Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Northern Oman Ophiolite, Al Buraymi, Oman

mindat Locality ID: 284218
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284218.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northern Oman Ophiolite, Al Buraymi, Oman": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wadi Hilti

Latitude: 24°15'0"N
Longitude: 56°9'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.25,56.166388888889

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Mica	Millerite	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc
Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Anatase ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Iridium ()*	Laurite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Millerite ()*	Osmium ()*	Palladium ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Ni O Os Pd Ru S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Mica Millerite None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc
Titanite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	95115	3419
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	95115	2162
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	95115	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	95115	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	95115	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	95115	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	95115	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	95115	8173
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	1	95115	110
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	95115	1188
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	95115	205
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	95115	162
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	95115	226
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	95115	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	95115	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	95115	1066
Osmium ()*	None	Os	1	95115	169
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	1	95115	59
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	1	95115	37
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	95115	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	95115	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95115	1898
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	95115	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	95115	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95115	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	95115	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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