Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kauai Island, Kauai Co., Hawaii, USA

mindat Locality ID: 4620
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4620.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kauai Island, Kauai Co., Hawaii, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Alexander Dam
Basalt Caves
Hanamaulu
Waimea

Latitude: 22°1'35"N
Longitude: 159°37'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.026388888889,-159.61972222222

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	Gismondine	Gypsum	None	Olivine	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Sapphirine

Allophane ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Faujasite-Na ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Gismondine ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Monohydrocalcite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*
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 Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Calcite Gismondine Gypsum None Olivine Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Sapphirine

16 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
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	0		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)	1	203949	1188
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	0		504
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	203949	128
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	203953	6890
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	203950	341
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	203950	1487
Monohydrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·H₂O	1	203950	55
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	0		164
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	0		47

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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