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Locality Name:
Hero, Qala-Diz (Qala-Dizeh; Qala-Diza), Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq


mindat Locality ID: 15996
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15996.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hero, Qala-Diz (Qala-Dizeh; Qala-Diza), Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dupezeh Mt.
Shakhi-Rash Mt.

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Na Ni O S Si Th Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaddeleyiteCalciteCalzirtiteClayCorundumDiasporeDjerfisheriteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetHydrotalciteMeliliteMicaNickelineNoneOlivinePerovskitePyroxeneSpinel
SteacyiteValleriiteWollastoniteWöhlerite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Åkermanite  (*)Albite  (*)Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Baghdadite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Calzirtite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)Diaspore  (*)Diopside  (*)
Djerfisherite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Foshagite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iraqite-(La)  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Monticellite  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Qandilite  (*)Schorlomite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Thorianite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O716770550
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1677058803
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61677052060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2167705238
Baghdadite  (*)WöhleriteCa6Zr2(Si2O7)2O41677058
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16770527770
Calzirtite  (*)CalzirtiteCa2Zr5Ti2O1616770532
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F416770567
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)167705481
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61677064135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl16770560
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1677051188
Foshagite  (*)NoneCa4(SiO3)3(OH)216770519
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31677051544
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)416770587
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31677055433
Iraqite-(La)  (*)SteacyiteKCa2(La,Ce,Th)Si8O201677061
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2167705179
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416770514899
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)167705153
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3167705495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21677052273
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81677059056
Qandilite  (*)Spinel(Mg,Fe3+)2(Ti,Fe3+,Al)O416770511
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O1216770554
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41677051934
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2167705236
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]167705237
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31677051247
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)2167705109



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