Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Adrar Province, Algeria

mindat Locality ID: 131111
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131111.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adrar Province, Algeria": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Adrar 003 Meteorite
Gourara
Hassi-Jekna Meteorite
Ilafegh 009 Meteorite

Latitude: 25°54'19"N
Longitude: 0°45'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.905277777778,0.76083333333333

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.

Diamond	Feldspar	Haxonite	Iron	Magnetoplumbite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile
Spinel

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Diamond ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Haxonite ()*	Hibonite ()*
Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nierite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Osbornite ()*
Pigeonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*
Troilite ()*	Wüstite ()*

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 Cr Fe Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Diamond Feldspar Haxonite Iron Magnetoplumbite None Olivine Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile
Spinel

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	1329	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1329	8803
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	1325	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	1329	94
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	1329	157
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	1325	697
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	1329	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	1325	1188
Haxonite ()*	Haxonite	(Fe,Ni)₂₃C₆	1	1328	26
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	1	1325	80
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	1328,1329	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	1328	14899
Nierite ()*	None	Si₃N₄	1	1325	7
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	1329	58
Osbornite ()*	Rocksalt	TiN	1	1329	20
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	1325	303
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	1325	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	2	1328,1329	374
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	1325	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	1328	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	3	1325,1328,1329	1044
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	1	1328	74

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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