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Locality Name:
Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq

mindat Locality ID: 271410
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271410.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq": 53
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dahuk (Dohuk; Dihok) Province
Dohuk
Erbil
Halabja
Sulaymaniyah

Latitude: 37°17'37"N
Longitude: 42°52'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.293611111111,42.871666666667

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baddeleyite	Baryte
Beryl	Calcite	Calzirtite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore
Djerfisherite	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite
Marcasite	Melilite	Mica	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Steacyite	Talc	Valleriite
Vivianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Wöhlerite	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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb Ru S Si Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baddeleyite Baryte
Beryl Calcite Calzirtite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Diaspore
Djerfisherite Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Hydrotalcite Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite
Marcasite Melilite Mica Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Steacyite Talc Valleriite
Vivianite Wollastonite Wurtzite Wöhlerite Zircon

89 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Åkermanite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*
Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baghdadite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Calzirtite ()*	Celsian ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cordierite ()*
Cuspidine ()*	Cymrite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*	Djerfisherite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Edenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Foshagite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iraqite-(La) ()*
Kaersutite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laurite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monticellite ()*	Morenosite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Qandilite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rammelsbergite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorlomite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Thorianite ()*
Thorite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Vivianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Xonotlite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	67668	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	67688,67699	3419
Åkermanite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂MgSi₂O₇	1	67705	50
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	67682,67705	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	67693	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	67682	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	67659,67666	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	67677	445
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	67688,67693	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67693	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	67659,67677,67692	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	67705	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	67661,67662	5509
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	67705	238
Baghdadite ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₆Zr₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₄	1	67705	8
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	67661,67666,67668	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	67659,67660,67663,67666,67693,67705	27770
Calzirtite ()*	Calzirtite	Ca₂Zr₅Ti₂O₁₆	1	67705	32
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	67693	100
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	67668	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	67662,67702	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	67673,67692	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	67659	577
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	67682	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	8	67676,67680,67683,67685,67688,67693,67695,67697	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	67702	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	67688,67693	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	67693	1756
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	67682	518
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	67682	1008
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	1	67705	67
Cymrite ()*	None	Ba(Si,Al)₄(O,OH)₈·H₂O	1	67693	46
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	67705	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	67706	4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	1	67705	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	67660,67663,67666,67693	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	67693	160
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	67703	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	67693	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	67661	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	67705	1188
Foshagite ()*	None	Ca₄(SiO₃)₃(OH)₂	1	67705	19
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	67659,67660,67663,67666,67668	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	67659,67663,67668	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	67668	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	67693,67705	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	67659,67699	14640
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	1	67705	87
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	67705	5433
Iraqite-(La) ()*	Steacyite	KCa₂(La,Ce,Th)Si₈O₂₀	1	67706	1
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	67705	179
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	67659	5591
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	67685	226
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	67688,67693	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	10	67659,67676,67685,67688,67692,67693,67695,67697,67699,67705	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	67661,67662,67673,67702,67703	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	67668	5674
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	67682	945
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	67705	153
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	67677	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	67682,67693	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	67677	633
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	67682	2349
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	67705	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	67705	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	67659,67663,67668,67673,67677,67692,67703	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	67708	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	67692,67705	9056
Qandilite ()*	Spinel	(Mg,Fe³⁺)₂(Ti,Fe³⁺,Al)O₄	1	67705	11
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	67659,67661,67663,67673,67682,67702	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1	67677	233
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	67708	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	67682	5614
Schorlomite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Ti₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂	1	67705	54
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	67659,67666	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	67663,67666,67668	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	67663,67666,67668,67673	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	67693,67705	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	67688	3337
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	67705	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	67682	1006
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	67685,67688	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	67682	2718
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	67705	237
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	67685	636
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	67705	1247
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	67682	939
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	1	67705	109
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	67682	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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