Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zaghouan, Zaghouan, Tunisia

mindat Locality ID: 203446
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203446.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zaghouan, Zaghouan, Tunisia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Djebel El Kohol
Djebel Messella
Djebel Oust Deposit
Djebel Stah Deposit
Sidi Taya Mine

Latitude: 36°24'0"N
Longitude: 10°8'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.4,10.147222222222

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	116299	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	116299	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	116296,116297,116299,116300	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	116298,116299,116300	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	3	116297,116299,116300	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	116296	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	116296,116300	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	116298	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	116296,116299	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	116299	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	116296,116297,116298,116299,116300	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	116296,116297,116299,116300	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	116299	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	116299	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	116297,116299,116300	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	116298,116299,116300	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	116299	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	116296	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	116296,116297,116299,116300	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	116300	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	116300	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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