Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wadi Haimur, Wadi Allaqi District, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt

mindat Locality ID: 253253
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253253.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wadi Haimur, Wadi Allaqi District, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Abu Swayel Cu-Ni Deposit
Haimur Mine

Latitude: 22°41'24"N
Longitude: 33°27'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.69,33.450555555556

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite
Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Ullmannite	Valleriite
Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Altaite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Froodite ()*	Geversite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melonite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Parkerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Sudburyite ()*	Valleriite ()*
Violarite ()*

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 Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite
Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Malachite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Ullmannite Valleriite
Wurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	49329,49330	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	49329	2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	49329	489
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	49329	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49329	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	49330	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	49329	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	49329	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	49329	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	49329	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	49329	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	49329,49330	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	49329	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49329	327
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	49329	9895
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1	49329	62
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂	1	49329	38
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	49329	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	49329,49330	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	49329	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	49329	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	49329	804
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	49329	451
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	49329	12537
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	49329	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1	49329	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1	49329	114
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	49329	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49330	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	49330	767
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	1	49329	55
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	49329,49330	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	49329,49330	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	49329	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	49329,49330	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	49329	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	49329	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	49329	978
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	1	49329	46
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	49329	237
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	49329	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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