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Locality Name:
La Gomera, Santa Cruz De Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 43159
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43159.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Gomera, Santa Cruz De Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Epinal
Erque
La Dama
Playa De Hermigua
San Sebastián De La Gomera
Valle Gran Rey
Vallehermoso

Latitude: 28°8'1"N
Longitude: 17°11'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.133611111111,-17.195277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Al H Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeCalciteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteGarnetMordeniteNatroliteNickeline
NoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelThomsoniteTitanite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mesolite  (*)
Mordenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Spinel  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211090163419
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11090111627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311090161534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611090092060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5109008,109010,109011,109015,10901627770
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11090161025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611090154135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211090159895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11090168173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11090151188
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110901614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32109015,1090165433
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O22109015,109016179
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110901614899
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O1109011425
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O1109008405
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110901639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811090169056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110901661156
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411090151934
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O1109011452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11090164899


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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