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:
Somaliland

mindat Locality ID: 26590
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26590.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Somaliland": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Alihiley
Awdal
Darburuq (Darbuuruq) Area
Gebiley
Hargeisa (Hargeysa)
Jodha
Lafrug
Mait Island Guano Mine
Molis Area
Sanaag
Simodi
Sool
Togdheer
Woqooyi Galbeed Region

Latitude: 10°18'3"N
Longitude: 44°29'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 10.300833333333,44.489166666667

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	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cancrinite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dolomite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Potassic-ferro-ferri-taramite ()*
Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Be C Ca Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Beryl Calcite Cancrinite Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Spinel Tridymite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	106003	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	106003	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	106001	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	7	105996,105999,106004,106005,106007,106010,106014	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	106001,106003	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	106003	232
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	106005,106012	1797
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	106001	9895
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	106001,106003	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	106003	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	106001	5800
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	106003	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	105997,106009	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	105999	2273
Potassic-ferro-ferri-taramite ()*	None	K(NaCa)(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	106003	2
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	106001	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	106001	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	106007	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	106001	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	106001,106004,106007	61156
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	106001,106003	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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