Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Santander, Cantabria, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 132536
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132536.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santander, Cantabria, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Alto La Sierra
Totero

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Feldspar	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Edenite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Corundum Feldspar Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Pseudobrookite Pyrite
Pyroxene Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	109145,109146	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	109145,109146	2060
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	109146	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	109145,109146	4135
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	109145	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	109145,109146	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	109145,109146	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	109146	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	109146	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	109146	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	109146	1512
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	2	109145,109146	303
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	109146	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	109146	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	109146	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	109146	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	1	109146	120
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	109146	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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