Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hadramawt Governorate, Yemen

mindat Locality ID: 127117
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127117.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hadramawt Governorate, Yemen": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kaidun Meteorite
Mukalla
Ras Sharwyn

Latitude: 14°58'6"N
Longitude: 49°38'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.968333333333,49.644166666667

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Barringerite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chlorite	Clay	Cristobalite	Cubanite	Diamond
Djerfisherite	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	Magnetoplumbite	Milarite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite
Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Wilkmanite	Wurtzite

Aenigmatite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Andreyivanovite ()*
Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cronstedtite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Djerfisherite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Florenskyite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*	Greenalite ()*
Heideite ()*	Hibonite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*
Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Perryite ()*
Pigeonite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roedderite ()*	Saponite ()*
Schöllhornite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Troilite ()*	Wilkinsonite ()*

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 Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Barringerite Calcite Chabazite Chlorite Clay Cristobalite Cubanite Diamond
Djerfisherite Feldspar Garnet Iron Magnetoplumbite Milarite Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite
Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sapphirine Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Wilkmanite Wurtzite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	294933	133
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	294933	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	294933	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	294933	1534
Andreyivanovite ()*	Barringerite	FeCrP	1	294933	3
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	294933	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	294933	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	294933	27770
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	294933	66
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	294933	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	294933	1756
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	294933	453
Cronstedtite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Fe³⁺)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	294933	54
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	294933	802
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	294933	157
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	294933	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	294933	4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	1	294933	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	294933	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	294933	944
Florenskyite ()*	Barringerite	FeTiP	1	294933	1
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	294933	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	294933	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	294933	2812
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	294933	61
Heideite ()*	Wilkmanite	(Fe,Cr)_1.15(Ti,Fe)₂S₄	1	294933	4
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	1	294933	80
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	294933	367
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	294933	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	294933	14899
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	1	294933	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	294933	58
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	294933	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	294933	495
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	1	294933	25
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	294933	303
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	294933	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	294933	61156
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	1	294933	30
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	294933	301
Schöllhornite ()*	None	Na_0.3CrS₂·H₂O	1	294933	4
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	294933	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	294933	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	294933	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	294933	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	294933	3337
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	294933	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	294933	1044
Wilkinsonite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₈Fe³⁺₄]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	294933	3

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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