Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Red Sea

mindat Locality ID: 191811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Sea": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Atlantis II Deep
Thetis Deep

Latitude: 22°5'30"N
Longitude: 37°50'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.091666666667,37.833333333333

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Nickeline
Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Wurtzite

Akaganeite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Ferrihydrite ()*	Ferripyrophyllite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Isocubanite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Todorokite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Lepidocrocite Marcasite Nickeline
Nolanite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc Wurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O	1	100890	63
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	100890	1588
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	1	100891	143
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	100890	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	100890	802
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	1	100890	86
Ferripyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Fe³⁺Si₂O₅(OH)	1	100890	9
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	100890	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	100890	14640
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	100890	191
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	100891	581
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	100890	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	100890,100891	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	100890	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	100890	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	100890	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	100890	9056
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	100890	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	100890	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	100890	3337
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	100890	433
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	100890	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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