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:
Wadi Hodein, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt

mindat Locality ID: 270993
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270993.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wadi Hodein, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
El-Anbat

Latitude: 23°5'13"N
Longitude: 35°19'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.086944444444,35.329166666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Godlevskite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Horomanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite Mica Nickeline
None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	49339	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	49339	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	49339	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	49339	27198
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	49339	40
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	49339	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	49339	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	49339	14640
Horomanite ()*	None	Fe₆Ni₃S₈	1	49339	3
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	49339	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	49339	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49339	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	49339	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	49339	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	49339	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	49339	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	49339	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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