Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 55748
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55748.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Aiguafreda
Figaró-Montmany
Gualba
La Roca Del Vallès
Massif Montseny
Sant Celoni
Sant Fost De Campsentelles

Latitude: 41°41'15"N
Longitude: 2°21'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.6875,2.35

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum
Humite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum
Humite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*
Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chondrodite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dypingite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Inesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mimetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Powellite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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	109683	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	109683,109690	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	109690	2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	109683	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	109683	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	109683	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	109683	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	109678	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	109690	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	109683	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	2	109682,109683	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	109678,109682,109683,109684,109685,109692	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	109692,109693	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	109683	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	109683	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	109683	285
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	109683	951
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	109690	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	109683	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	109680	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	109682,109683	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	109683	9895
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	109682	50
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	109683,109690	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	109683,109684,109692,109693	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	109683	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	109683,109684,109690,109692,109693	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	109678,109683	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	109683	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	109683,109692	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	109678	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	109683	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	109678,109683,109690,109692	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	2	109682,109683	341
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	2	109683,109684	50
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	109683	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	109683	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	109678	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	109690	4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	109694	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	109683,109690	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	109683,109690,109692	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	109683	633
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	109692	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	109678,109692	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	109683	2349
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	109683	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	109683	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	109678,109683,109684,109693	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	109683	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	109680,109683,109684,109686,109690,109692	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	109683	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	109683	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	109683,109684	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	109683	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	109683	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	109683	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	109683	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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