Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mintaqah Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

mindat Locality ID: 145808
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145808.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mintaqah Tabuk, Saudi Arabia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Hedjaz Meteorite (Et-tlahi)
Midyan
Wadi Sawawin Mine
Wejh

Latitude: 26°29'38"N
Longitude: 37°42'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.493888888889,37.703611111111

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	Aeschynite	Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Crichtonite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gagarinite	Iron	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite	Zircon

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aeschynite Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Crichtonite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Gagarinite Iron Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tridymite Zircon

66 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Frohbergite ()*
Gagarinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rickardite ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Senaite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Sylvanite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Tridymite ()*
Troilite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Volynskite ()*	Waimirite-(Y) ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	104644	2793
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	104640	1022
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	104640	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	104640,104641	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	104644	489
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	104644	2734
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	104638	1036
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	104640	295
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	104641,104644	11547
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	104644	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	104641,104644	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	104640	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	104644	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	104644	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	104644	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	104638	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	104644	3531
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	104641	518
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	104644	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	104638	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	104644	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	104641	414
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	104641	196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	104640,104641	9617
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	1	104644	40
Gagarinite-(Y) ()*	Gagarinite	NaCaYF₆	1	104641	8
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	104640,104644	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	104641	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	104644,104645	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	104638	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	104642,104644	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	104644	1689
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	104644	804
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	104644	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	104638,104641	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	104638	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	104642,104644	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	104644	12537
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	104638	230
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	104640,104641,104644	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	104641,104644	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	104644	409
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	104641	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	104644	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	104644	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	104640,104641,104644	61156
Rickardite ()*	None	Cu_3-xTe₂	1	104644	52
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	104640,104641	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	2	104640,104641	353
Senaite ()*	Crichtonite	Pb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	1	104640	28
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	104644	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	104644	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	104644	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	104640,104644	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	104638	1934
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	104644	337
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	104638	703
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	104644	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2	104640,104641	1006
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	104638	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	104638	1044
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	104640	2718
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂	1	104644	64
Waimirite-(Y) ()*	None	YF₃	1	104641	2
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2	104640,104641	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	104640,104641	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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