Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Muscat, Oman

Oldest recorded age at locality: 102
Youngest recorded age at locality: 94.8

mindat Locality ID: 31089
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31089.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muscat, Oman": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Al Ghubra
Baushar
Muscat (Masqat)
Saih Hatat
Sib

Latitude: 23°30'59"N
Longitude: 58°39'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.516388888889,58.658611111111

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	Amphibole	Calcite	Carpholite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vivianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bassanite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferri-katophorite ()*
Ferri-winchite ()*	Ferro-glaucophane ()*	Ferro-katophorite ()*	Ferrocarpholite ()*	Glaucophane ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Suolunite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Winchite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Calcite Carpholite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite
Quartz Rhabdophane Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Vivianite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95164	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	102	94.8	2	95164,95166	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	95164	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	102	94.8	1	95166	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	102	94.8	1	95166	445
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	102	94.8	1	95166	708
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	102	94.8	1	95167	5509
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O			1	95158	82
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	102	94.8	2	95160,95166	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	102	94.8	2	95166,95167	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	102	94.8	1	95166	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	102	94.8	1	95166	951
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	102	94.8	1	95166	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	102	94.8	2	95164,95166	8173
Ferri-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95164	9
Ferri-winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95164	16
Ferro-glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95164	26
Ferro-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95164	38
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	Fe²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄			1	95162	25
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95164	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	102	94.8	2	95166,95167	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	95158	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	102	94.8	2	95166,95167	14640
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	102	94.8	1	95166	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	102	94.8	1	95166	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	102	94.8	1	95166	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	102	94.8	1	95167	12537
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	102	94.8	1	95166	161
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	102	94.8	1	95166	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	102	94.8	2	95164,95166	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	102	94.8	1	95166	633
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	102	94.8	1	95166	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	102	94.8	0		2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	102	94.8	2	95160,95166	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	102	94.8	1	95166	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	102	94.8	1	95166	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	95164	5614
Suolunite ()*	None	Ca₂Si₂O₅(OH)₂·H₂O			1	95160	7
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	102	94.8	1	95166	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	102	94.8	1	95166	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	102	94.8	1	95166	4899
Winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95164	51
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	102	94.8	2	95160,95166	1025

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
	Cr-00063	102	94.8	95	K-Ar			hornblende, mica					Chromite	Cr	27653	Fanjah (Fanja), Sib, Muscat, Oman		Gnos and Peters (1993)	10.1007/BF00286925	CMP113_325	charlene listed error as .8/.6

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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