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:
Sahara Desert, North Africa

mindat Locality ID: 252129
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252129.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sahara Desert, North Africa": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Sahara 02500 Meteorite
Sahara 03505 Meteorite
Sahara 97072 Meteorite
Sahara 98222 Meteorite
Sahara 99555 Meteorite

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.

Apatite	Cerite	Cristobalite	Djerfisherite	Feldspar	Graftonite	Iron	None	Olivine	Palmierite
Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Spinel	Wadsleyite	Wilkmanite

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Daubréelite ()*	Diopside ()*	Djerfisherite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Graftonite ()*	Halite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Heideite ()*	Iron ()*
Jadeite ()*	Karenwebberite ()*	Kirschsteinite ()*	Kumdykolite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marićite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Perryite ()*
Pigeonite ()*	Rhönite ()*	Sarcopside ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Spinel ()*
Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*	Tsangpoite ()*	Tuite ()*	Wadsleyite ()*

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 Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Cerite Cristobalite Djerfisherite Feldspar Graftonite Iron None Olivine Palmierite
Pyroxene Rocksalt Sapphirine Spinel Wadsleyite Wilkmanite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	89023	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	3	89019,89021,89023	2060
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	89019	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	89019,89020	3902
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	89021	453
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	89021	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	89019	4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	1	89021	60
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	89021	944
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	89023	371
Graftonite ()*	Graftonite	Fe²⁺Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)₂	1	89020	107
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	89021	1398
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	89023	741
Heideite ()*	Wilkmanite	(Fe,Cr)_1.15(Ti,Fe)₂S₄	1	89021	4
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	3	89019,89020,89021	1089
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	89022	154
Karenwebberite ()*	Olivine	NaFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	89020	2
Kirschsteinite ()*	Olivine	CaFe²⁺(SiO₄)	1	89023	33
Kumdykolite ()*	None	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	89021	5
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	89023	14899
Marićite ()*	None	NaFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	89020	8
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	89019	230
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	1	89021	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	89021	58
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	1	89021	25
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	89019	303
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	1	89023	47
Sarcopside ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂	1	89020	58
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	2	89020,89021	374
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	89023	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	89019	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	4	89019,89020,89021,89023	1044
Tsangpoite ()*	None	Ca₅(PO₄)₂(SiO₄)	1	89023	5
Tuite ()*	Palmierite	Ca₃(PO₄)₂	1	89022	7
Wadsleyite ()*	Wadsleyite	Mg₂SiO₄	1	89022	13

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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