Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dhofar 490 Lunar Meteorite (Dho 490), Dhofar, Oman

mindat Locality ID: 237023
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-237023.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dhofar 490 Lunar Meteorite (Dho 490), Dhofar, Oman": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 18°43'0"N
Longitude: 54°27'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.716666666667,54.45

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	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	Gypsum	Iron	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	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 C Ca Fe H Mg O S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mg O S Si Sr Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Corundum Feldspar Gypsum Iron None Olivine Pyroxene Wollastonite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Forsterite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	303
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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