Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nahal Darga, Hatrurim Formation, West Bank, Palestine

Oldest recorded age at locality: 16
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13

mindat Locality ID: 266446
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266446.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nahal Darga, Hatrurim Formation, West Bank, Palestine": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°36'30"N
Longitude: 35°22'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.608333333333,35.378333333333

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	Baryte	Brownmillerite	Brucite	Ettringite	Garnet	Langbeinite	Mayenite	Nabimusaite	None
Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Rocksalt	Zadovite

Baryte ()*	Brownmillerite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calciolangbeinite ()*	Dargaite ()*
Ettringite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorellestadite ()*	Fluorkyuygenite ()*	Fluormayenite ()*
Gazeevite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Katoite ()*	Larnite ()*	Nabimusaite ()*
Periclase ()*	Shulamitite ()*	Ternesite ()*	Ye'elimite ()*

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 Ca F Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca F Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Brownmillerite Brucite Ettringite Garnet Langbeinite Mayenite Nabimusaite None
Not in a structural group Perovskite Rocksalt Zadovite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	16	13	11547
Brownmillerite ()*	Brownmillerite Perovskite	Ca₂Fe³⁺AlO₅	16	13	21
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	16	13	462
Calciolangbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Ca₂(SO₄)₃	16	13	4
Dargaite ()*	Nabimusaite	BaCa₁₂(SiO₄)₄(SO₄)₂O₃	16	13	1
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	16	13	93
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	16	13	2740
Fluorellestadite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5F	16	13	33
Fluorkyuygenite ()*	Mayenite	Ca₁₂Al₁₄O₃₂[(H₂O)₄F₂]	16	13	2
Fluormayenite ()*	Mayenite	Ca₁₂Al₁₄O₃₂[ ₄F₂]	16	13	3
Gazeevite ()*	Zadovite	BaCa₆(SiO₄)₂(SO₄)₂O	16	13	4
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	16	13	504
Katoite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(OH)₁₂	16	13	9
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	16	13	48
Nabimusaite ()*	Nabimusaite	KCa₁₂(SiO₄)₄(SO₄)₂O₂F	16	13	6
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	16	13	114
Shulamitite ()*	Perovskite Brownmillerite	Ca₃TiFe³⁺AlO₈	16	13	7
Ternesite ()*	None	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(SO₄)	16	13	8
Ye'elimite ()*	None	Ca₄Al₆O₁₂(SO₄)	16	13	11

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	DeepDive-Co-0055	16	13	16-13	fission track	age of metamorphism of the Hatrurim Formation during "Mottled Zone event" due to the "spontaneous ignition and combustion of bituminous chalks and marls upon their partial exposure to air"					Yes				2063	Hatrurim Formation, Negev, Israel	Hatrurim Formation	Geller et al. (2012)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.09.029	CG334_25	age of metamorphism of the Hatrurim Formation during "Mottled Zone event" due to the "spontaneous ignition and combustion of bituminous chalks and marls upon their partial exposure to air"

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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