Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Amman, Jordan

mindat Locality ID: 260264
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260264.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amman, Jordan": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Daba
Hashem Region
Khan Ez Zabid
Sultani Oil Shale Deposit
Transjordan Plateau

Latitude: 31°32'18"N
Longitude: 36°14'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.538333333333,36.235

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Barringerite	Baryte	Brownmillerite	Brucite	Calcite	Clay
Corundum	Ettringite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Fritzscheite	Garnet	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Marcasite	Mayenite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sapphirine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Sulphur	Tobermorite	Wollastonite	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: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P S Si Sn Sr Ti U V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Aphthitalite Aragonite Barringerite Baryte Brownmillerite Brucite Calcite Clay
Corundum Ettringite Feldspar Fluorite Fritzscheite Garnet Gypsum Hydrotalcite Marcasite Mayenite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt
Rutile Sapphirine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Sulphur Tobermorite Wollastonite Wurtzite

76 IMA Minerals at location:

Afwillite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Barringerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bassanite ()*	Birunite ()*
Brownmillerite ()*	Brucite ()*	Bultfonteinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Celestine ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Chlormayenite ()*	Clinohedrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dorrite ()*	Ettringite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorellestadite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Fluormayenite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hashemite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Jennite ()*	Jouravskite ()*	Khurayyimite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*
Lakargiite ()*	Larnite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Merwinite ()*
Metatyuyamunite ()*	Murashkoite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickolayite ()*	Opal ()*
Periclase ()*	Perovskite ()*	Portlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Qatranaite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siwaqaite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spurrite ()*
Strelkinite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Tobermorite ()*
Transjordanite ()*	Tululite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uvarovite ()*	Vapnikite ()*
Vaterite ()*	Volkonskoite ()*	Vorlanite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wurtzite ()*
Zincite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂]·2H₂O	1	77011	41
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	77011	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	77011	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	77011	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	77011	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	77011	3250
Barringerite ()*	Barringerite	(Fe,Ni)₂P	2	77014,77020	22
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	77011	11547
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	1	77011	82
Birunite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₁₈(SiO₃)_8.5(CO₃)_8.5(SO₄)·15H₂O	1	77011	3
Brownmillerite ()*	Brownmillerite Perovskite	Ca₂Fe³⁺AlO₅	2	77011,77016	21
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	2	77011,77016	462
Bultfonteinite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₂SiO₃(OH)F·H₂O	1	77013	20
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	77011,77013,77016,77017,77019,77020	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	77016	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	77011	1252
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	1	77016	94
Chlormayenite ()*	Mayenite	Ca₁₂Al₁₄O₃₂[ ₄Cl₂]	1	77016	19
Clinohedrite ()*	None	CaZn(SiO₄)·H₂O	1	77013	6
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	77011,77014	4135
Dorrite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₃Fe³⁺₉]O₄[Si₃Al₈Fe³⁺O₃₆]	1	77016	10
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	2	77013,77017	93
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	77011,77016,77019	2740
Fluorellestadite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5F	1	77016	33
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	77016	9617
Fluormayenite ()*	Mayenite	Ca₁₂Al₁₄O₃₂[ ₄F₂]	1	77016	3
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	77011	504
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	77011	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	77011,77017	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	77016	1398
Hashemite ()*	Baryte	Ba(CrO₄)	2	77011,77013	6
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	77011	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	77011	14640
Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ca₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(Cl,CO₃,OH)₂·4H₂O	2	77011,77016	30
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	1	77011	87
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	77011	367
Jennite ()*	None	Ca₉(Si₃O₉)₂(OH)₆·8H₂O	1	77011	18
Jouravskite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Mn⁴⁺(SO₄)(CO₃)(OH)₆·12H₂O	1	77011	6
Khurayyimite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₇Zn₄(Si₂O₇)₂(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	1	77022	1
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	77011	234
Lakargiite ()*	Perovskite	CaZrO₃	1	77016	10
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	1	77011	48
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	77011	229
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	77019	5674
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	1	77011	23
Metatyuyamunite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	2	77017,77019	129
Murashkoite ()*	Nickeline	FeP	2	77014,77020	4
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	77017,77019	17380
Nickolayite ()*	Barringerite	FeMoP	1	77021	1
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	77011	2994
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	77016	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	77011	495
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂	2	77011,77016	51
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	77019	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	77014	9056
Qatranaite ()*	None	CaZn₂(OH)₆(H₂O)₂	1	77015	1
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	77011	61156
Siwaqaite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(CrO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·26H₂O	1	77022	1
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	77019	21482
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	2	77011,77016	54
Strelkinite ()*	None	Na₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·6H₂O	2	77013,77017	8
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	77011	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	77011	2045
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	77011	183
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	1	77011	114
Transjordanite ()*	Barringerite	Ni₂P	1	77020	2
Tululite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₁₄(Fe³⁺,Al)(Al,Zn,Fe³⁺,Si,P,Mn,Mg)₁₅O₃₆	1	77016	1
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	1	77019	628
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	1	77011	212
Vapnikite ()*	Perovskite	Ca₂CaUO₆	1	77016	3
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	1	77011	37
Volkonskoite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Ca_0.3(Cr,Mg)₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	2	77011,77018	22
Vorlanite ()*	Fluorite	CaUO₄	1	77016	5
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	77011	1247
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	77019	372
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	1	77016	98

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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