Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
New Valley, Egypt

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 204736
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204736.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Valley, Egypt": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Abu-Tartour Mine (Abu-Tartur Mine)
Crystal Mountain (Gebel Bellorat)
Farafra Oasis
Isna Meteorite
Lake Nasser
Libyan Desert Glass Area
Western Desert

Latitude: 25°32'37"N
Longitude: 29°28'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.543611111111,29.468055555556

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diamond	Diaspore
Epsomite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Iron	Kaolinite	Magnetoplumbite	Marcasite	Melilite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Tridymite	Wavellite	Wurtzite

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Aluminium ()*	Anorthite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Diamond ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Gehlenite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hibonite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Iron ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lechatelierite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Moissanite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Silver ()*	Spinel ()*
Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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: Ag Al Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Diamond Diaspore
Epsomite Feldspar Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Iron Kaolinite Magnetoplumbite Marcasite Melilite
Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Tridymite Wavellite Wurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	49168	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆			1	49168	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	49168	8803
Aluminium ()*	Copper	Al			1	49170	27
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	49166	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	49166	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	49173	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	49161,49165,49168,49169,49172	27770
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	49166	94
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	49170	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	49166	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	100	66	1	49160	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	49166	944
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	49172	484
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	100	66	1	49160	2740
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇			1	49166	114
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	49162,49168	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	49170	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	100	66	1	49160	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	49162,49165,49168	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	49166	407
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	49172	251
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉			1	49166	80
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	100	66	1	49160	367
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			2	49166,49170	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	49168	5591
Lechatelierite ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂			2	49169,49172	62
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	49168	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	49168	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	49162,49165	5674
Moissanite ()*	Wurtzite	SiC			2	49169,49170	57
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	100	66	1	49160	1508
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	49166	884
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	49172	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	49162	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	49172	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	49168	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	49168	375
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	49170	5186
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	49166	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	49166	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	49166	1044
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	100	66	1	49160	374

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	ree-00345	100	66	Late Cretaceous											9748	Abu-Tartour Mine (Abu-Tartur Mine), New Valley, Egypt	Abu Tartar	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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