Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kassala, Sudan

mindat Locality ID: 225427
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225427.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kassala, Sudan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gash Delta
Jebel Qerein

Latitude: 16°0'0"N
Longitude: 36°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 16,36

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.

Djerfisherite	Feldspar	Iron	Milarite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Spinel

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diopside ()*
Djerfisherite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Iron ()*	Kyanite ()*
Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Osbornite ()*	Roedderite ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Djerfisherite Feldspar Iron Milarite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Rocksalt Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	111040	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	111040	8803
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	111040	94
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	111040	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	111040	4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	1	111040	60
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	111040	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	111040	1188
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	111040	1089
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	111041	1507
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	1	111040	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	111040	58
Osbornite ()*	Rocksalt	TiN	1	111040	20
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	1	111040	30
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	111040	374
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	111040	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	111040	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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