Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Minerals queried: Amarillite

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			Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	mindat ID	Locality containing Mineral	Country	Tectonic Settings	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference (Max Age)	Reference (Min Age)	Excel ID (Max Age)	Excel ID (Min Age)	Query Minerals	# of Query Minerals at Locality	Lat Deg	Lat Min	Lat Sec	Lon Deg	Lon Min	Lon Sec	Decimal Degree
					8188	Canada	Canada								Amarillite	1	53	20	27	-90	-3	-40	53.340833333333,-90.061111111111
					14347	Nova Scotia, Canada	Canada								Amarillite	1	45	6	35	-63	-23	-33	45.109722222222,-63.3925
					20219	Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Canada								Amarillite	1	46	3	14	-60	-19	-19	46.053888888889,-60.321944444444
MD					31641	Sydney Coalfield, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Canada								Amarillite	1	46	15	59	-60	-9	-4	46.266388888889,-60.151111111111
		P	201	100	638	Chile	Chile				USGSOFR2009-1034	USGSOFR2009-1034	vms-00384	vms-00384	Amarillite	1	-33	-48	-28	-71	-47	-30	-33.807777777778,-71.791666666667
					640	Antofagasta, Chile	Chile								Amarillite	1	-22	-59	-1	-69	-27	-56	-22.983611111111,-69.465555555556
					122190	Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile	Chile								Amarillite	1	-23	-42	-40	-69	-44	-40	-23.711111111111,-69.744444444444
					207735	Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile	Chile								Amarillite	1	-23	-14	-32	-70	-31	-17	-23.242222222222,-70.521388888889
					2560	Mejillones Peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile	Chile								Amarillite	1	-23	-14	-33	-70	-31	-18	-23.2425,-70.521666666667
MD					217515	Barranca Del Sulfato, Mejillones Peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile	Chile								Amarillite	1	-23	-7	-19	-70	-30	-32	-23.121944444444,-70.508888888889
		P	201	100	645	Atacama, Chile	Chile				USGSOFR2009-1034	USGSOFR2009-1034	vms-00384	vms-00384	Amarillite	1	-27	-34	-59	-70	-1	-27	-27.583055555556,-70.024166666667
		P	201	100	657	Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	Chile				USGSOFR2009-1034	USGSOFR2009-1034	vms-00384	vms-00384	Amarillite	1	-27	-29	-16	-70	-2	-42	-27.487777777778,-70.045
MD		O	201	100	690	Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	Chile		648	La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile	USGSOFR2009-1034	USGSOFR2009-1034	vms-00384	vms-00384	Amarillite	1	-27	-45	-28	-69	-56	-59	-27.757777777778,-69.949722222222
					685	Tarapacá, Chile	Chile								Amarillite	1	-20	-23	-21	-69	-37	-17	-20.389166666667,-69.621388888889
					253256	El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile	Chile								Amarillite	1	-20	-8	-52	-69	-15	-33	-20.147777777778,-69.259166666667
					196015	Pampa Del Tamarugal, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile	Chile								Amarillite	1	-20	-58	-42	-70	-8	-35	-20.978333333333,-70.143055555556
MD					686	Cerros Pintados ("Cerro Pintados"), Pampa Del Tamarugal, El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá, Chile	Chile								Amarillite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
		P	445	445	693	China	China				USGSOFR2009_1034	USGSOFR2009_1034	vms-00421	vms-00421	Amarillite	1	33	0	55	111	35	19	33.015277777778,111.58861111111
		P	445	445	22159	Qinghai, China	China				USGSOFR2009_1034	USGSOFR2009_1034	vms-00421	vms-00421	Amarillite	1	35	56	6	99	38	55	35.935,99.648611111111
		P	445	445	695	Haixi, Qinghai, China	China				USGSOFR2009_1034	USGSOFR2009_1034	vms-00421	vms-00421	Amarillite	1	37	14	1	95	17	34	37.233611111111,95.292777777778
		P	445	445	157234	Da Qaidam Co. (Dachaidan Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China	China				USGSOFR2009_1034	USGSOFR2009_1034	vms-00421	vms-00421	Amarillite	1	37	44	22	95	4	24	37.739444444444,95.073333333333
		P	445	445	254937	Xitieshan, Da Qaidam Co. (Dachaidan Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China	China				USGSOFR2009_1034	USGSOFR2009_1034	vms-00421	vms-00421	Amarillite	1	37	19	45	95	34	1	37.329166666667,95.566944444444
MD		Y	445	445	726	Xitieshan Mine, Xitieshan, Da Qaidam Co. (Dachaidan Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China	China	Continental Arc	726	Xitieshan Mine, Xitieshan, Da Qaidam Co. (Dachaidan Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China	USGSOFR2009_1034	USGSOFR2009_1034	vms-00421	vms-00421	Amarillite	1	37	19	45	95	34	2	37.329166666667,95.567222222222
					14553	Italy	Italy								Amarillite	1	42	32	7	12	16	57	42.535277777778,12.2825
					14444	Sicily, Italy	Italy								Amarillite	1	37	39	55	14	0	56	37.665277777778,14.015555555556
					23887	Messina Province, Sicily, Italy	Italy								Amarillite	1	38	18	50	15	12	0	38.313888888889,15.2
					236210	Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy	Italy								Amarillite	1	38	37	34	15	5	2	38.626111111111,15.083888888889
					26841	Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy	Italy								Amarillite	1	38	37	34	15	5	2	38.626111111111,15.083888888889
					4499	Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy	Italy								Amarillite	1	38	23	59	14	57	35	38.399722222222,14.959722222222
					188901	Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy	Italy								Amarillite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
					271156	Faraglioni Di Levante (Grotte Dei Faraglioni; Grotte Del Faraglione; "Grotte De Faraglione"), Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy	Italy								Amarillite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
MD					171295	Faraglione Ranni (Faraglione Grande; Faragghiune Ranni), Faraglioni Di Levante (Grotte Dei Faraglioni; Grotte Del Faraglione; "Grotte De Faraglione"), Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy	Italy								Amarillite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0

This mineral directly occurs at 6 localities (6 localities according to mindat, 32 localities if parents are counted as well)
Of the 6 localities at which this mineral occurs, 2 have an age. (10 of the 32 parent localities have ages)

MD	The mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, but does not have an age yet.
MD	The mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, and has an age.
	The mineral occurs at some child of this locality.
	The locality at which the mineral occurs does not have an age...this is the closest parent locality with an age, relative to that mineral. This is not ideal.

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.

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This bottom-level locality is directly dated. (1 total)

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This locality is not directly dated, and is not bottom-level. (9 total)

This bottom-level locality has an age assigned to it from some other locality. (0 total)

This locality does not have an age assigned to it. (3 bottom-level + 19 top/mid-level = 22 total)

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