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Locality Name:
Adra, Almería, Andalusia, Spain


mindat Locality ID: 204174
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204174.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adra, Almería, Andalusia, Spain": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Guainos Bajos Outcrops (Adra-Motril Highway)
La Alcazaba Outcrops (Adra-Motril Highway)
Metapelite Outcrops
Natroalunite Outcrop

Latitude: 36°45'0"N
Longitude: 3°5'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.75,-3.0841666666667
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: Al Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrookiteCalciteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisite
CorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyrophylliteQuartzRutileTitanite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Cookeite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)Paragonite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sudoite  (*)
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2107675,1076768803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22107675,1076762162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11076753250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110767511547
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO22107675,107676700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3107675,107676,10767727770
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81107677577
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21107677376
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82107675,1076761756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11076751025
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)81107677181
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11076762740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2107675,1076767437
Graphite  (*)NoneC11076752812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32107675,10767614640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411076775591
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)2107675,107676945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23107675,107676,10767717380
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)61107678128
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21107677247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22107675,10767639462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21107677771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23107675,107676,10767761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22107675,1076765614
Sudoite  (*)Chlorite ClayMg2Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)8110767751
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F2107675,107676232
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11076754899


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