Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kauai Co., Hawaii, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31206
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31206.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kauai Co., Hawaii, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
East Central Kauai Deposit
Kauai Bauxite Deposit (Hawaii Bauxite)
Kauai Deposits
Kauai Island
Kaula Island
Lehua Island
Niihau Island
Northeast Kauai Deposit
Waimea Canyon

Latitude: 21°59'41"N
Longitude: 159°45'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.994722222222,-159.76611111111

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Gismondine	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine	Spinel

Allophane ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Faujasite-Na ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Gismondine ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*
Hydromagnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Monohydrocalcite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhönite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Gismondine Gypsum Kaolinite Mica
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine Spinel

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	203949	470
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	203958	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	203949,203950	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	203949	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	203950	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	203948	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	203950	9895
Faujasite-Na ()*	None	(Na,Ca,Mg)₂(Si,Al)₁₂O₂₄·15H₂O	1	203952	10
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	203948,203949	1188
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	6	203945,203946,203947,203948,203957,203958	504
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	203949	128
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	5	203945,203946,203947,203957,203958	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	203953	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	203945,203946,203947,203957	14640
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	203958	62
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	203950	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	203945,203946,203947,203957	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	203945,203947,203957	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	203950	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	203945,203946,203947,203957,203958	14899
Monohydrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·H₂O	1	203950	55
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	203958	17380
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	203948	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	203958	61156
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	1	203948	47

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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