Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vaca Muerta Meteorite, Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 27778
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27778.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vaca Muerta Meteorite, Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°45'"S
Longitude: 70°3'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.75,-70.05

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baddeleyite	Calcite	Cerite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gypsum
Iron	Lepidocrocite	None	Pyroxene	Rutile	Spinel	Tridymite	Zircon

Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Merrillite ()*	Paraotwayite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Retgersite ()*	Rutile ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*
Whitlockite ()*	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 C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baddeleyite Calcite Cerite Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Gypsum
Iron Lepidocrocite None Pyroxene Rutile Spinel Tridymite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	238
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	230
Paraotwayite ()*	None	Ni(OH)_2-x(SO₄,CO₃)_0.5x	2
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	303
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	55
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	374
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	116
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	104
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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