Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Awsard Massif, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab Region, Morocco

mindat Locality ID: 266002
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266002.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Awsard Massif, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab Region, Morocco": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°35'0"N
Longitude: 14°17'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.583333333333,-14.283333333333

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet
Mica	Monazite	None	Pectolite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite
Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Andradite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cancrinite ()*	Celsian ()*	Cheralite ()*	Diopside ()*	Kalsilite ()*
Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vishnevite ()*
Witherite ()*	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 C Ca Cl Cs F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cs F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Th Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Feldspar Garnet
Mica Monazite None Pectolite Pyrite Pyroxene Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite
Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	232
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	100
Cheralite ()*	Monazite	CaTh(PO₄)₂	50
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	49
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	140
Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	KNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂F₂	8
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Vishnevite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Cancrinite	Na₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·2H₂O	21
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	251
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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