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Locality Name:
Al Jufrah District, Libya


mindat Locality ID: 215638
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215638.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Al Jufrah District, Libya": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dar Al Gani

Latitude: 27°18'58"N
Longitude: 16°15'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.316111111111,16.251388888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cl Cr Fe K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBarringeriteCalciteCeriteCorundumFeldsparIronNickelineNoneOlivine
PentlanditePerovskitePyroxeneRocksaltSapphirineSpinelTridymite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Barringerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Perryite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sapphirine  (*)
Schreibersite  (*)Spinel  (*)Suessite  (*)Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Ulvöspinel  (*)Wüstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1781448803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)378144,78145,781521036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6778144,78145,78146,78147,78150,78151,781522060
Barringerite  (*)Barringerite(Fe,Ni)2P17814422
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17814427770
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl178150203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4678144,78146,78147,78150,78151,781523902
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S4178144157
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6278144,781524135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21781449895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6378144,78147,78152944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1781441188
Graphite  (*)NoneC1781442812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3578144,78146,78147,78150,781525433
Iron  (*)IronFe378144,78150,781521089
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1781441487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4378144,78145,7815214899
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7478144,78147,78150,78152230
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)178152884
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81781441512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3278148,78152495
Perryite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)8(Si,P)317814425
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6678144,78146,78147,78148,78150,78151303
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8278144,781479056
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]178152129
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P178144374
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4278145,781521934
Suessite  (*)NoneFe3Si1781446
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)278144,78152703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS378144,78150,781521044
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4178144120
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO17814874



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