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Locality Name:
Guelma, Constantine Province, Algeria


mindat Locality ID: 252359
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252359.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guelma, Constantine Province, Algeria": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Djebel Nador
Hammam Meskoutine

Latitude: 36°25'20"N
Longitude: 7°27'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.422222222222,7.465

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl Fe H O Pb S Sb Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCarminiteNadoriteNonePyrochloreRocksalt
RutileSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Dussertite  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Nadorite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)113943250
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O711394450
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)21394,139527770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)211394178
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)113941252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)113944979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl113941382
Dussertite  (*)AluniteBaFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)61139633
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1139424243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41139414899
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl113941107
Nadorite  (*)NadoritePbSb3+O2Cl1139418
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O21394,13961153
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)113942473
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O41139466
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O311394369



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060409Djebel Debar (Djebel Debagh), Hammam Meskoutine, Guelma, Constantine Province, Algeriahttps://rruff.info/R060409


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