Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ao Mine, Diahot River Valley, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France

mindat Locality ID: 248985
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248985.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ao Mine, Diahot River Valley, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Calcite	Carpholite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Lawsonite	Malachite	Meneghinite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Titanite

Aikinite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ferrocarpholite ()*	Galena ()*
Lawsonite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Carpholite Chalcopyrite Covellite Lawsonite Malachite Meneghinite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Titanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	315
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	Fe²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	25
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	121
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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