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Locality Name:
Al Jawf Governorate, Yemen


mindat Locality ID: 127112
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127112.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Al Jawf Governorate, Yemen": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jabali Mine

Latitude: 15°36'54"N
Longitude: 44°46'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 15.615,44.775555555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCopperCoronaditeCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteWurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dietrichite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Sauconite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12949232793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12949232734
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)129492327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12949234979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O1294923197
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12949231382
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161294923227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12949234165
Dietrichite  (*)HalotrichiteZnAl2(SO4)4·22H2O129492315
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212949239895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS129492324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12949237437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1294923717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12949236890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3129492314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12949231689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4129492373
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612949231066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612949232228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412949235591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212949235674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2129492317380
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61294923477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2129492339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212949233106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12949231725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2129492361156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O1294923293
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O129492356
Silver  (*)CopperAg12949235186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12949232473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS129492321482



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