Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel

mindat Locality ID: 205351
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205351.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Arad
Beersheba (Beer Sheva)
Dead Sea
Dimona
Eilat
Ein Bokek
Machtesh Mine (Machtesh Pit)
Mt Sedom
Nahal Zin Mine
Newe Zohar
Oron Pit
Tsomet Hatrurium
Wadi Perazim
Zin Pit

Latitude: 30°52'17"N
Longitude: 35°12'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.871388888889,35.203055555556

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amorphous	Apatite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Digenite	Garnet	Gypsum	Hilgardite	Kaolinite	Magnetoplumbite
Malachite	Melilite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Perovskite	Plancheite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Turquoise

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amorphous Apatite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Digenite Garnet Gypsum Hilgardite Kaolinite Magnetoplumbite
Malachite Melilite Mica None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Perovskite Plancheite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Turquoise

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anilite ()*	Azurite ()*
Barioferrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Flamite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorellestadite ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hilgardite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Kalsilite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Larnite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nataliakulikite ()*	Opal ()*
Palygorskite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Plancheite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pseudowollastonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rankinite ()*	Silicocarnotite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Ye'elimite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	68235	2793
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	68234	2353
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	68245	1588
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	1	68235	88
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	68229,68235	5509
Barioferrite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	BaFe³⁺₁₂O₁₉	1	68232	4
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	68232,68237	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	68237	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	68226,68229,68232,68235,68237,68238,68245	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	68229,68235,68237	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	68229,68237	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	4	68229,68235,68236,68237	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	68235	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	68229,68235	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	68229,68235	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2	68229,68235	1027
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	2	68235,68237	164
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	2	68229,68235	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	68226,68229,68237,68238	9895
Flamite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca_8-x(Na,K)_x(SiO₄)_4-x(PO₄)_x	1	68244	3
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	4	68226,68235,68237,68244	2740
Fluorellestadite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5F	1	68237	33
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	1	68244	114
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6	68226,68235,68237,68238,68242,68245	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	3	68231,68237,68240	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	68229,68237	14640
Hilgardite ()*	Hilgardite	Ca₂B₅O₉Cl·H₂O	1	68240	13
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	68244	172
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	1	68244	49
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	68235,68237	5591
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	2	68232,68244	48
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	68232	229
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	1	68244	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	68232	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	68229,68235,68237	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	68237	1508
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	68235	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	68235,68237	17380
Nataliakulikite ()*	Perovskite	Ca₄Ti₂(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺)(Si,Fe³⁺,Al)O₁₁	1	68227	1
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	68225,68226	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	68237	306
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	2	68235,68237	158
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	2	68235,68237	74
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	3	68235,68236,68237	369
Pseudowollastonite ()*	None	CaSiO₃	1	68244	7
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	68229,68237	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	68226,68229,68233,68235,68237,68238	61156
Rankinite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₂O₇	1	68244	25
Silicocarnotite ()*	None	Ca₅[(PO₄)(SiO₄)](PO₄)	1	68244	3
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	68229	1101
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	68236	484
Ye'elimite ()*	None	Ca₄Al₆O₁₂(SO₄)	1	68232	11

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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