Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yemen

mindat Locality ID: 25606
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25606.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yemen": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Abyan Governorate
Adan Governorate
Al Bayda' Governorate
Al Dali' Governorate
Al Hudaydah Governorate
Al Jawf Governorate
Al Mahrah Governorate
Al Mahwit Governorate
Amran Governorate
Dhamar Governorate
Hadramawt Governorate
Hajjah Governorate
Sa'dah Governorate
Shabwah Governorate
Ta'izz Governorate

Latitude: 14°29'54"N
Longitude: 47°23'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.498333333333,47.389166666667

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Barringerite	Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Cubanite	Descloizite	Diamond
Diaspore	Djerfisherite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Iron	Kaolinite
Magnetoplumbite	Marcasite	Mica	Milarite	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite
Perovskite	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Talc	Wilkmanite	Wurtzite

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 Ba C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Barringerite Baryte Calcite Chabazite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Cubanite Descloizite Diamond
Diaspore Djerfisherite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite Iron Kaolinite
Magnetoplumbite Marcasite Mica Milarite Mordenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite
Perovskite Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Talc Wilkmanite Wurtzite

87 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*
Andreyivanovite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Chalcophanite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coronadite ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cronstedtite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Descloizite ()*	Diamond ()*	Dietrichite ()*	Diopside ()*	Djerfisherite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Florenskyite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Greenalite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Heideite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Hibonite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Iron ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Perryite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Roedderite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Saponite ()*	Sauconite ()*
Schöllhornite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Troilite ()*
Wilkinsonite ()*	Willemite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	294923	2793
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	294933	133
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	294933	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	294933	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	294933	1534
Andreyivanovite ()*	Barringerite	FeCrP	1	294933	3
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	294923	2734
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	294933	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	3	294927,294929,294933	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	294925	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	294916,294923,294925,294933	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	294925	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	294923,294925	4979
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	294933	66
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	294923	197
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	294923	1382
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	294933	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	294933	1756
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	294923	227
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	294937	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	294923	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	2	294931,294933	453
Cronstedtite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Fe³⁺)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	294933	54
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	294933	802
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	294933	157
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	294925	378
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	294933	697
Dietrichite ()*	Halotrichite	ZnAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	294923	15
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	294933	4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	1	294933	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	294923,294925,294933	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	294933	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	294914	8173
Florenskyite ()*	Barringerite	FeTiP	1	294933	1
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	294927,294929,294933	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	3	294933,294938,294940	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	294923,294925	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	294923	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	294933,294938	2812
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	294933	61
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	294923	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	294923	6890
Heideite ()*	Wilkmanite	(Fe,Cr)_1.15(Ti,Fe)₂S₄	1	294933	4
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	294923,294927,294929	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	294923	1689
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	1	294923	73
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	1	294933	80
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	294933	367
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	294923	1066
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	294933	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	294923	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	294923	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	294927,294929,294931,294933	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	294923	5674
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	294931	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	294916,294923	17380
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	1	294933	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	294933	58
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	294933	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	294933	495
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	1	294933	25
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	294933	303
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	294923	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	294923	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	294923,294925	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	294923	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	294933	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	294923,294927,294929,294931,294933,294942	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	294916,294917,294918	375
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	1	294933	30
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	294923	293
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	294931	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	294933	301
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	294923	56
Schöllhornite ()*	None	Na_0.3CrS₂·H₂O	1	294933	4
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	294933	374
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	294923	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	294923,294925	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	294923,294933	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	294933	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	294933	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	294933	3337
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	294933	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	294933	1044
Wilkinsonite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₈Fe³⁺₄]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	294933	3
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	294925	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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