Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Timna Valley, Eilat, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

mindat Locality ID: 42911
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42911.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Timna Valley, Eilat, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
King Solomon Mine
Timna Mine

Latitude: 29°44'49"N
Longitude: 34°58'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.746944444444,34.979444444444

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Apatite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Digenite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Palygorskite	Plancheite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Turquoise

Acanthite ()*	Anilite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Djurleite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorellestadite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Plancheite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Turquoise ()*

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: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Cu H O Pb S V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Descloizite Digenite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group
Palygorskite Plancheite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Turquoise

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	0		88
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	68237	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	68237	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	68237	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	68237	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	68237	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	68236,68237	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	0		1027
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	1	68237	164
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	0		300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	68237	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	68237	2740
Fluorellestadite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5F	1	68237	33
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	68237	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	68237	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	68237	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	68237	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	68237	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	68237	1508
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	0		362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	68237	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	68237	306
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	68237	158
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	68237	74
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2	68236,68237	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	68237	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	68237	61156
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	68236	484

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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