Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Abu Swayel Cu-Ni Deposit, Wadi Haimur, Wadi Allaqi District, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt

mindat Locality ID: 22091
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22091.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Abu Swayel Cu-Ni Deposit, Wadi Haimur, Wadi Allaqi District, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°45'0"N
Longitude: 33°36'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.75,33.6

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.

Amphibole	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Feldspar
Garnet	Malachite	Melonite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Ullmannite	Valleriite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Altaite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Froodite ()*
Geversite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Michenerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Parkerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Sudburyite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Feldspar
Garnet Malachite Melonite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Ullmannite Valleriite Wurtzite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	718
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	327
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	62
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂	38
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	114
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	55
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	46
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	237
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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