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:
Darband-Rayat Area, Rawandiz (Rawanduz; Rowanduz), Soran District, Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq

mindat Locality ID: 271412
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271412.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Darband-Rayat Area, Rawandiz (Rawanduz; Rowanduz), Soran District, Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bard-i-Zard Village

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Epsomite	Löllingite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Spinel	Vivianite

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: As Cr Fe H Ni O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cr Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Epsomite Löllingite Nickeline None Pyrite Spinel Vivianite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Annabergite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Morenosite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	67677	445
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	67677	9052
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	0		3902
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	67677	84
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	67677	633
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	67677	39462
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1	67677	233

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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