Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Izalco Volcano, Sonsonate Department, El Salvador

mindat Locality ID: 824
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-824.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Izalco Volcano, Sonsonate Department, El Salvador": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 13°48'49"N
Longitude: 89°37'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.813611111111,-89.6325

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.

Chalcanthite	Euchlorine	Feldspar	Howardevansite	Lyonsite	None	Pyroxene	Zinkosite

Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Bannermanite ()*	Blossite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocyanite ()*	Euchlorine ()*	Fingerite ()*	Howardevansite ()*
Lyonsite ()*	Mcbirneyite ()*	Shcherbinaite ()*	Stoiberite ()*	Thénardite ()*
Ziesite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcanthite Euchlorine Feldspar Howardevansite Lyonsite None Pyroxene Zinkosite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Bannermanite ()*	None	(Na,K)_xV⁴⁺_xV⁵⁺_6-xO₁₅ (0.5<x<0.9)	4
Blossite ()*	None	Cu₂V⁵⁺₂O₇	1
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcocyanite ()*	Zinkosite	Cu(SO₄)	15
Euchlorine ()*	Euchlorine	KNaCu₃O(SO₄)₃	8
Fingerite ()*	None	Cu₁₁O₂(VO₄)₆	1
Howardevansite ()*	Howardevansite	NaCu²⁺Fe³⁺₂(VO₄)₃	1
Lyonsite ()*	Lyonsite	Cu²⁺₃Fe³⁺₄(VO₄)₆	3
Mcbirneyite ()*	None	Cu₃(VO₄)₂	2
Shcherbinaite ()*	None	V₂O₅	7
Stoiberite ()*	None	Cu₅O₂(VO₄)₂	2
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	299
Ziesite ()*	None	Cu₂V⁵⁺₂O₇	1

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070614	Izalco Volcano, Sonsonate Department, El Salvador	https://rruff.info/R070614
R070482	Izalco Volcano, Sonsonate Department, El Salvador	https://rruff.info/R070482

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