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Locality Name:
East Uweinat Desert, Matruh, Egypt


mindat Locality ID: 266540
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266540.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Uweinat Desert, Matruh, Egypt": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gebel Kamil Crater (Kamil Crater)

Latitude: 22°1'5"N
Longitude: 26°5'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.018055555556,26.086944444444

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 Cr Cu Fe Ni O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperCristobaliteIronNoneNot in a structural groupRutileSpinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Coesite  (*)Copper  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)Iron  (*)
Mullite  (*)Nickelphosphide  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Stishovite  (*)Taenite  (*)
Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO214915577
Copper  (*)CopperCu1491563846
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2149155453
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S4149156157
Iron  (*)IronFe1491561089
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)14915578
Nickelphosphide  (*)NoneNi3P14915619
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P149156374
Stishovite  (*)RutileSiO214915526
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)149156703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1491561044



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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