Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
United Arab Emirates

mindat Locality ID: 27655
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27655.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "United Arab Emirates": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Abu Dhabi Emirate
Ajman Emirate
Dubay Emirate (Dubai)
Fujayrah Emirate (Fujairah)
Ras Al Khaymah Emirate (Ras Al-Khaimah)
Sharjah Emirate
Umm Al Qaywayn Emirate (Umm Al-Quwain)

Latitude: 25°5'31"N
Longitude: 54°33'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.091944444444,54.560555555556

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aphthitalite	Baryte	Beryl	Biphosphammite	Braunite	Calcite	Chlorite
Clay	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine	Spinel	Titanite	Wollastonite

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Archerite ()*
Baryte ()*	Biphosphammite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clino-suenoite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*
Donpeacorite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Galaxite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hausmannite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kanoite ()*	Kanonaite ()*	Kinoshitalite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*
Tephroite ()*	Titanite ()*	Urea ()*	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 Ce Cr Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Andalusite Aphthitalite Baryte Beryl Biphosphammite Braunite Calcite Chlorite
Clay Corundum Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine Spinel Titanite Wollastonite

34 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)	2	123919,123921	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	123921	706
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	123915	966
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	1	123915	77
Archerite ()*	Biphosphammite	H₂K(PO₄)	1	123915	7
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	123921	11547
Biphosphammite ()*	Biphosphammite	(NH₄)H₂(PO₄)	1	123915	11
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	123919	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	123920,123921	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	123914	3902
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	123919	57
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	123920	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	123918	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0		1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	123918	4135
Donpeacorite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mn,Mg)MgSi₂O₆	1	123919	4
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	123918,123919	944
Galaxite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Al₂O₄	1	123917	43
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	123911	6890
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	2	123917,123920	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	123907,123908,123919	14640
Kanoite ()*	Pyroxene	MnMgSi₂O₆	1	123918	7
Kanonaite ()*	Andalusite	Mn³⁺AlOSiO₄	1	123919	9
Kinoshitalite ()*	Mica Clay	BaMg₃(Si₂Al₂O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	123920	20
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	123921	945
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	123919	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	123919	61156
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	123918	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	123918	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	123918	1934
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	2	123917,123920	240
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	123921	4899
Urea ()*	None	CO(NH₂)₂	1	123915	4
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	123918	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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