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Locality Name:
Bandar-Abbas County, Hormozgan, Iran


mindat Locality ID: 233448
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233448.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bandar-Abbas County, Hormozgan, Iran": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bandar Abbas (Bandar-e Abbas)
Gchine Uranium Mine (Gachin Uranium Mine; Bandar Abbas Uranium Mine)
Qalat-e Bala Salt Dome

Latitude: 27°12'25"N
Longitude: 56°1'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.206944444444,56.022222222222
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 F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBotryogenCalciteCorundumFluoriteGarnetGypsumMetavoltineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteRocksaltRömeriteSulphurVoltaite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Alunite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Botryogen  (*)
Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Metavoltine  (*)Pertlikite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Römerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Voltaite  (*)Zunyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21672853419
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6167284966
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1672851588
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O16728445
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16728527770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21672869895
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O267285,672866890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl367285,67286,672871398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3367285,67286,6728714640
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O16728478
Pertlikite  (*)VoltaiteK2(Fe2+,Mg)2(Mg,Fe3+)4Fe3+2Al(SO4)12·18H2O1672844
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2267284,6728539462
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O167284115
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1672852045
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21672862718
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O167284111
Zunyite  (*)NoneAl13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl16728786


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