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Locality Name:
Béja, Tunisia

mindat Locality ID: 146025
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146025.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Béja, Tunisia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Båjah (Beja; Bedja)
Oed Jebs Deposit
Testour

Latitude: 36°33'9"N
Longitude: 9°14'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.5525,9.2477777777778

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	116152	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	116150	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	116150	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	116150	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	116150	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	116150	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	116150	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	116150	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	116152	1398
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	116150	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	116150	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	116150	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	116152	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	116150	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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