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Locality Name:
River Nile, Sudan


mindat Locality ID: 273296
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273296.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "River Nile, Sudan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Almahata Sitta Meteorite
Jebel Abu Nahal
Sabaloka Area

Latitude: 18°31'40"N
Longitude: 32°44'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.527777777778,32.736388888889
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 Be C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCalciteCeriteClayCorundumDiamondFeldsparIronMicaMolybdenite
NonePerovskitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSpinel

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Augite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Cohenite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)
Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Keilite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Niningerite  (*)Oldhamite  (*)Perryite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Sinoite  (*)Spinel  (*)Suessite  (*)
Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)Wüstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS1111081312
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611110812060
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811110824286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111108327770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211110835171
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411110813902
Cohenite  (*)PerovskiteCFe3111108177
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S41111081157
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1111081697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611110814135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111108324243
Graphite  (*)NoneC11110812812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311110815433
Iron  (*)IronFe11110811089
Keilite  (*)RocksaltFeS11110816
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111108114899
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)71111081230
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11110824924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211110835800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111108217380
Niningerite  (*)RocksaltMgS111108128
Oldhamite  (*)RocksaltCaS111108158
Perryite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)8(Si,P)3111108125
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O61111081303
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111108261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11110834894
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1111081374
Sinoite  (*)NoneSi2N2O11110819
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411110811934
Suessite  (*)NoneFe3Si11110816
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1111081703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11110811044
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO111108174


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