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Locality Name:
El Arrayan, La Serena, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile


mindat Locality ID: 196149
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-196149.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Arrayan, La Serena, Elqui Province, Coquimbo, Chile": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Los Algodones District

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteCorundumDomeykiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnite
RocksaltWurtzite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Algodonite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Domeykite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Malachite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)13657241
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3136571544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21365715509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61365711633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13657127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1365715707
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1365721382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1365713531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1365712970
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As13657273
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313657114640
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI136572180
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213657112537
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21365711898


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