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Acuna Municipality, Coahuila, Mexicoi
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Acuna MunicipalityMunicipality
CoahuilaState
MexicoCountry

Coat of Arms of Acuna Municipality
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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Ciudad Acuña134,233 (2018)
Las Cuevas399 (2018)
Calles373 (2018)
Las Torres274 (2014)
Balcones263 (2018)
La Esmeralda133 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
250956
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:250956:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Acuña, Mexique
Italian:
Acuña, Messico
Spanish:
Acuña, México
Asturian:
Acuña
Basque:
Acuña
Catalan:
Acuña, Mèxic
Cebuano:
Acuña
Dutch:
Acuña Municipality, Mexico
Esperanto:
Acuña
Farsi/Persian:
شهر اکونا, مکزیک
Friulian:
Acuña
Hungarian:
Acuña község, Mexikó
Judaeo-Spanish:
Acuña
Nahuatl:
Acuña
Scots:
Acuña Municipality
Serbian:
Општина Акуња, Мексико
Serbo-Croatian:
Opština Acuña
Swedish:
Acuña , Mexiko
Urdu:
آکونیا بلدیہ
Venetian:
Acuña


Municipio in the northern part of the state of Coahuila, just east of (and across the Rio Grande River from) Big Bend National Park.

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Mineral List

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19 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded


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Detailed Mineral List:

Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
Bertrandite
Formula: Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Cohenite
Formula: Fe3C
Daubréelite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2S4
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
'K Feldspar'
'K Feldspar var. Adularia'
Formula: KAlSi3O8
'Limonite'
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Description: Li-bearing
Muscovite var. Sericite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Description: Li-bearing
Native Iron
Formula: Fe
Native Iron var. Kamacite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)
'Plessite'
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Riebeckite
Formula: ◻Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2
Sanidine
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Schreibersite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)3P
Taenite
Formula: (Ni,Fe)
Description: Taenite up to 32 wt% Ni.
Troilite
Formula: FeS
Description: Troilite nodules often covered with schreibersite and enveloped by swathing kamacite.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Iron1.AE.05Fe
var. Kamacite1.AE.05(Fe,Ni)
Taenite1.AE.10(Ni,Fe)
Cohenite1.BA.05Fe3C
Schreibersite1.BD.05(Fe,Ni)3P
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Troilite2.CC.10FeS
Daubréelite2.DA.05Fe2+Cr3+2S4
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Chromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
Bertrandite9.BD.05Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2
Riebeckite9.DE.25◻Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
var. Sericite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Sanidine9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
'K Feldspar
var. Adularia'
-KAlSi3O8
'Limonite'-
'K Feldspar'-
'Plessite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H BertranditeBe4(Si2O7)(OH)2
H KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H Riebeckite◻Na2(Fe32+Fe23+)Si8O22(OH)2
H Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
BeBeryllium
Be BertranditeBe4(Si2O7)(OH)2
CCarbon
C AragoniteCaCO3
C CalciteCaCO3
C CoheniteFe3C
OOxygen
O K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O AragoniteCaCO3
O BertranditeBe4(Si2O7)(OH)2
O CalciteCaCO3
O ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
O HematiteFe2O3
O KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
O Riebeckite◻Na2(Fe32+Fe23+)Si8O22(OH)2
O SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
O Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
NaSodium
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Na Riebeckite◻Na2(Fe32+Fe23+)Si8O22(OH)2
AlAluminium
Al K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
Al Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si BertranditeBe4(Si2O7)(OH)2
Si KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Riebeckite◻Na2(Fe32+Fe23+)Si8O22(OH)2
Si SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
Si Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
PPhosphorus
P Schreibersite(Fe,Ni)3P
SSulfur
S DaubréeliteFe2+Cr23+S4
S TroiliteFeS
KPotassium
K K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
K SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
K Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca AragoniteCaCO3
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca FluoriteCaF2
CrChromium
Cr ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Cr DaubréeliteFe2+Cr23+S4
FeIron
Fe ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Fe CoheniteFe3C
Fe DaubréeliteFe2+Cr23+S4
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe Native IronFe
Fe Native Iron var. Kamacite(Fe,Ni)
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe Riebeckite◻Na2(Fe32+Fe23+)Si8O22(OH)2
Fe Schreibersite(Fe,Ni)3P
Fe Taenite(Ni,Fe)
Fe TroiliteFeS
NiNickel
Ni Native Iron var. Kamacite(Fe,Ni)
Ni Schreibersite(Fe,Ni)3P
Ni Taenite(Ni,Fe)

Fossils

There are 47 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences47
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed113 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Calycoceras
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Calycoceras99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Coilopoceras
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Coilopoceratidae : Coilopoceras113 - 93.5 Ma
Cretaceous
Stoliczkaia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Lyelliceratidae : Stoliczkaia113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Watinoceras
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Watinoceras113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Trigonarca
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Glycymerididae : Trigonarca113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Exogyra
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Exogyra113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Gryphaea
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Gryphaea113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Inoceramus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Inoceramus113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Plicatula
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pteria
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : Pteria99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Veniella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Cycloconchidae : Veniella113 - 93.5 Ma
Cretaceous
Homomya
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Homomya113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Brachiopoda
phylum
Animalia : Brachiopoda113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Kingena
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Kingenidae : Kingena113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Holaster
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Holasteroida : Holasteridae : Holaster113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hemiaster
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Hemiasteridae : Hemiaster113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Spilogale
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mephitidae : Spilogale0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Protocardia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Protocardia113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Trochactaeon (Neocylindrites) cumminsi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architectibranchia : Acteonidae : Trochactaeon : Trochactaeon (Neocylindrites) cumminsi105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
Actaeonella pecosensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Acteonidae : Acteonella : Actaeonella pecosensis105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
Mantelliceras mantelli
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Acanthoceratidae : Mantelliceras : Mantelliceras mantelli99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stoliczkaia (Lamnayella) scotti
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Lyelliceratidae : Stoliczkaiella : Stoliczkaia (Lamnayella) scotti99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mariella (Wintonia) brazoensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Turrilitidae : Mariella : Mariella (Wintonia) brazoensis99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mariella (Wintonia) bosquensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Turrilitidae : Mariella : Mariella (Wintonia) bosquensis99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Graysonites wacoense
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Acanthoceratidae : Graysonites : Graysonites wacoense99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Metengonoceras bravoense
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Engonoceratidae : Metengonoceras : Metengonoceras bravoense99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Metoicoceras geslinianum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Acanthoceratidae : Metoicoceras : Metoicoceras geslinianum99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Faraudiella
genus
Faraudiella99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Budaiceras hyatti
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Lyelliceratidae : Budaiceras : Budaiceras hyatti99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Romaniceras (Romaniceras) mexicanum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Acanthoceratidae : Romaniceras : Romaniceras (Romaniceras) mexicanum93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Graysonites adkinsi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Graysonites : Graysonites adkinsi99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hemiaster wetherbyi
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Hemiasteridae : Hemiaster : Hemiaster wetherbyi113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 6 fossil localities

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acu%C3%B1a_Municipality
Wikidata ID:Q3844637
GeoNames ID:8583597

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