Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Malta

mindat Locality ID: 52765
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52765.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malta": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Central Region
Gozo Region
Malta Island
Northern Region
South Eastern Region
Southern Region

Latitude: 35°59'33"N
Longitude: 14°18'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.9925,14.315277777778

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	Calcite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel	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: C Ca Fe H Mg O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe Mg O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Spinel Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0		1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	80289	3092
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	80277,80282,80286,80291	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	80293	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	80275,80277	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6	80270,80281,80283,80284,80286,80290	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	80277	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	80289	367
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	80270	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	80272,80277	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	80277	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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