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Locality Name:
Almahata Sitta Meteorite, River Nile, Sudan


mindat Locality ID: 253193
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253193.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Almahata Sitta Meteorite, River Nile, Sudan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°43'1"N
Longitude: 32°30'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.716944444444,32.509444444444
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 C Ca Cr Fe Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Fe Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CeriteCorundumDiamondIronNonePerovskitePyroxeneRocksaltSpinel

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Augite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cohenite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)
Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Keilite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Niningerite  (*)Oldhamite  (*)
Perryite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Sinoite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Suessite  (*)Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)Wüstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS0312
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Cohenite  (*)PerovskiteCFe3077
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S40157
Diamond  (*)DiamondC0697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Iron  (*)IronFe01089
Keilite  (*)RocksaltFeS06
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)70230
Niningerite  (*)RocksaltMgS028
Oldhamite  (*)RocksaltCaS058
Perryite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)8(Si,P)3025
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O60303
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P0374
Sinoite  (*)NoneSi2N2O09
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Suessite  (*)NoneFe3Si06
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)0703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS01044
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO074


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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