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Locality Name:
Anezrouf, Kidal Region, Mali

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 299

mindat Locality ID: 158027
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158027.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anezrouf, Kidal Region, Mali": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°4'0"N
Longitude: 0°3'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 20.066666666667,0.05

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 C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O S Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteFluoriteNonePyritePyroxeneSodaliteTitaniteTridymite
WollastoniteWöhleriteZircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Titanite  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O629929901022
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O629929902060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)299299027770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O2992990232
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF229929909617
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)2992990884
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2299299039462
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl2992990444
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O29929904899
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4299299083
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO329929901247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)29929905251



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
ree-00443299299Permian or younger        158027Anezrouf, Kidal Region, MaliAnezroufOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 


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