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Locality Name:
Salt Lake Crater (Aliapaakai), Oahu, Honolulu Co., Hawaii, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3723
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3723.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salt Lake Crater (Aliapaakai), Oahu, Honolulu Co., Hawaii, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°21'18"N
Longitude: 157°54'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.355,-157.90722222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeClayFeldsparGismondineNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxeneSmectite-vermiculite
SpinelTridymite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Gismondine  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nontronite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)0371
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O0128
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O0167
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40407
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)0884
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934


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