Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Um Ara, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt

mindat Locality ID: 207552
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207552.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Um Ara, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°38'59"N
Longitude: 33°49'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.649722222222,33.816666666667

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Quartz
Rocksalt	Zircon

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Uranophane-β ()*
Polylithionite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spessartine ()*	Thorite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Mica None Quartz
Rocksalt Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	566
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	144
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	89
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	890
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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