Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gualba Quarries, Gualba, Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 3113
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3113.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gualba Quarries, Gualba, Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Aymar Quarry
Sala Quarry (Americano Mines)

Latitude: 41°44'43"N
Longitude: 2°29'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.745277777778,2.4847222222222

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Humite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydromagnesite ()*	Inesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Powellite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Humite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel Talc Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	0		462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	109684,109685	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	0		285
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		951
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	109684	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	109684	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	0		717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	0		741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	0		341
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	109684	50
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	0		633
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	0		494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	109684	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	109684	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	109684	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	0		1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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