Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tébessa Province, Algeria

mindat Locality ID: 131106
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131106.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tébessa Province, Algeria": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ouenza
Sidi Rouman

Latitude: 35°51'22"N
Longitude: 7°59'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.856111111111,7.9833333333333

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Nacrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	1504	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	1502,1503,1504	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	1502,1503,1504	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	1504	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	1502	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	1502	27198
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	1502	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	1502	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	1502,1503,1504	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	1502,1503,1504	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	1504	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	1504	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	1503,1504	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	1502	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	1502	5674
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	1502	112
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	1502	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	1504	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	1504	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	1502,1503,1504	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	1502	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	1502,1503,1504	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	1502	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	1505	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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