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Locality Name:
Oran Province, Algeria

mindat Locality ID: 24492
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24492.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oran Province, Algeria": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Beni Saf
Keragda
Misserghin
Oran
Oued Moziz Mine
Ouillis - Pont Du Chelif Area
Saida
Sebdou

Latitude: 35°18'42"N
Longitude: 0°-34'-27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.311666666667,-0.57416666666667

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	Apatite	Brochantite	Cerite	Corundum	Descloizite	Gypsum	None	Sulphur	Taranakite

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 Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Brochantite Cerite Corundum Descloizite Gypsum None Sulphur Taranakite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Brochantite ()*	Brushite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Opal ()*	Sulphur ()*	Taranakite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Whitlockite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	1429	104
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	1433	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	1426	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	1432	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	1425	14640
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	1432	2994
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	1432	2045
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	1	1427	57
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	1433	605
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	1	1434	104

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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