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Locality Name:
Laouni, Ahaggar Mtn (Hoggar Mtn), Tamanghasset Province, Algeria


mindat Locality ID: 133553
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133553.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laouni, Ahaggar Mtn (Hoggar Mtn), Tamanghasset Province, Algeria": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Laouni W Deposit
Laouni West Intrusion
Orthopyroxenite Outcrop
Sédis
Tamazaror

Latitude: 20°27'59"N
Longitude: 5°33'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.466388888889,5.5663888888889
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: Al Ca Ce Cr F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na O Si Sn Ta Ti W Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylClayColumbiteCorundumCrichtoniteFeldsparKaoliniteMicaNone
OlivinePseudobrookitePyroxeneQuartzRutileScheeliteSpinelTopazZirconolite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aspidolite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Loveringite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Topaz  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)21480,14818803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)114781036
Aspidolite  (*)Mica ClayNaMg3(Si3Al)O10(OH)21147811
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2114815171
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4114783902
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18114791008
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O611478944
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)11480551
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)114781188
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O411478407
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)11481469
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3114785433
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O211478179
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)421480,14815591
Loveringite  (*)Crichtonite(Ca,Ce,La)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)18O38114789
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)221480,148117380
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)211478313
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2114782273
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O511478164
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO231477,1480,148161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2114785614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)114774894
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O611481211
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F221480,14811476
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O711478140


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