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Locality Name:
Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 67529
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-67529.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bruguers
Can Margarit Quarry

Latitude: 41°18'43"N
Longitude: 1°58'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.311944444444,1.9736111111111
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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAlumohydrocalciteAluniteAmorphousApatiteBerauniteCalcioferriteCalciteClayCopiapite
CoronaditeCorundumDiasporeDufréniteFairfielditeHalotrichiteLepidocrociteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural group
PhosphosideritePyriteQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteTurquoiseWavellite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Alumohydrocalcite  (*)Alunite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcioferrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Collinsite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Delvauxite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Koninckite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Manganite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Montgomeryite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Nordstrandite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Planerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Richellite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Strengite  (*)Tinticite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Variscite  (*)
Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1109611470
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O110961146
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61109610966
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O1109611136
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O1109611280
Calcioferrite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgFe3+4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O11096119
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110961227770
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O038
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1109611382
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60310
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161109611599
Delvauxite  (*)AmorphousCaFe3+4(PO4)2(OH)8·4-5H2O2109610,10961141
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O1109611139
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O1109611107
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2109610,1096112740
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)31109611504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4109609,109610,109611,1096127437
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1109611409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110961114640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1109611367
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63109609,109610,1096112228
Koninckite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·3H2O2109609,10961119
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1109611581
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1109611770
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1109611915
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O3109609,109610,10961144
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62109610,109611254
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1109611471
Nordstrandite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3110961164
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O110961143
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110961239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110961161156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O1109611177
Richellite  (*)NoneCaFe3+2(PO4)2(OH,F)211096115
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11096116417
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1109611263
Tinticite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·3H2O2109609,10961119
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1109611484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1109611301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1109611374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R080123Bruguers, Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spainhttps://rruff.info/R080123
R070518Bruguers, Gavà, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spainhttps://rruff.info/R070518

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