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Locality Name:
Northwest Africa 2086 Meteorite (NWA 2086), Northwest Africa Meteorites


mindat Locality ID: 259277
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259277.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northwest Africa 2086 Meteorite (NWA 2086), Northwest Africa Meteorites": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al Ca Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BarringeriteCancrinite-sodaliteClayCorundumDmisteinbergiteFeldsparGarnetMeliliteNickelineNone
OlivinePerovskitePyroxeneSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSpinelTridymite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Andreyivanovite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dmisteinbergite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Saponite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Andreyivanovite  (*)BarringeriteFeCrP03
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dmisteinbergite  (*)DmisteinbergiteCa(Al2Si2O8)04
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O70114
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)0451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)0884
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O0301
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl0444
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130085Northwest Africa 2086 Meteorite (NWA 2086), Northwest Africa Meteoriteshttps://rruff.info/R130085

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