Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mintaqah Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia

mindat Locality ID: 145807
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145807.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mintaqah Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Khnaiguiyah Zn Deposit
Nafud Qunaifidha
Samrah Mine
Sirhan-Turayf

Latitude: 23°34'19"N
Longitude: 45°6'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.571944444444,45.105277777778

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fritzscheite	Garnet	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Johannsenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Metatyuyamunite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Silver ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Fritzscheite Garnet None Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	104600	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	104597	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	104597	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	104597	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	104600	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	104597	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	104597	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	104597	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	104597,104600,104603	27770
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	104597	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	104597,104600	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	104597	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	104597	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	104597	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	104597,104600	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	104603	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	104600	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	104597	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	104597	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	104597	5433
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆	1	104597	73
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	104597,104600	14899
Metatyuyamunite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	104603	129
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	104600	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	104600	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	104597,104600	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	104597,104600,104603	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	104597	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	104597	969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	104600	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	104597	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	104597,104600	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	104600	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	104597,104600	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	104597	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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