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Locality Name:
Zaghouan, Tunisia


mindat Locality ID: 146038
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146038.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zaghouan, Tunisia": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Grombalia
Haouaria
Saouaf
Sebala Du Mornag
Sidi Jedidi (Sidi Jadidi)
Zaghouan
Zriba-Village

Latitude: 36°22'5"N
Longitude: 10°17'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.368055555556,10.295555555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFeldsparFluoriteGypsum
MalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211162993092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11163033250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22116294,1162995509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)7116286,116294,116296,116297,116299,116300,11630311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5116294,116298,116299,116300,11630327770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)5116294,116297,116299,116300,1163031252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2116290,1162964979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23116294,116296,11630027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2116286,1162982600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22116296,1162999895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11162992740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF210116284,116286,116294,116296,116297,116298,116299,116300,116302,1163039617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS8116286,116290,116294,116296,116297,116299,116300,11630324243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2116299,1163036890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111629014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2116290,1163031689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611162901066
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21116290265
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11162901487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22116294,11629912537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26116290,116294,116297,116299,116300,11630339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26116290,116294,116298,116299,116300,11630361156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21116294454
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11162996417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)4116294,116296,116302,1163032473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS9116284,116286,116290,116294,116296,116297,116299,116300,11630321482
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl1116294275
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311163001803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311163005317



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