Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Schist Outcrops, Tabernas, Sierra Alhamilla, Almería, Andalusia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 48
Youngest recorded age at locality: 17.5

mindat Locality ID: 68189
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68189.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schist Outcrops, Tabernas, Sierra Alhamilla, Almería, Andalusia, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Andalusite	Aragonite	Carpholite	Chlorite	Clay	Corrensite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrophyllite
Staurolite

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 Li Mg Na O Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Aragonite Carpholite Chlorite Clay Corrensite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrophyllite
Staurolite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Cookeite ()*	Ferrocarpholite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Saliotite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Staurolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	21.9	17.5	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	21.9	17.5	3250
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	21.9	17.5	181
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	Fe²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	21.9	17.5	25
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	21.9	17.5	1507
Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	MgAl₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	21.9	17.5	23
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	21.9	17.5	247
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	21.9	17.5	771
Saliotite ()*	Corrensite	(Li,Na)Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₅	21.9	17.5	2
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	21.9	17.5	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	21.9	17.5	978

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Grew_Li_2019_0095	48	48	48							Yes		Saliotite		132517	Sierra Alhamilla, Almería, Andalusia, Spain	Turrillas, eastern Alpujarrides, Sierra Alhamilla, Betic chain, Andalusia, Spain (type)	Platt et al. (2005)	10.1144/0016-764903-039	JGSL162_451
	Scott-JP42_1373-0001	21.9	17.5	19.7 ± 2.2	U-Pb	Age of metamorphism		zircon				Zircon			68189	Schist Outcrops, Tabernas, Sierra Alhamilla, Almería, Andalusia, Spain	Schist Outcrops	Zeck and Williams (2001)	10.1093/petrology/42.7.1373	JP42_1373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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