Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jadeite Occurrence, Sierra San Andres, Vizcaíno Peninsula, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 222245
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222245.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jadeite Occurrence, Sierra San Andres, Vizcaíno Peninsula, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°31'40"N
Longitude: 114°43'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.527777777778,-114.7275

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.

Analcime	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Titanite

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 Ba Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Epidote Feldspar None Pyroxene Titanite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Celsian ()*	Diopside ()*
Jadeite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	100
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	154
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	229
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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