Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oman

Oldest recorded age at locality: 102
Youngest recorded age at locality: 94.8

mindat Locality ID: 23987
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23987.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oman": 95
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 73

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Ad Dakhiliyah
Adh Dhahirah
Al Batinah North
Al Batinah Region (Ad Batinah Region)
Al Batinah South
Al Buraymi
Al Wusta
Ash Sharqiyah
Dhofar
Musandam
Muscat

Latitude: 22°24'55"N
Longitude: 56°53'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.415277777778,56.895833333333

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baddeleyite	Barringerite	Baryte	Braunite
Brochantite	Brownleeite	Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Carpholite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diamond	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Gypsum	Iron	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane
Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Tochilinite	Tridymite	Vivianite	Wadsleyite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Zircon	Zirconolite

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Os P Pb Pd Ru S Sb Si Sr Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baddeleyite Barringerite Baryte Braunite
Brochantite Brownleeite Brucite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Carpholite Cerite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Diamond Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Gypsum Iron Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Prehnite Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane
Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite
Tochilinite Tridymite Vivianite Wadsleyite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon Zirconolite

133 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*
Annabergite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Armalcolite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*
Barringerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bassanite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cronstedtite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erlichmanite ()*
Eskolaite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferri-katophorite ()*	Ferri-winchite ()*	Ferro-glaucophane ()*
Ferro-katophorite ()*	Ferrocarpholite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hapkeite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iridium ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Laurite ()*	Linzhiite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Majorite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Maucherite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Naquite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nickel ()*	Nickeline ()*
Niningerite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Osmium ()*
Palladium ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Perryite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Portlandite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyroxferroite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ringwoodite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Strontianite ()*	Suolunite ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tochilinite ()*
Tranquillityite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*
Wadsleyite ()*	Whitlockite ()*	Winchite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wüstite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	95115,95164	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	102	94.8	3	95152,95164,95166	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	95164	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	95115	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	102	94.8	1	95166	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	102	94.8	1	95166	445
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			11	95127,95129,95137,95139,95141,95143,95144,95146,95148,95150,95152	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	102	94.8	2	95075,95166	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	95092	3250
Armalcolite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Mg,Fe²⁺)Ti₂O₅			3	95143,95149,95152	39
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	95081	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			10	95125,95127,95128,95136,95138,95140,95142,95145,95148,95153	2060
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe			2	95075,95152	166
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	102	94.8	1	95167	5509
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂			3	95142,95143,95152	238
Barringerite ()*	Barringerite	(Fe,Ni)₂P			1	95140	22
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	95143,95152	11547
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O			1	95158	82
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	100	100	4	95088,95089,95090,95115	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	95083	1633
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			2	95092,95110	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	102	94.8	15	95085,95092,95108,95115,95125,95133,95136,95143,95144,95145,95147,95148,95152,95160,95166	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	100	100	2	95089,95090	154
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	1	95088	309
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			5	95136,95143,95144,95148,95152	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	95085,95086	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	102	94.8	9	95080,95081,95085,95086,95088,95089,95090,95166,95167	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl			3	95135,95136,95152	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	102	94.8	14	95127,95128,95136,95139,95140,95141,95142,95143,95144,95149,95151,95152,95153,95166	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	102	94.8	1	95166	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	95115	1756
Cronstedtite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Fe³⁺)₂O₅(OH)₄			1	95127	54
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	100	100	2	95089,95090	802
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			2	95153,95154	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			5	95108,95115,95127,95135,95140	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	102	94.8	2	95133,95166	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	95081	910
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			10	95115,95127,95129,95130,95137,95139,95143,95144,95147,95152	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	102	94.8	4	95089,95115,95164,95166	8173
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂			1	95115	110
Eskolaite ()*	Corundum	Cr₂O₃			1	95140	30
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)			4	95117,95142,95145,95152	371
Ferri-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95164	9
Ferri-winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95164	16
Ferro-glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95164	26
Ferro-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95164	38
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	Fe²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄			1	95162	25
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	95133	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			13	95115,95125,95127,95137,95139,95140,95141,95143,95144,95147,95148,95151,95152	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	100	100	1	95088	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95164	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	102	94.8	2	95166,95167	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	100	100	5	95085,95086,95088,95089,95090	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			3	95120,95153,95154	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			6	95085,95136,95143,95148,95152,95158	6890
Hapkeite ()*	None	Fe₂Si			1	95141	2
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			1	95108	350
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂			1	95115	205
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	95145	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	102	94.8	5	95085,95089,95090,95166,95167	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	95135	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			15	95128,95129,95135,95136,95137,95138,95139,95141,95142,95143,95144,95145,95148,95149,95152	5433
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir			1	95115	162
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			14	95120,95127,95129,95130,95137,95139,95140,95141,95143,95144,95148,95152,95153,95154	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	95132	5591
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂			1	95115	226
Linzhiite ()*	None	FeSi₂			1	95141	7
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	102	94.8	3	95075,95115,95166	359
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	100	100	2	95089,95090	451
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄			1	95075	98
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	102	94.8	1	95166	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	102	94.8	11	95075,95089,95090,95093,95115,95127,95133,95135,95136,95145,95166	14899
Majorite ()*	Garnet	Mg₃(MgSi)(SiO₄)₃			1	95151	24
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	102	94.8	2	95083,95167	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	100	100	3	95088,95089,95090	5674
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	102	94.8	1	95166	161
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			3	95129,95136,95152	230
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			2	95115,95135	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	100	100	2	95089,95090	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	102	94.8	2	95133,95166	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	102	94.8	4	95085,95132,95164,95166	17380
Naquite ()*	Brownleeite	FeSi			1	95141	8
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	95127	884
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni			1	95140	57
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	102	94.8	1	95166	633
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS			1	95130	28
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	102	94.8	1	95166	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	102	94.8	1	95156	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	95152	2349
Osmium ()*	None	Os			1	95115	169
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd			1	95115	59
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As			1	95115	37
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			5	95075,95093,95115,95135,95140	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	95140	495
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃			1	95130	25
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			2	95115,95133	2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆			10	95120,95125,95127,95128,95136,95138,95145,95148,95153,95154	303
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂			1	95110	51
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O			1	95083	309
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	102	94.8	3	95115,95160,95166	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	102	94.8	8	95085,95086,95088,95089,95090,95127,95135,95166	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	95132	3106
Pyroxferroite ()*	None	Fe²⁺SiO₃			2	95142,95145	17
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	100	100	9	95089,95090,95093,95127,95128,95135,95136,95140,95145	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	102	94.8	9	95085,95086,95089,95090,95132,95142,95145,95152,95166	61156
Ringwoodite ()*	Spinel	SiMg₂O₄			1	95151	25
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			4	95115,95133,95143,95164	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	95140	374
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl			1	95127	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	100	100	5	95085,95086,95088,95089,95090	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			9	95115,95127,95129,95133,95138,95140,95143,95144,95152	1934
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			1	95133	589
Suolunite ()*	None	Ca₂Si₂O₅(OH)₂·H₂O			1	95160	7
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			2	95127,95140	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	102	94.8	2	95115,95166	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	100	100	2	95081,95088	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	102	94.8	1	95166	5317
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi			1	95140	116
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	102	94.8	4	95089,95090,95115,95166	4899
Tochilinite ()*	Tochilinite	6(Fe_0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)₂]			1	95140	56
Tranquillityite ()*	Braunite	Fe²⁺₈Ti₃Zr₂Si₃O₂₄			2	95142,95152	17
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	95129	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			14	95127,95129,95130,95137,95139,95140,95141,95142,95143,95144,95149,95151,95152,95153	1044
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95152	73
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄			2	95142,95152	120
Wadsleyite ()*	Wadsleyite	Mg₂SiO₄			1	95151	13
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆			3	95129,95136,95145	104
Winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95164	51
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	95148	1247
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO			1	95151	74
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			3	95129,95133,95152	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇			1	95152	140
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	102	94.8	2	95160,95166	1025

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
vms-00702	100	100	Cretaceous				S	9743	Aarja Mine, Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman	Aarja	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00703	100	100	Cretaceous				S	8588	Bayda Mine, Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman	Bayda	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00704	100	100	Cretaceous				S	14096	Lasail Mine, Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman	Lasail	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
Cr-00063	102	94.8	95	K-Ar	hornblende, mica	Chromite	Cr	27653	Fanjah (Fanja), Sib, Muscat, Oman		Gnos and Peters (1993)	10.1007/BF00286925	CMP113_325	charlene listed error as .8/.6

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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