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Locality Name:
Gharyan (Gharian), Al Jabal Al Gharbi District, Libya


mindat Locality ID: 283654
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283654.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gharyan (Gharian), Al Jabal Al Gharbi District, Libya": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kaf El Khalef
Wadi Ghan Dam

Latitude: 32°15'24"N
Longitude: 13°7'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.256666666667,13.133055555556

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 As Ca Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeCancrinite-sodaliteEudialyteFeldsparLöllingiteNeptuniteNoneOlivinePyroxeneRocksalt
SapphirineSodaliteSpinelTitaniteTridymite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Diopside  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hainite-(Y)  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Neptunite  (*)Rosenbuschite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sodalite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Ulvöspinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61781321022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6178132286
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]178132133
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1781328803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1781321627
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1781321036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61781322060
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61781324135
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2178132182
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1781321188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17813224243
Hainite-(Y)  (*)None(Ca3Y)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F217813211
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2178132762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417813214899
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)178132884
Neptunite  (*)NeptuniteKNa2LiFe2+2Ti2Si8O2417813249
Rosenbuschite  (*)NoneCa6Zr2Na6ZrTi(Si2O7)4(OF)2F417813242
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)178132598
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl178132444
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1781324899
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4178132120



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