Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
State College, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA

mindat Locality ID: 213907
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213907.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "State College, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lemont Area
Skytop

Latitude: 40°49'18"N
Longitude: 77°53'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.821666666667,-77.8925

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epsomite
Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Monazite	Nickeline	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Wavellite	Zircon

Alunogen ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hexahydrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*
Rutile ()*	Schwertmannite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Variscite ()*
Wattevilleite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Woodhouseite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epsomite
Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Marcasite Melanterite Monazite Nickeline Nolanite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Starkeyite Wavellite Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	262660	272
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	262660	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	262660	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	262660	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	262660	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	262660	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	262660	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	262660	382
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	262660	484
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	1	262660	86
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	262660	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	262660	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	262660	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	262660	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	262660	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	262660	251
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	262660	2228
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	262660	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	262660	915
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	262660	945
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	262660	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	262660	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	262660	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	262658,262660	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	262660	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	262660	5614
Schwertmannite ()*	Coronadite	Fe³⁺₁₆O₁₆(OH)_9.6(SO₄)_3.2·10H₂O	1	262660	37
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	262660	21482
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	262660	299
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	262660	301
Wattevilleite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂·4H₂O (?)	1	262660	10
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	262660	374
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	262660	62
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	262660	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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