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Locality Name:
Atlantis II Deep, Red Sea

mindat Locality ID: 15007
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15007.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Atlantis II Deep, Red Sea": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°23'0"N
Longitude: 38°4'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.383333333333,38.066666666667

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Marcasite	Nickeline	Nolanite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Wurtzite

Akaganeite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*
Ferripyrophyllite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Todorokite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Sr Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Marcasite Nickeline Nolanite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc Wurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O	63
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	86
Ferripyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Fe³⁺Si₂O₅(OH)	9
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	191
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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