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:
Tataouine (Foum Tatahouine), Tataouine, Tunisia

mindat Locality ID: 273789
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273789.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tataouine (Foum Tatahouine), Tataouine, Tunisia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Tatahouine Meteorite
Wadi Mestaoua

Latitude: 32°57'0"N
Longitude: 10°24'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.95,10.416388888889

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.

Calcite	Cristobalite	Iron	None	Pentlandite	Rhabdophane	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: C Ca Cr Fe H Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cristobalite Iron None Pentlandite Rhabdophane Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Bassanite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Iron ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	1	116278	82
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	116277	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	116277	3902
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	116277	453
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	116277	1089
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	116277	1512
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	116277	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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