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Locality Name:
Dead Sea, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel


mindat Locality ID: 225965
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225965.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dead Sea, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ein Gedi
Har Ye'elim

Latitude: 31°20'53"N
Longitude: 35°19'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.348055555556,35.333055555556

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 Ba C Ca Cl Fe Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteMagnetoplumbiteNoneNot in a structural groupRocksaltSpinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Barioferrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Halite  (*)Larnite  (*)
Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Ye'elimite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Barioferrite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteBaFe3+12O191682324
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16823211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16823227770
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1682311398
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)16823248
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4168232229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416823214899
Ye'elimite  (*)NoneCa4Al6O12(SO4)16823211



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