Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saint Lucia

mindat Locality ID: 49584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint Lucia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Choc
Grande Rivière Village
Port Castries
Qualibou De Sainte Lucie Caldera
Soufriere

Latitude: 14°0'0"N
Longitude: 61°1'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14,-61.03

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Calcite	Clay	Coquimbite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore
Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Sulphur

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*	Annite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Edenite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*
Natrojarosite ()*	Opal ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Calcite Clay Coquimbite Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore
Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Sulphur

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	104531,104534	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	104538	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	104538	1627
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	104536	356
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	104534	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	104531,104534	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	104531	27770
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	1	104538	136
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	3	104531,104534,104538	453
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	104536	327
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	104538	2970
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	104536	160
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	2	104531,104534	371
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	104538	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	104538	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	104534	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	104538	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	104534	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	104538	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	104538	5591
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	104536	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	104531,104534	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	104538	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	104538	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	104538	128
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	104538	254
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	104538	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	104536	2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	104534	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	104538	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	104536,104538	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	104538	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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