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Locality Name:
Gash Delta, Kassala, Sudan


mindat Locality ID: 286244
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286244.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gash Delta, Kassala, Sudan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Khor Temiki Meteorite

Latitude: 16°0'0"N
Longitude: 36°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 16,36

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 Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
DjerfisheriteFeldsparIronMilariteNoneOlivinePyroxeneRocksaltSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Djerfisherite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Iron  (*)Niningerite  (*)
Oldhamite  (*)Osbornite  (*)Roedderite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Taenite  (*)
Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS1111040312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11110408803
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6111104094
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S41111040157
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611110404135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl111104060
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61111040944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11110401188
Iron  (*)IronFe11110401089
Niningerite  (*)RocksaltMgS111104028
Oldhamite  (*)RocksaltCaS111104058
Osbornite  (*)RocksaltTiN111104020
Roedderite  (*)MilariteKNaMg2(Mg3Si12)O30111104030
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1111040374
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1111040703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11110401044



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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