Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Azzaba Area, Skikda Province, Algeria

mindat Locality ID: 284343
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284343.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Azzaba Area, Skikda Province, Algeria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Djebel Guettara Mn Deposit

Latitude: 36°34'0"N
Longitude: 7°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.566666666667,7

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	None	Quartz
Rhodonite	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Wollastonite

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Braunite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Katophorite ()*	Microcline ()*	Piemontite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Tilasite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca F H K Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Braunite Calcite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet None Quartz
Rhodonite Rutile Spinel Titanite Wollastonite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1457	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	1457	11547
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	1457	483
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	1	1457	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	1457	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	1457	9617
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	1457	350
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	1457	46
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1457	4924
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	1457	260
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	1457	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	1457	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	1457	969
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	1457	1214
Tilasite ()*	Titanite	CaMg(AsO₄)F	1	1457	34

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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