Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Al-Monawarh, Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia

mindat Locality ID: 272029
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272029.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Al-Monawarh, Mintaqah Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Dundasite	Feldspar	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite	Lindackerite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel

Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dundasite ()*
Geigerite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Offretite ()*
Pargasite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reevesite ()*	Tinaksite ()*	Tunisite ()*
Volkovskite ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chlorite Clay Dundasite Feldspar Hydrotalcite Kaolinite Lindackerite None
Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	97
Geigerite ()*	Lindackerite	Mn²⁺₅(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)₂·10H₂O	7
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	146
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	313
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	48
Tinaksite ()*	None	K₂NaCa₂TiSi₇O₁₈(OH)O	9
Tunisite ()*	None	NaCa₂Al₄(CO₃)₄(OH)₈Cl	5
Volkovskite ()*	None	KCa₄B₂₂O₃₂(OH)₁₀Cl·4H₂O	9

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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