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:
Ash Sharqiyah, Oman

mindat Locality ID: 131056
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131056.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ash Sharqiyah, Oman": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Al Hammah Range
Musawi Area

Latitude: 22°7'0"N
Longitude: 59°37'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.116666666667,59.633055555556

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel	Zircon

Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Strontianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Clay Kaolinite Mica None Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	95133	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	95133	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	95133	2740
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	95132	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	95133	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	95133	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95132	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	95133	2273
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	95132	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	95132	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	95133	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	95133	1934
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	95133	589
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	95133	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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