Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yarmouk River, Maqarin Area, Irbid, Jordan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.5

mindat Locality ID: 55809
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55809.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yarmouk River, Maqarin Area, Irbid, Jordan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°43'56"N
Longitude: 35°52'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.732222222222,35.871388888889

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brownmillerite	Brucite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum
Diaspore	Ettringite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Lepidocrocite	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Tobermorite	Wollastonite

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 Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Se Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Se Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brownmillerite Brucite Calcite Clay Corundum
Diaspore Ettringite Feldspar Gypsum Hydrotalcite Lepidocrocite Mordenite None Not in a structural group Perovskite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Tobermorite Wollastonite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Afwillite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bassanite ()*	Birunite ()*	Brownmillerite ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Diopside ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Ettringite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorellestadite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hashemite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Jennite ()*	Jouravskite ()*	Krut'aite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*
Larnite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Lime ()*	Maghemite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Opal ()*	Portlandite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rankinite ()*	Spurrite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Tacharanite ()*
Thaumasite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Vaterite ()*	Volkonskoite ()*	Wairakite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Yugawaralite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂]·2H₂O	2	0.5	41
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	0.5	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	0.5	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	0.5	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	0.5	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	0.5	11547
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	2	0.5	82
Birunite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₁₈(SiO₃)_8.5(CO₃)_8.5(SO₄)·15H₂O	2	0.5	3
Brownmillerite ()*	Brownmillerite Perovskite	Ca₂Fe³⁺AlO₅	2	0.5	21
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	2	0.5	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	0.5	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	0.5	1252
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	0.5	4135
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	2	0.5	138
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	2	0.5	93
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	0.5	2740
Fluorellestadite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5F	2	0.5	33
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2	0.5	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	0.5	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	0.5	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	0.5	6890
Hashemite ()*	Baryte	Ba(CrO₄)	2	0.5	6
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	2	0.5	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	0.5	14640
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	2	0.5	87
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	2	0.5	367
Jennite ()*	None	Ca₉(Si₃O₉)₂(OH)₆·8H₂O	2	0.5	18
Jouravskite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Mn⁴⁺(SO₄)(CO₃)(OH)₆·12H₂O	2	0.5	6
Krut'aite ()*	Pyrite	CuSe₂	2	0.5	12
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	2	0.5	234
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	2	0.5	48
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	0.5	1271
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	2	0.5	581
Lime ()*	Rocksalt	CaO	2	0.5	11
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	0.5	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	0.5	14899
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	2	0.5	405
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	2	0.5	58
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	0.5	2994
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂	2	0.5	51
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	0.5	61156
Rankinite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₂O₇	2	0.5	25
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	2	0.5	54
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	2	0.5	589
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	2	0.5	47
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	2	0.5	183
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	2	0.5	114
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	2	0.5	37
Volkonskoite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Ca_0.3(Cr,Mg)₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	2	0.5	22
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	2	0.5	73
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2	0.5	1247
Yugawaralite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·4H₂O	2	0.5	33

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0042	Hyperalkaline water reacts with natural portlandite to create a cement zone

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_0042	2	0.5	2-0.5	230Th	Age of cement zone									55809	Yarmouk River, Maqarin Area, Irbid, Jordan	Maqarin	Karlsson et al. (1999)		BOOK_EGCS_1999	Age of metamorphism that produced the cement zone

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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