Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sahara 97072 Meteorite, Sahara Desert, North Africa

mindat Locality ID: 252128
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252128.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sahara 97072 Meteorite, Sahara Desert, North Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Cristobalite	Djerfisherite	Iron	None	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Spinel	Wilkmanite

Augite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Djerfisherite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Halite ()*	Heideite ()*	Iron ()*	Kumdykolite ()*	Niningerite ()*
Oldhamite ()*	Perryite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cristobalite Djerfisherite Iron None Pyroxene Rocksalt Spinel Wilkmanite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	157
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	60
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Heideite ()*	Wilkmanite	(Fe,Cr)_1.15(Ti,Fe)₂S₄	4
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Kumdykolite ()*	None	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	58
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	25
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	374
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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