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:
Tataouine, Tunisia

mindat Locality ID: 144162
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144162.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tataouine, Tunisia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Playa Oum El Krialate
Tataouine (Foum Tatahouine)

Latitude: 32°52'29"N
Longitude: 10°40'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.874722222222,10.674722222222

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.

Calcite	Carnallite	Chalcanthite	Cristobalite	Hexahydrite	Iron	Kieserite	None	Pentlandite	Rhabdophane
Spinel	Starkeyite

Bassanite ()*	Burkeite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Gaylussite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Iron ()*
Kainite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Pentahydrite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pirssonite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*
Troilite ()*	Trona ()*

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: C Ca Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Carnallite Chalcanthite Cristobalite Hexahydrite Iron Kieserite None Pentlandite Rhabdophane
Spinel Starkeyite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	2	116275,116278	82
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)	1	116275	47
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	116277	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	1	116275	132
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	116277	3902
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	116277	453
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	1	116275	57
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	116275	137
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	116275	251
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	116277	1089
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	1	116275	50
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	116275	223
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	1	116275	78
Pentahydrite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mg(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	116275	32
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	116277	1512
Pirssonite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·2H₂O	1	116275	19
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	116275	102
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	116275	293
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	116275	79
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	1	116275	139
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	116277	1044
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	116275	129

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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