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Locality Name:
Daba, Amman, Jordan


mindat Locality ID: 271714
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271714.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daba, Amman, Jordan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°37'0"N
Longitude: 36°7'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.616666666667,36.133055555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cr F Fe H Mg Mn O P S Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cr F Fe H Mg Mn O P S Si Sr Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteAphthitaliteAragoniteBaryteBrownmilleriteBruciteCalciteClayCorundum
EttringiteFeldsparGarnetGypsumHydrotalciteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyroxeneQuartz
RhabdophaneSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteSulphurTobermoriteWollastonite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bassanite  (*)Birunite  (*)Brownmillerite  (*)
Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hashemite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Jennite  (*)
Jouravskite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Larnite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Merwinite  (*)
Opal  (*)Perovskite  (*)Portlandite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spurrite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)
Vaterite  (*)Volkonskoite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O041
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O082
Birunite  (*)EttringiteCa18(SiO3)8.5(CO3)8.5(SO4)·15H2O03
Brownmillerite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+AlO5021
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)30504
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hashemite  (*)BaryteBa(CrO4)06
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O030
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)4087
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH0367
Jennite  (*)NoneCa9(Si3O9)2(OH)6·8H2O018
Jouravskite  (*)EttringiteCa3Mn4+(SO4)(CO3)(OH)6·12H2O06
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)20234
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)048
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O40229
Merwinite  (*)AphthitaliteCa3Mg(SiO4)2023
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)2051
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)054
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)0589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O0183
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)0114
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)30212
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)037
Volkonskoite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteCa0.3(Cr,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O022
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


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