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:
Kaf El Khalef, Gharyan (Gharian), Al Jabal Al Gharbi District, Libya

mindat Locality ID: 271189
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271189.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kaf El Khalef, Gharyan (Gharian), Al Jabal Al Gharbi District, Libya": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Analcime	Cancrinite-sodalite	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Löllingite	Neptunite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Rocksalt
Sapphirine	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*
Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Diopside ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Hainite-(Y) ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Neptunite ()*	Rosenbuschite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sodalite ()*	Titanite ()*
Ulvöspinel ()*

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 As Ca Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Cancrinite-sodalite Eudialyte Feldspar Löllingite Neptunite None Olivine Pyroxene Rocksalt
Sapphirine Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	286
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	182
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hainite-(Y) ()*	None	(Ca₃Y)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	11
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	49
Rosenbuschite ()*	None	Ca₆Zr₂Na₆ZrTi(Si₂O₇)₄(OF)₂F₄	42
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	120

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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