Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Acfer 094 Meteorite, Tamanghasset Province, Algeria

mindat Locality ID: 253927
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253927.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Acfer 094 Meteorite, Tamanghasset Province, Algeria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°43'59"N
Longitude: 4°25'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.733055555556,4.4330555555556

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.

Corundum	Diamond	Feldspar	Fluorite	Iron	Magnetoplumbite	Nickeline	Nolanite	None	Olivine
Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*
Enstatite ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossite ()*
Hibonite ()*	Iron ()*	Lakargiite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marićite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Periclase ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Tazheranite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Ce Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum Diamond Feldspar Fluorite Iron Magnetoplumbite Nickeline Nolanite None Olivine
Pentlandite Perovskite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Spinel

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	86
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Grossite ()*	None	CaAl₄O₇	19
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	80
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Lakargiite ()*	Perovskite	CaZrO₃	10
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marićite ()*	None	NaFe²⁺(PO₄)	8
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	495
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	303
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Tazheranite ()*	Fluorite	(Zr,Ti,Ca)(O, )₂	8
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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