Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dead Sea, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

mindat Locality ID: 225965
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225965.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dead Sea, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ein Gedi
Har Ye'elim

Latitude: 31°20'53"N
Longitude: 35°19'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.348055555556,35.333055555556

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Magnetoplumbite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Spinel

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 Fe Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Magnetoplumbite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Spinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Barioferrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Halite ()*	Larnite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Ye'elimite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Barioferrite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	BaFe³⁺₁₂O₁₉	1	68232	4
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	68232	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	68232	27770
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	68231	1398
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	1	68232	48
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	68232	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	68232	14899
Ye'elimite ()*	None	Ca₄Al₆O₁₂(SO₄)	1	68232	11

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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