Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Al Jabal Al Gharbi District, Libya

mindat Locality ID: 215127
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215127.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Al Jabal Al Gharbi District, Libya": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gharyan (Gharian)
Hamadah Al Hamra
Northeast Africa 003 Lunar Meteorite (NEA 003)
Sinawan 001 Meteorite

Latitude: 30°37'59"N
Longitude: 12°46'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.633055555556,12.778055555556

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.

Analcime	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Iron	Löllingite	Melonite	Neptunite
Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite
Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*
Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*
Eudialyte ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Hainite-(Y) ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Moncheite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Neptunite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Ringwoodite ()*
Rosenbuschite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*
Ulvöspinel ()*

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 Bi Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na Ni O Pb Pt S Si Te Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Corundum Eudialyte Feldspar Iron Löllingite Melonite Neptunite
Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sapphirine Sodalite Spinel Titanite
Tridymite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	78132	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	78132	286
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	78132	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	78132	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	78132	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	78132	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	78132	2060
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	78137	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	78132	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	78136	944
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	1	78132	182
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	78132,78135	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	78132	24243
Hainite-(Y) ()*	None	(Ca₃Y)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	1	78132	11
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	78137	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	78137	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	78135,78136	1089
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	78132	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	78132,78136,78137	14899
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1	78136	133
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	78132	884
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	1	78132	49
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	78137	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	78136	9056
Ringwoodite ()*	Spinel	SiMg₂O₄	1	78139	25
Rosenbuschite ()*	None	Ca₆Zr₂Na₆ZrTi(Si₂O₇)₄(OF)₂F₄	1	78132	42
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	78132	598
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	78132	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	78137	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	78132	4899
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	1	78132	120

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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