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:
Famara Cliffs, Haría, Lanzarote, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 30824
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30824.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Famara Cliffs, Haría, Lanzarote, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°9'24"N
Longitude: 13°31'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.156666666667,-13.519722222222

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Feldspar	Gypsum	Harmotome	Kaolinite	Natrolite	None
Spinel	Tridymite

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite-K ()*	Dolomite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merlinoite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Sanidine ()*	Todorokite ()*
Wairakite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Chabazite Clay Feldspar Gypsum Harmotome Kaolinite Natrolite None
Spinel Tridymite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	310
Chabazite-K ()*	Chabazite	(K₂NaCa_0.5)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	30
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Merlinoite ()*	None	K₅Ca₂(Si₂₃Al₉)O₆₄·24H₂O	17
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	64
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	71
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	73

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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