Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Constantine Province, Algeria

mindat Locality ID: 17
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Constantine Province, Algeria": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Ain Achour
Ain Beida
Ain Kerma (Aine Kerma)
Beni Said
Bona
Bou Thaleb Massif
Constantine District
Djebel Chettaba
El Milia
Guelma

Latitude: 36°33'27"N
Longitude: 7°7'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.5575,7.1313888888889

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.

Alunite	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite
Carminite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nadorite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tourmaline	Wurtzite
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: Ag Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Analcime Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite
Carminite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nadorite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyrochlore
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Tourmaline Wurtzite
Zircon

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Adamite ()*	Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carminite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Cosalite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dussertite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nadorite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Scorodite ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tin ()*	Triphylite ()*
Tripuhyite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wairakite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	1376	254
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1388	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	1394	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	1388	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	1379	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	1394	450
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	1388	1935
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	1388	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	1379,1388,1394,1395	27770
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	1394	178
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	1391	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	1394	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	1394	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	1382	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	1388	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	1388	577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	1394	1382
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	1391	321
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	1388	344
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	1388	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	1383,1389	9895
Dussertite ()*	Alunite	BaFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	1396	33
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	1388	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	1388	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	1388,1394	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	1388	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	1385	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	1388	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	1379	230
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	1388	1271
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	1388	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	1388,1394	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	1379,1388	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2	1385,1394	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	1388,1391	17380
Nadorite ()*	Nadorite	PbSb³⁺O₂Cl	1	1394	18
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	1388	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	1388	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	1388,1391	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	1391	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	1394,1396	1153
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	2	1379,1380	179
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	1388	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	1394	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	1384,1388	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	2	1379,1382	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	1379,1382	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	1382	2045
Tin ()*	None	Sn	1	1391	63
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	1391	313
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	1394	66
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	3	1379,1380,1394	369
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	1388	652
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	1	1388	73
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	1391	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	1391	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060398	Constantine Province, Algeria	https://rruff.info/R060398
R050523	Constantine Province, Algeria	https://rruff.info/R050523
R060075	Djebel Hammimat Mine, Ain Babouche, Ain Beida, Constantine Province, Algeria	https://rruff.info/R060075
R060409	Djebel Debar (Djebel Debagh), Hammam Meskoutine, Guelma, Constantine Province, Algeria	https://rruff.info/R060409

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