Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Northwest Africa 4590 Meteorite (NWA 4590), Béchar, Béchar Province, Algeria

mindat Locality ID: 264100
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264100.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northwest Africa 4590 Meteorite (NWA 4590), Béchar, Béchar Province, Algeria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°19'0"N
Longitude: 4°56'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.316666666667,-4.9427777777778

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.

Cerite	Feldspar	Iron	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Sapphirine	Spinel

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 Fe Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cerite Feldspar Iron None Olivine Pyroxene Sapphirine Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Iron ()*	Kirschsteinite ()*
Merrillite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Rhönite ()*	Spinel ()*	Troilite ()*
Ulvöspinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	407
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Kirschsteinite ()*	Olivine	CaFe²⁺(SiO₄)	33
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	230
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	303
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	47
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	120

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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