Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Mintaqah Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia

mindat Locality ID: 145815
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145815.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mintaqah Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ayn Dar
Dhahran
Khawr Al Fazra 017 Meteorite
Rub' Al-Khali
Shaybah
Wabar Meteorite (Al Hadidah; Nejed)

Latitude: 22°44'14"N
Longitude: 50°59'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.737222222222,50.992222222222

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.

Auricupride	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Iron	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Palygorskite	Perovskite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel

Awaruite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Coesite ()*	Cohenite ()*
Copper ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Palygorskite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reevesite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Spinel ()*
Stishovite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Hydrotalcite Iron None
Not in a structural group Olivine Palygorskite Perovskite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	104613	166
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	104615	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	104612,104614	3902
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	1	104616	77
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃	1	104613	77
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	104612	3846
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	104614	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	104613	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	104613	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	104608,104609	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	104609	1398
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	104612	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	3	104612,104613,104614	1089
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	104613,104616	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	104616	14899
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	104609	306
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	104609,104616	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	104616	48
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	104613	374
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	104614	1934
Stishovite ()*	Rutile	SiO₂	1	104616	26
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	3	104612,104613,104616	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	3	104612,104613,104614	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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