Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mawat Massif, Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq

mindat Locality ID: 271440
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271440.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mawat Massif, Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kuradawe Granitic Pegmatite
Kurra Dawi Village
Waraz Area

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Monazite	None
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Cordierite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Thorite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Ca Ce Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Si Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Fluorite Mica Monazite None
Quartz Rutile Spinel Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	67682	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	67682	1310
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	67682	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	67683	3902
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	67682	518
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	67682	1008
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	67682	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	67682	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	67682	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	67682	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	67682	5614
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	67682	1006
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	67682	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	67682	939
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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