Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Danakil Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia

mindat Locality ID: 250396
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250396.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Danakil Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Enkafala
Erta Ale Volcano
Mount Dallol (Dallol Volcano)

Latitude: 13°59'23"N
Longitude: 40°22'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.989722222222,40.38

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.

Carnallite	Copper	Coronadite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Rutile

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 Ca Cl H K Mg Mn Na O Pt S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Carnallite Copper Coronadite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Rutile

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hollandite ()*
Kainite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Sylvite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0		1588
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	1	49473	132
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0		1398
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	49470	243
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	0		50
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	49472	485
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	49470	3106
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	49470	312
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	49473	275

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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