Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ain Beida, Constantine Province, Algeria

mindat Locality ID: 247501
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247501.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ain Beida, Constantine Province, Algeria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ain Babouche

Latitude: 35°58'46"N
Longitude: 7°10'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.979444444444,7.1786111111111

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.

Arsenolite	Baryte	Calcite	Marcasite	None	Pyrochlore	Stibnite

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: Ba C Ca Fe H O S Sb

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenolite Baryte Calcite Marcasite None Pyrochlore Stibnite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Senarmontite ()*
Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Valentinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	1379	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	1379	27770
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	1379	230
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	1379	5674
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	2	1379,1380	179
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	1379	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	1379	3418
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	2	1379,1380	369

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060075	Djebel Hammimat Mine, Ain Babouche, Ain Beida, Constantine Province, Algeria	https://rruff.info/R060075

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