Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Auyán-tepui (Auyán-tepuy; Ayan Tepui), Bolívar, Venezuela

mindat Locality ID: 266150
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266150.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Auyán-tepui (Auyán-tepuy; Ayan Tepui), Bolívar, Venezuela": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cueva Guacamaya
Imawarì Yeuta Cave
Sima Aonda Superior

Latitude: 5°50'46"N
Longitude: 62°22'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 5.8461111111111,-62.375

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Gypsum	None	Pyrophyllite	Quartz

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 C Ca Fe H N O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Clay Diaspore Gypsum None Pyrophyllite Quartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gwihabaite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	294593	27770
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	294593	7437
Gwihabaite ()*	None	(NH₄)(NO₃)	1	294595	10
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	294593,294594,294595	6890
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3	294593,294594,294595	2994
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	294593	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	294593	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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