Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bir Semna, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt

mindat Locality ID: 284315
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284315.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bir Semna, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Semna Mine
Wadi Semna

Latitude: 26°24'21"N
Longitude: 33°40'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.405833333333,33.670833333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Iron
Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc

Alunite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chromium ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Iron
Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel Talc

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	49199	966
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49200	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	49199	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	49200	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	49199,49200	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	49199	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	49200	3902
Chromium ()*	Iron	Cr	1	49200	26
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49200	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	49200	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	49199	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	49200	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	49199	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	49199	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	49199	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	49199	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49199	5591
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49200	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	49200	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	49200	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	49199	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49199	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	49199	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	49199	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	49199	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	49199	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	49200	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49200	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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