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:
Hibashi Cave, Mintaqah Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 195731
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195731.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hibashi Cave, Mintaqah Makkah, Saudi Arabia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°10'0"N
Longitude: 42°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.166666666667,42.166666666667

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Aphthitalite	Arcanite	Biphosphammite	Calcite	Cerite	Clay	None	Not in a structural group
Palygorskite	Quartz	Rocksalt

Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Arcanite ()*	Archerite ()*	Biphosphammite ()*
Calcite ()*	Halite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Opal ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Quartz ()*	Urea ()*	Whitlockite ()*

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 Cl H K Mg N Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl H K Mg N Na O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Aphthitalite Arcanite Biphosphammite Calcite Cerite Clay None Not in a structural group
Palygorskite Quartz Rocksalt

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	77
Arcanite ()*	Arcanite	K₂(SO₄)	30
Archerite ()*	Biphosphammite	H₂K(PO₄)	7
Biphosphammite ()*	Biphosphammite	(NH₄)H₂(PO₄)	11
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	306
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Urea ()*	None	CO(NH₂)₂	4
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	104

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0034	Lava tube cave

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_0034	0	0	0		Age of mineralization			Hi7, Hi8, Hi15, Hizz						195731	Hibashi Cave, Mintaqah Makkah, Saudi Arabia	Hibashi Cave	Forti et al. (2004)	10.3986/ac.v33i2.299	AC33_189	Cave is rich in fossils and surface minerals

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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