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:
Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3495
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3495.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles Co., California, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bluff Cove
George Canyon (George F. Canyon)
Long Point
Portuguese Bend Area
Unnamed Quarry

Latitude: 33°45'24"N
Longitude: 118°23'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.756666666667,-118.38583333333

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Ardennite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Epsomite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Lawsonite
Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Quartz

Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lawsonite ()*
Natrojarosite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spadaite ()*
Sursassite ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H Na O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Ardennite Baryte Braunite Calcite Epsomite Feldspar Gypsum Lawsonite
Natrolite None Pyrite Quartz

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	161287	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	161286	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	161286	11547
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	161282	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	161286	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	161286	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	161280,161283	484
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	161285	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	161286	2228
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	161282	121
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		254
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	161286	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	161286	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	161283,161286	61156
Spadaite ()*	None	MgSiO₂(OH)₂·H₂O (?)	1	161286	7
Sursassite ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₂Al₃(SiO₄)(Si₂O₇)(OH)₃	1	161282	24
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	161282	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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