Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 15999
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15999.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qala-Diz (Qala-Dizeh; Qala-Diza), Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bulfat Massif
Hero

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

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Baddeleyite	Calcite	Calzirtite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Djerfisherite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Malachite	Melilite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Steacyite	Valleriite	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite

Åkermanite ()*	Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baghdadite ()*
Calcite ()*	Calzirtite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuspidine ()*
Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*	Djerfisherite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*
Foshagite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iraqite-(La) ()*
Kaersutite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Qandilite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorlomite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thorianite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Xonotlite ()*

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:
Allophane Amphibole Baddeleyite Calcite Calzirtite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Djerfisherite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Hydrotalcite Malachite Melilite Mica Nickeline None
Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Steacyite Valleriite Wollastonite Wöhlerite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Åkermanite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂MgSi₂O₇	1	67705	50
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	67705	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	67705	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	67705	238
Baghdadite ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₆Zr₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₄	1	67705	8
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67705	27770
Calzirtite ()*	Calzirtite	Ca₂Zr₅Ti₂O₁₆	1	67705	32
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	67702	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	67702	3531
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	1	67705	67
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	67705	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	67706	4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	1	67705	60
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	67703	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	67705	1188
Foshagite ()*	None	Ca₄(SiO₃)₃(OH)₂	1	67705	19
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	67705	1544
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	1	67705	87
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	67705	5433
Iraqite-(La) ()*	Steacyite	KCa₂(La,Ce,Th)Si₈O₂₀	1	67706	1
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	67705	179
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	67705	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	67702,67703	12537
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	67705	153
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	67705	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	67705	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	67703	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	67705	9056
Qandilite ()*	Spinel	(Mg,Fe³⁺)₂(Ti,Fe³⁺,Al)O₄	1	67705	11
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	67702	61156
Schorlomite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Ti₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂	1	67705	54
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	67705	1934
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	67705	236
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	67705	237
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	67705	1247
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	1	67705	109

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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