Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Aydin Province, Aegean Region, Turkey

mindat Locality ID: 146203
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146203.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aydin Province, Aegean Region, Turkey": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Alabanda
Didim
Magnesia Meteorite

Latitude: 37°36'32"N
Longitude: 27°25'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.608888888889,27.423055555556

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.

Calcite	Copper	Garnet	Haxonite	Iron	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Spinel

Almandine ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Enstatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Haxonite ()*	Iron ()*	Mercury ()*	Meyerhofferite ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*
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 B C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Copper Garnet Haxonite Iron None Olivine Pyroxene Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	116309	2353
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	116311	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	116311	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	116311	3846
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	116311	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	116311	1188
Haxonite ()*	Haxonite	(Fe,Ni)₂₃C₆	1	116312	26
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	116312	1089
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	116311	397
Meyerhofferite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·H₂O	1	116309	23
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	116309	1711
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	116312	374
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	116311	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	2	116311,116312	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	116311	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2	116311,116312	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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