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Locality Name:
Bhanine, Jezzine District, South Governate, Lebanon


mindat Locality ID: 305828
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305828.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bhanine, Jezzine District, South Governate, Lebanon": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°34'55"N
Longitude: 35°35'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.581944444444,35.598888888889
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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteClayCopiapiteCoquimbiteGypsumHalotrichiteKieseriteMelanteriteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzStarkeyiteSulphurTamarugiteVoltaite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Aluminocoquimbite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Baryte  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Coquimbite  (*)Ferrinatrite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Meta-alunogen  (*)Metasideronatrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paracoquimbite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rozenite  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Tamarugite  (*)
Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O050
Aluminocoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAl2Fe2(SO4)6(H2O)12·9H2O05
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O0272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O0136
Ferrinatrite  (*)NoneNa3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O025
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Meta-alunogen  (*)NoneAl2(SO4)3·14H2O08
Metasideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·H2O028
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Paracoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteFe3+4(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O030
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O0293
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O073
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O0139
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O087
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O0111


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