Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Western Desert, Iraq

mindat Locality ID: 289331
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-289331.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Western Desert, Iraq": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wadi Al-Hussainiya

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

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	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite
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: Al C Ca Cr Fe H Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Lepidocrocite None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite
Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Böhmite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	67720	2162
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	67720	195
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67720	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	67720	3902
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	67720	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	67720	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	67720	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	67720	5591
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	67720	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	67720	39462

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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