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Locality Name:
Djebel Sekarna Mine (Sekarna Deposit), Djebel Sekarna, Siliana, Siliana, Tunisia


mindat Locality ID: 27824
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27824.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Djebel Sekarna Mine (Sekarna Deposit), Djebel Sekarna, Siliana, Siliana, Tunisia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°45'0"N
Longitude: 9°5'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.75,9.0958333333333
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 C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBruciteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeFluorite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Corkite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)Portlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sweetite  (*)Willemite  (*)Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O0197
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)60151
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl071
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)2051
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sweetite  (*)NoneZn(OH)204
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO40303
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO098


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