarpholiteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteChenevixiteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteConnelliteCopper
CoronaditeCorrensiteCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteCyanotrichiteDescloiziteDevillineDiasporeDigenite
EnargiteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFerrieriteFluoriteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteHeulandite
HydrotalciteKaoliniteKtenasiteLöllingiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMelonite
MicaMilleriteMixiteMonaziteMordeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPerovskite
PharmacosideritePhenakitePhilipsburgitePyritePyrochlorePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
RömeriteScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStibniteSulphur
TalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTurquoiseTyroliteVivianiteWurtziteZinkosite

259 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)
Almandine  (*)Alunite  (*)Amarantite  (*)Ammoniojarosite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenogoyazite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Arsentsumebite  (*)Arthurite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Atacamite  (*)
Augite  (*)Auriacusite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Barroisite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Belloite  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bobkingite  (*)Boleite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brackebuschite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Bromargyrite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calderónite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Calomel  (*)Capgaronnite  (*)Carminite  (*)Carrollite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chloritoid  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinoatacamite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinoclase  (*)Clinoptilolite-Ca  (*)Clinoptilolite-K  (*)Clinoptilolite-Na  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Clintonite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Cookeite  (*)
Copper  (*)Corderoite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Dyscrasite  (*)Eglestonite  (*)Emmonsite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferrierite-Mg  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)
Ferro-katophorite  (*)Ferrocarpholite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorcalcioroméite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)Gartrellite  (*)Gerhardtite  (*)Glaukosphaerite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Guanacoite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)
Huntite  (*)Hydroniumpharmacoalumite  (*)Iltisite  (*)Inyoite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Juanitaite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kasolite  (*)
Krennerite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Kuzminite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Luanheite  (*)Macedonite  (*)
Magnesiocarpholite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Metaheinrichite  (*)
Metasideronatrite  (*)Miersite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Mullite  (*)
Munakataite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Nantokite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)
Natrojarosite  (*)Natropharmacoalumite  (*)Natropharmacosiderite  (*)Nitrocalcite  (*)Nontronite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)
Oxyplumboroméite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paragonite  (*)Paraschachnerite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)
Paratellurite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Perroudite  (*)Pharmacoalumite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsburgite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Potassic-ferro-taramite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrochroite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Reevesite  (*)Rodalquilarite  (*)Römerite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rouaite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Saliotite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Schachnerite  (*)Schuetteite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Shakhovite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spherocobaltite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Sudoite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Svanbergite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)
Talc  (*)Tellurite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Veenite  (*)Willemite  (*)Woodhouseite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zálesíite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)Zinkosite  (*)Zunyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S231911077502793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22107761,1077923419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)23193107712,107748,107750254
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O11.88.6110778290
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5107675,107676,107737,107761,1077928803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)34107737,107770,107771,1078312353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6119.512107699,107721,107723,107775,107777,107778,107779,107780,107782,107792,107818,107826966
Amarantite  (*)AmarantiteFe3+2O(SO4)2·7H2O4848110780722
Ammoniojarosite  (*)Alunite(NH4)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)610.79.5110777830
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO25107675,107676,107723,107737,1077612162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO521.917.511078151310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11.88.68107719,107723,107744,107775,107777,107781,107784,1077902734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11077951588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2231911077503092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O23192107750,107816445
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)42107671,107761708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)4817.57107675,107750,107761,107807,107810,107815,1078203250
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6110779258
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O238.64107750,107775,107777,107782194
Arsenogoyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6110783821
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS48485107721,107737,107757,107795,1078079052
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)110772337
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O11.88.6110778235
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O23192107750,107773143
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3238.66107712,107723,107750,107775,107777,107784544
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O62107768,1077972060
Auriacusite  (*)AndalusiteFe3+Cu2+(AsO4)O231911077506
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)623193107697,107741,107750919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2488.616107673,107693,107696,107697,107721,107723,107726,107737,107750,107773,107775,107782,107789,107813,107838,1078415509
Barroisite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2110770949
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)488.626107675,107680,107691,107696,107697,107717,107719,107721,107723,107726,107727,107728,107729,107730,107732,107750,107759,107773,107775,107785,107792,107794,107795,107807,107810,10781311547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)211.88.62107723,107777172
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6488.63107775,107777,107809132
Belloite  (*)NoneCu(OH)Cl231911077506
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62107723,107741413
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11077211966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32107737,1077571935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2107737,107757716
Bobkingite  (*)NoneCu5Cl2(OH)8·2H2O231911077503
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)4811.88.6110777765
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4238.64107693,107750,107775,1077825516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112107716,107721843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS34107716,107721,107722,1077951089
Brackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)11.88.6110778215
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6238.66107696,107723,107750,107775,107777,1077841633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1107784227
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO24107675,107676,107717,107761700
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe210.410.42107719,107775361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)488.631107675,107676,107677,107683,107691,107693,107697,107701,107709,107710,107719,107721,107735,107741,107750,107754,107761,107773,107775,107782,107784,107792,107794,107795,107797,107807,107813,107819,107823,107826,10783827770
Calderónite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)11.88.62107775,10778229
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)611.88.62107777,107784359
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl23192107750,10779291
Capgaronnite  (*)NoneAgHgClS2319110775011
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21107723178
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S423191107750154
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)3107739,107754,1077951252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)488.615107683,107696,107697,107719,107723,107726,107773,107775,107777,107782,107784,107790,107810,107823,1078244979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O11.88.64107712,107775,107777,107782925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S238.64107693,107750,107777,1077805707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O1107784197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2488.612107693,107717,107721,107737,107750,107757,107773,107775,107782,107792,107807,10784127198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O110779277
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81107677577
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2238.63107750,107775,10778290
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl488.67107723,107726,107750,107775,107777,107782,1078131382
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21107677376
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O238.611107673,107696,107741,107743,107750,107757,107773,107782,107784,107817,1078383531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS23196107693,107721,107750,107761,107792,1078382600
Clinoatacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3238.63107723,107750,10777743
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82107675,1076761756
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)323191107750127
Clinoptilolite-Ca  (*)HeulanditeCa3(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O110777433
Clinoptilolite-K  (*)HeulanditeK6(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O110777413
Clinoptilolite-Na  (*)HeulanditeNa6(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O11.88.62107774,10777524
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2107675,1077091025
Clintonite  (*)Mica ClayCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2110779286
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS23191107750966
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)488.66107743,107750,107773,107782,107807,107838363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O238.65107712,107750,107775,107777,107782295
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)821.917.52107677,107815181
Copper  (*)CopperCu23195107696,107726,107727,107750,1077573846
Corderoite  (*)NoneHg3S2Cl2110779216
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O183107770,107771,1078311008
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4238.64107737,107743,107750,107782175
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1611.88.65107773,107775,107777,107781,107782227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS238.67107693,107723,107750,107773,107775,107780,1077844165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21107771453
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21107803327
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O23194107696,107726,107750,1077572970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)23107712,107723,107838179
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)11.88.61107775481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411.88.61107775651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11.88.62107775,1077821027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)223198107693,107743,107750,107754,107761,107773,107785,1077929895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)11.88.65107697,107741,107773,107777,107781220
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)2107719,107727180
Eglestonite  (*)None([Hg1+]2)3OCl3(OH)2319110775036
Emmonsite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)3·2H2O10.410.4110778034
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS411.88.63107775,107777,107780910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11077468173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1107819484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O23192107750,107789814
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)3107716,107721,107728551
Ferrierite-Mg  (*)Ferrierite[Mg2(K,Na)2Ca0.5](Si29Al7)O72·18H2O110777434
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21107706271
Ferro-katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2110770938
Ferrocarpholite  (*)CarpholiteFe2+Al2Si2O6(OH)421.917.5110781525
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11.88.63107676,107775,1077822740
Fluorcalcioroméite  (*)Pyrochlore(Ca,Na)2Sb5+2O6F11077268
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF27107693,107726,107744,107773,107823,107824,1078389617
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4110778449
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS488.627107680,107683,107693,107696,107697,107717,107721,107722,107723,107726,107727,107729,107744,107750,107773,107775,107777,107782,107784,107785,107790,107792,107794,107795,107810,107823,10782424243
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O11.88.62107723,10777741
Gerhardtite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)32319110775024
Glaukosphaerite  (*)MalachiteCuNi(CO3)(OH)22319110775025
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)488.624107675,107676,107691,107693,107715,107717,107719,107721,107723,107726,107727,107728,107729,107730,107733,107737,107741,107757,107759,107775,107782,107807,107809,1078107437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2310.49107737,107750,107775,107777,107779,107780,107782,107784,10779230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC3107675,107792,1078312812
Guanacoite  (*)AkrochorditeCu2Mg3(OH)4(AsO4)2·4H2O11077413
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O488.623107686,107699,107707,107712,107715,107717,107721,107723,107726,107752,107766,107775,107782,107792,107793,107795,107807,107819,107826,107831,107833,107834,1078366890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl2107709,1077921398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O11.88.63107721,107775,107819409
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O41107719350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3489.513107675,107676,107693,107703,107721,107727,107733,107737,107761,107775,107780,107807,10781314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11.88.65107697,107741,107773,107777,1077841689
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41107771407
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O42107717,10771973
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)23191107750111
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)611.88.62107775,10777757
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O23191107750103
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)4110779269
Hydroniumpharmacoalumite  (*)Pharmacosiderite(H3O)Al4(AsO4)3(OH)4·4.5H2O11.88.611077821
Iltisite  (*)NoneHgAgSCl11078383
Inyoite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O110779234
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI238.63107750,107777,107782180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6488.614107712,107717,107721,107723,107728,107750,107777,107779,107780,107782,107784,107792,107807,1078192228
Juanitaite  (*)Not in a structural group(Cu,Ca,Fe)10Bi(AsO4)4(OH)11·2H2O231911077504
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O21107709179
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4488.67107677,107699,107775,107780,107782,107792,1078115591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O1107767198
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe810.410.41107780111
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O11.88.6110778275
Kuzminite  (*)NoneHgBr11077924
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO421.917.511078151507
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O238.64107712,107750,107777,107782149
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)48482107723,107813581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)211.88.62107777,107784987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs211.88.61107782762
Luanheite  (*)NoneAg3Hg2319110775017
Macedonite  (*)PerovskitePbTiO311077275
Magnesiocarpholite  (*)CarpholiteMgAl2Si2O6(OH)421.917.5110781523
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)48486107684,107699,107800,107807,107817,1078191487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43107733,107761,10780314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2488.622107673,107693,107696,107697,107712,107723,107726,107737,107741,107743,107750,107757,107761,107768,107773,107775,107777,107782,107784,107789,107813,10783812537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)11.88.62107717,107775770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS25107721,107792,107795,107819,1078265674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1107712915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg23192107750,107792397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS1107792255
Metaheinrichite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O48482107804,10780719
Metasideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·H2O11.88.62107775,10778228
Miersite  (*)SphaleriteAgI11.88.6110778210
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11077921066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl488.614107696,107697,107712,107723,107741,107773,107775,107776,107777,107781,107782,107784,107809,1078381107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O23191107750168
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)2107675,107676945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11077921508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O1107769405
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)11.88.63107777,107781,107782362
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)11.88.6110776278
Munakataite  (*)LinaritePb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)411.88.6110777722
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2488.611107675,107676,107677,107719,107737,107750,107761,107775,107792,107811,10781817380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41107792112
Nantokite  (*)SphaleriteCuCl2319110775035
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)62107678,107819128
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62107712,107792254
Natropharmacoalumite  (*)PharmacosideriteNaAl4(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O11.88.611077823
Natropharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteNaFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O11.88.6110778213
Nitrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(NO3)2·4H2O110779246
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1107792471
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)238.68107712,107737,107743,107750,107775,107777,107782,107838492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11.88.65107693,107713,107714,107757,1077752994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31107792511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11.88.63107777,107782,1077922349
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)611.88.63107723,107777,10778164
Oxyplumboroméite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb2O7110772633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS23192107721,107750767
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24817.53107677,107811,107815247
Paraschachnerite  (*)NoneAg3Hg22319110775011
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)611.88.62107777,107784158
Paratellurite  (*)RutileTeO210.410.4110778020
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21107709313
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O238.62107750,107782105
Perroudite  (*)NoneAg4Hg5S5(I,Br)2Cl211.88.62107782,10783823
Pharmacoalumite  (*)PharmacosideriteKAl4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6.5H2O11.88.62107723,10778217
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O11.88.63107723,107775,107782428
Philipsburgite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu5Zn(AsO4)(PO4)(OH)6·H2O110774331
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O1107719265
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61107723170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611.88.61107775477
Potassic-ferro-taramite  (*)AmphiboleK(NaCa)(Fe2+3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)211078301
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33107719,107727,1077921425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2489.820107675,107676,107707,107721,107733,107737,107750,107757,107761,107773,107775,107777,107780,107782,107789,107792,107795,107807,107819,10782639462
Pyrochroite  (*)BruciteMn2+(OH)2110779256
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO248483107804,107808,1078133106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl488.65107775,107777,107781,107809,1078101725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)221.910.23107677,107775,107815771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811077219056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2488.636107673,107675,107676,107677,107693,107713,107717,107719,107721,107726,107728,107737,107750,107761,107767,107768,107769,107771,107773,107774,107775,107776,107777,107780,107781,107782,107784,107785,107787,107792,107807,107810,107818,107819,107830,10783861156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1107792712
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O2319110775048
Rodalquilarite  (*)NoneH3Fe3+2(Te4+O3)4Cl10.410.42107775,1077806
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O1107712115
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2238.67107696,107697,107741,107750,107777,107784,107838454
Rouaite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)32319110775011
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO223196107675,107676,107709,107737,107750,1077615614
Saliotite  (*)Corrensite(Li,Na)Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)521.917.511078152
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2107713,107714598
Schachnerite  (*)NoneAg1.1Hg0.92319110775014
Schuetteite  (*)NoneHg3O2(SO4)00110779221
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O488.67107723,107750,107775,107777,107780,107782,1078071153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6488.64107721,107777,107782,107809134
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S211107795165
Shakhovite  (*)NoneHg1+4Sb5+O3(OH)311077928
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)481919107673,107693,107717,107721,107723,107727,107728,107729,107730,107733,107737,107750,107757,107761,107785,107792,107795,107807,1078106417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S423191107750249
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO521.917.54107770,107771,107815,1078311516
Silver  (*)CopperAg238.64107726,107727,107750,1077755186
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O4848110780756
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)238.69107680,107705,107712,107750,107761,107775,107777,107784,1078242473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O3107712,107719,107838105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS488.612107717,107721,107722,107729,107775,107777,107781,107782,107784,107785,107792,10781021482
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)2319110775052
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)21.917.51107815978
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311077923418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)2107696,107697589
Sudoite  (*)Chlorite ClayMg2Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)8110767751
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS4107723,107817,107819,1078262045
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)611.88.61107775105
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F2107675,107676232
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211077613337
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO210.410.4110778052
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe10.410.41107775190
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13238.63107750,107775,1077821803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO231911077501101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311.88.67107716,107717,107721,107722,107728,107775,1077825317
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe23192107750,10779283
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2107675,1077614899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22107709,1077612562
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O23191107750245
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl11.88.63107775,107777,107782605
Veenite  (*)NonePb2(Sb,As)2S511077219
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO411.88.62107777,107784303
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)611.88.6110777562
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411.88.66107696,107697,107773,107775,107790,1078181655
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O23192107750,10781784
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)23194107694,107696,107750,10783860
Zinkosite  (*)ZinkositeZn(SO4)11077212
Zunyite  (*)NoneAl13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl119.8110777586


10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen0025282319Alpine Orogeny age of metamorphism     Co241637Cerro Minado Mines, Cuesta Alta, Huércal-Overa, Almería, Andalusia, SpainBetic CordillerasZeck 198910.1016/0040-1951(89)90196-0T169_215Cerro Minado deposit hosted in the Alpujarride complex (Amores et al. 2013)(SGABM12_1). Alpujarride complex characterized by low grade alpine metamorphism (Egeler 1964)(GR53_260). Alpine orogeny occurred in this region during the restricted period of 19-23 Ma (Zeck et al. 1989)(T169_215).
Kristen00185611.410.210.8±0.6K-Ar illite87A21  Pyrophyllite 31923Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, SpainRodalquilar DepositArribas et al. (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.795EG90_795 
Kristen00185711.110.510.8±0.3K-Ar illite87A10  Quartz 31923Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, SpainRodalquilar DepositArribas et al. (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.795EG90_795 
Kristen00185811.810.411.1±0.7K-Ar illite87A14  Quartz 31923Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, SpainRodalquilar DepositArribas et al. (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.795EG90_795 
Kristen00185910.28.69.4±0.8K-Ar illite87A25  Quartz 31923Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, SpainRodalquilar DepositArribas et al. (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.795EG90_795 
Kristen001861119.810.4±0.6K-Ar alunite87A111  AlunitePyrite, Quartz, Zunyite 31923Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, SpainRodalquilar DepositArribas et al. (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.795EG90_795 
Kristen00186210.410.410.4±K-ArAu mineralization along with amorphous silica and pyritehigh     Au, Te, Sn31923Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, SpainRodalquilar DepositArribas et al. (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.795EG90_795 
Kristen00186010.79.510.1±0.6K-Ar alunite87A150  AluniteHematite, Quartz 133044Cerro Del Cinto Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, SpainCinto Open PitArribas et al. (1995)10.2113/gsecongeo.90.4.795EG90_795 
Grew_Li_2019_0095484848      Saliotite 132517Sierra Alhamilla, Almería, Andalusia, SpainTurrillas, eastern Alpujarrides, Sierra Alhamilla, Betic chain, Andalusia, Spain (type)Platt et al. (2005)10.1144/0016-764903-039JGSL162_451 
Scott-JP42_1373-000121.917.519.7 ± 2.2U-PbAge of metamorphismzircon   Zircon  68189Schist Outcrops, Tabernas, Sierra Alhamilla, Almería, Andalusia, SpainSchist OutcropsZeck and Williams (2001)10.1093/petrology/42.7.1373JP42_1373 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060724Huércal-Overa, Almería, Andalusia, Spainhttps://rruff.info/R060724
R141030Cerro Minado Mines, Cuesta Alta, Huércal-Overa, Almería, Andalusia, Spainhttps://rruff.info/R141030
FKM-172El Hoyazo, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spainhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-151-to-fkm-175/#FKM-172
R070493María Josefa Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spainhttps://rruff.info/R070493
R060411María Josefa Mine, Rodalquilar, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spainhttps://rruff.info/R060411

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