Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Al Jufrah District, Libya

mindat Locality ID: 215638
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215638.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Al Jufrah District, Libya": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dar Al Gani

Latitude: 27°18'58"N
Longitude: 16°15'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.316111111111,16.251388888889

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	Barringerite	Calcite	Cerite	Corundum	Feldspar	Iron	Nickeline	None	Olivine
Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Spinel	Tridymite

Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Barringerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Perryite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sapphirine ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Spinel ()*	Suessite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*
Ulvöspinel ()*	Wüstite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cr Fe K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Barringerite Calcite Cerite Corundum Feldspar Iron Nickeline None Olivine
Pentlandite Perovskite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sapphirine Spinel Tridymite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	78144	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	3	78144,78145,78152	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	7	78144,78145,78146,78147,78150,78151,78152	2060
Barringerite ()*	Barringerite	(Fe,Ni)₂P	1	78144	22
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	78144	27770
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	78150	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	6	78144,78146,78147,78150,78151,78152	3902
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	78144	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	78144,78152	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	78144	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	3	78144,78147,78152	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	78144	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	78144	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5	78144,78146,78147,78150,78152	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	3	78144,78150,78152	1089
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	78144	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	78144,78145,78152	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	4	78144,78147,78150,78152	230
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	78152	884
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	78144	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2	78148,78152	495
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	1	78144	25
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	6	78144,78146,78147,78148,78150,78151	303
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	78144,78147	9056
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	78152	129
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	78144	374
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	78145,78152	1934
Suessite ()*	None	Fe₃Si	1	78144	6
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	2	78144,78152	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	3	78144,78150,78152	1044
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	1	78144	120
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	1	78148	74

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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