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


mindat Locality ID: 2019
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2019.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dupezeh Mt., Hero, Qala-Diz (Qala-Dizeh; Qala-Diza), Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaddeleyiteCalciteCalzirtiteClayCorundumDiasporeDjerfisheriteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetHydrotalciteMeliliteMicaNickelineNoneOlivinePerovskitePyroxeneSpinel
ValleriiteWollastoniteWöhlerite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Åkermanite  (*)Albite  (*)Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Baghdadite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Calzirtite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)Diaspore  (*)Djerfisherite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Foshagite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
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  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O7050
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO20238
Baghdadite  (*)WöhleriteCa6Zr2(Si2O7)2O408
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Calzirtite  (*)CalzirtiteCa2Zr5Ti2O16032
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F4067
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)0481
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl060
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Foshagite  (*)NoneCa4(SiO3)3(OH)2019
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)4087
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O20179
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)0153
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Qandilite  (*)Spinel(Mg,Fe3+)2(Ti,Fe3+,Al)O4011
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O12054
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO20236
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]0237
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)20109


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