Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Al Jawf Governorate, Yemen

mindat Locality ID: 127112
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127112.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Al Jawf Governorate, Yemen": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jabali Mine

Latitude: 15°36'54"N
Longitude: 44°46'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 15.615,44.775555555556

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dietrichite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Sauconite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Ag Al C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	294923	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	294923	2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	294923	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	294923	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	294923	197
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	294923	1382
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	294923	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	294923	4165
Dietrichite ()*	Halotrichite	ZnAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	294923	15
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	294923	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	294923	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	294923	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	294923	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	294923	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	294923	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	294923	1689
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	1	294923	73
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	294923	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	294923	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	294923	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	294923	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	294923	17380
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	294923	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	294923	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	294923	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	294923	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	294923	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	294923	293
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	294923	56
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	294923	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	294923	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	294923	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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