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:
Lanzarote, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 31649
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31649.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lanzarote, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Caldera Colorada Y Montaña Negra
Haría
La Geria
Tenezar
Yaiza

Latitude: 29°1'20"N
Longitude: 13°40'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.022222222222,-13.671111111111

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Chabazite	Chlorite	Clay	Feldspar	Gismondine	Gypsum	Harmotome	Kaolinite
Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Tridymite

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite-K ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gobbinsite ()*
Gonnardite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Merlinoite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nordstrandite ()*
Offretite ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Sanidine ()*	Saponite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Todorokite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wairakite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Chabazite Chlorite Clay Feldspar Gismondine Gypsum Harmotome Kaolinite
Natrolite None Not in a structural group Olivine Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Thomsonite Tridymite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	108987,108996	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	108987,108996,108997	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	108987	310
Chabazite-K ()*	Chabazite	(K₂NaCa_0.5)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	108987	30
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	108996	66
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	108996	1756
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	1	108996	84
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	108987	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	108989	1188
Gobbinsite ()*	Gismondine	Na₅(Si₁₁Al₅)O₃₂·11H₂O	1	108996	17
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	108996	167
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	108987,108997,109000	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	109000	1398
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	108987	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	108987	14899
Merlinoite ()*	None	K₅Ca₂(Si₂₃Al₉)O₆₄·24H₂O	1	108987	17
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	108996	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	108987,108996	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	108987	884
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	108987	64
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	108996	146
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	108987	71
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	108987	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	108996	301
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	3	108996,108998,108999	452
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	2	108987,108996	433
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	108996	652
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	1	108987	73

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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