Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Barramiya, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt

mindat Locality ID: 206077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206077.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barramiya, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Barramiya Mine
Chromitite Outcrops

Latitude: 25°5'28"N
Longitude: 33°50'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.091111111111,33.834166666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Marcasite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*
Diopside ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
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: Al As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H K Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Marcasite
Mica Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite

31 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	49192	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49193	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	49192	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	49192	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	49192	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	49193	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49193	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	49193	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	49192	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	49193	4135
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	49193	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	49192	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	49192	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	49192	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	49192	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49193	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	49192	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	49193	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	49192	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	49192	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	0		1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	49192	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	49192	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	49192	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	49192	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	49193	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	49192,49193	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	49192	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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