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Locality Name:
Hashem Region, Amman, Jordan


mindat Locality ID: 260263
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260263.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hashem Region, Amman, Jordan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lisdan-Siwaga Fault

Latitude: 31°28'9"N
Longitude: 36°13'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.469166666667,36.225833333333

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Sn U V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBarringeriteBaryteBrownmilleriteBruciteCalciteClayEttringiteFluoriteFritzscheite
GypsumHydrotalciteMayeniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyroxeneRocksalt
RutileSapphirineSpurrite-AfwilliteWurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Barringerite  (*)Brownmillerite  (*)Brucite  (*)Bultfonteinite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Chlormayenite  (*)Clinohedrite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dorrite  (*)Ettringite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorellestadite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fluormayenite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hashemite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)
Lakargiite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Murashkoite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Periclase  (*)
Portlandite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Qatranaite  (*)Spurrite  (*)Strelkinite  (*)
Tululite  (*)Vapnikite  (*)Vorlanite  (*)Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Barringerite  (*)Barringerite(Fe,Ni)2P17701422
Brownmillerite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+AlO517701621
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2177016462
Bultfonteinite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa2SiO3(OH)F·H2O17701320
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)377013,77016,7701727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21770165171
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO217701694
Chlormayenite  (*)MayeniteCa12Al14O32[   4Cl2]17701619
Clinohedrite  (*)NoneCaZn(SiO4)·H2O1770136
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61770144135
Dorrite  (*)SapphirineCa4[Mg3Fe3+9]O4[Si3Al8Fe3+O36]17701610
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O277013,7701793
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1770162740
Fluorellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F17701633
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21770169617
Fluormayenite  (*)MayeniteCa12Al14O32[   4F2]1770163
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1770176890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1770161398
Hashemite  (*)BaryteBa(CrO4)1770136
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O17701630
Lakargiite  (*)PerovskiteCaZrO317701610
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O177017129
Murashkoite  (*)NickelineFeP1770144
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217701717380
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO177016114
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)217701651
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81770149056
Qatranaite  (*)NoneCaZn2(OH)6(H2O)21770151
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)17701654
Strelkinite  (*)NoneNa2(UO2)2(VO4)2·6H2O277013,770178
Tululite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa14(Fe3+,Al)(Al,Zn,Fe3+,Si,P,Mn,Mg)15O361770161
Vapnikite  (*)PerovskiteCa2CaUO61770163
Vorlanite  (*)FluoriteCaUO41770165
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO17701698



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