Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bhanine, Jezzine District, South Governate, Lebanon

mindat Locality ID: 305828
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305828.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bhanine, Jezzine District, South Governate, Lebanon": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°34'55"N
Longitude: 35°35'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.581944444444,35.598888888889

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.

Baryte	Clay	Copiapite	Coquimbite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kieserite	Melanterite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Starkeyite	Sulphur	Tamarugite	Voltaite

Aluminocopiapite ()*	Aluminocoquimbite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Baryte ()*	Copiapite ()*
Coquimbite ()*	Ferrinatrite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Meta-alunogen ()*	Metasideronatrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paracoquimbite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rozenite ()*	Sideronatrite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Tamarugite ()*
Voltaite ()*

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Clay Copiapite Coquimbite Gypsum Halotrichite Kieserite Melanterite Mica None
Not in a structural group Quartz Starkeyite Sulphur Tamarugite Voltaite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aluminocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O	50
Aluminocoquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	Al₂Fe₂(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·9H₂O	5
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	136
Ferrinatrite ()*	None	Na₃Fe³⁺(SO₄)₃·3H₂O	25
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	409
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Meta-alunogen ()*	None	Al₂(SO₄)₃·14H₂O	8
Metasideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·H₂O	28
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Paracoquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	30
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	293
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	73
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	139
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	87
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	111

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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