Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Irbid, Jordan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.5

mindat Locality ID: 271711
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271711.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Irbid, Jordan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Maqarin Area

Latitude: 32°43'56"N
Longitude: 35°52'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.732222222222,35.871111111111

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brownmillerite	Brucite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum
Diaspore	Ettringite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Lepidocrocite	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Tobermorite	Wollastonite

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 Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Se Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brownmillerite Brucite Calcite Clay Corundum
Diaspore Ettringite Feldspar Gypsum Hydrotalcite Lepidocrocite Mordenite None Not in a structural group Perovskite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Tobermorite Wollastonite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Afwillite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bassanite ()*	Birunite ()*	Brownmillerite ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Diopside ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Ettringite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorellestadite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hashemite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Jennite ()*	Jouravskite ()*	Krut'aite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*
Larnite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Lime ()*	Maghemite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Opal ()*	Portlandite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rankinite ()*	Spurrite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Tacharanite ()*
Thaumasite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Vaterite ()*	Volkonskoite ()*	Wairakite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Yugawaralite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂]·2H₂O	2	0.5	1	77028	41
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	0.5	1	77028	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	0.5	1	77028	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	0.5	1	77028	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	0.5	1	77028	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	0.5	1	77028	11547
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	2	0.5	1	77028	82
Birunite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₁₈(SiO₃)_8.5(CO₃)_8.5(SO₄)·15H₂O	2	0.5	1	77028	3
Brownmillerite ()*	Brownmillerite Perovskite	Ca₂Fe³⁺AlO₅	2	0.5	1	77028	21
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	2	0.5	1	77028	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	0.5	1	77028	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	0.5	1	77028	1252
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	0.5	1	77028	4135
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	2	0.5	1	77028	138
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	2	0.5	1	77028	93
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	0.5	1	77028	2740
Fluorellestadite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5F	2	0.5	1	77028	33
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2	0.5	1	77028	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	0.5	1	77028	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	0.5	1	77028	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	0.5	1	77028	6890
Hashemite ()*	Baryte	Ba(CrO₄)	2	0.5	1	77028	6
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	2	0.5	1	77028	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	0.5	1	77028	14640
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	2	0.5	1	77028	87
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	2	0.5	1	77028	367
Jennite ()*	None	Ca₉(Si₃O₉)₂(OH)₆·8H₂O	2	0.5	1	77028	18
Jouravskite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Mn⁴⁺(SO₄)(CO₃)(OH)₆·12H₂O	2	0.5	1	77028	6
Krut'aite ()*	Pyrite	CuSe₂	2	0.5	1	77028	12
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	2	0.5	1	77028	234
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	2	0.5	1	77028	48
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	0.5	1	77028	1271
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	2	0.5	1	77028	581
Lime ()*	Rocksalt	CaO	2	0.5	1	77028	11
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	0.5	1	77028	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	0.5	1	77028	14899
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	2	0.5	1	77028	405
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	2	0.5	1	77028	58
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	0.5	1	77028	2994
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂	2	0.5	1	77028	51
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	0.5	1	77028	61156
Rankinite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₂O₇	2	0.5	1	77028	25
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	2	0.5	1	77028	54
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	2	0.5	1	77028	589
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	2	0.5	1	77028	47
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	2	0.5	1	77028	183
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	2	0.5	1	77028	114
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	2	0.5	1	77028	37
Volkonskoite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Ca_0.3(Cr,Mg)₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	2	0.5	1	77028	22
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	2	0.5	1	77028	73
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2	0.5	1	77028	1247
Yugawaralite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·4H₂O	2	0.5	1	77028	33

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0042	Hyperalkaline water reacts with natural portlandite to create a cement zone

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_0042	2	0.5	2-0.5	230Th	Age of cement zone									55809	Yarmouk River, Maqarin Area, Irbid, Jordan	Maqarin	Karlsson et al. (1999)		BOOK_EGCS_1999	Age of metamorphism that produced the cement zone

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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