Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Makhtesh Ramon Area (Ramon Crater Area), Negev, Israel

mindat Locality ID: 145485
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145485.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Makhtesh Ramon Area (Ramon Crater Area), Negev, Israel": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Shen Ramon

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Coronadite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lanthanite	Mica
Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cotunnite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lanthanite-(Ce) ()*
Laurionite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ce Cl Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce Fe H K Na O P S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Clay Coronadite Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Lanthanite Mica
Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	0		1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	68213	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	68213	1588
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		295
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	68213	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	0		1252
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂	1	68213	54
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	68213	599
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	68213	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	68213	1398
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Lanthanite-(Ce) ()*	Lanthanite	Ce₂(CO₃)₃·8H₂O	0		16
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	1	68213	49
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	0		945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	68213	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	68213	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	68213	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	68213	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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