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:
Nueva Esparta, Venezuela

mindat Locality ID: 34470
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34470.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nueva Esparta, Venezuela": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Aves Island
Margarita Island

Latitude: 15°41'59"N
Longitude: 63°38'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 15.699722222222,-63.649722222222

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	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Mica	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Barroisite ()*	Brushite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*	Winchite ()*

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 Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Mica None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Titanite

14 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	1	294671	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	294671	8803
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	294671	49
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	294669	104
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	294671	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	294671	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	294672	1487
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	294671	229
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	294671	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	294671	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	294671	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	294671	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	294671	4899
Winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	294671	51

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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