Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Bonao, Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic

mindat Locality ID: 65357
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65357.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonao, Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Loma Peguera

Latitude: 18°59'24"N
Longitude: 70°19'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.99,-70.322777777778

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.

Auricupride	Brucite	Clay	Diaspore	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite	Quartz
Sepiolite	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Awaruite ()*	Brucite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Falcondoite ()*
Ferronickelplatinum ()*	Garutiite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hexaferrum ()*	Irarsite ()*
Laurite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Népouite ()*	Pecoraite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ruthenium ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Spinel ()*
Talc ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Willemseite ()*	Zaccariniite ()*

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 As Cr Fe H Ir Mg Ni O Os Pt Rh Ru S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Brucite Clay Diaspore None Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite Pyrite Quartz
Sepiolite Serpentine Spinel Talc

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	48671	166
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	48671	462
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	48671	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	48671	951
Falcondoite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Ni₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	48671	4
Ferronickelplatinum ()*	Potarite	Pt₂FeNi	1	48671	13
Garutiite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe,Ir)	1	48671	2
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	48671	7437
Hexaferrum ()*	None	(Fe,Os,Ru,Ir)	1	48671	2
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	48671	154
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	48671	226
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	48671	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	48671	14899
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	48671	66
Pecoraite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	48671	40
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	48671	1512
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	48671	61156
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru	1	48671	46
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	48671	241
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	48671	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	48671	3337
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	1	48671	66
Willemseite ()*	Clay Talc	Ni₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	48671	15
Zaccariniite ()*	None	RhNiAs	1	48671	2

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130009	Loma Peguera, Bonao, Monseñor Nouel Province, Dominican Republic	https://rruff.info/R130009

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