Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saint-Pierre, Martinique, French West Indies, France

mindat Locality ID: 270761
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270761.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Pierre, Martinique, French West Indies, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Claire River
Montagne Pelée

Latitude: 14°49'6"N
Longitude: 61°9'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.818333333333,-61.165833333333

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	Amorphous	Aphthitalite	Beryl	Corundum	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz
Spinel	Sulphur	Tridymite

Alunogen ()*	Cordierite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Metathénardite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*
Salammoniac ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tridymite ()*

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 Ca Cl Fe H Mg N Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Aphthitalite Beryl Corundum Gypsum None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz
Spinel Sulphur Tridymite

13 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	2	53750,53751	272
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	53751	1008
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	53751	944
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	53751	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	53751	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	53751	14899
Metathénardite ()*	Aphthitalite	Na₂(SO₄)	1	53751	4
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	53751	128
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	53751	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	53751	61156
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	1	53751	105
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	53751	2045
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	53751	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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