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Locality Name:
South Governate, Lebanon


mindat Locality ID: 288544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Governate, Lebanon": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jezzine District

Latitude: 33°32'26"N
Longitude: 35°35'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.540555555556,35.599166666667
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 Ba Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteClayCopiapiteCoquimbiteGypsumHalotrichiteKieseriteMelanteriteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzStarkeyiteSulphurTamarugiteVoltaite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Aluminocoquimbite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Baryte  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Coquimbite  (*)Ferrinatrite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Meta-alunogen  (*)Metasideronatrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paracoquimbite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rozenite  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Tamarugite  (*)
Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O17806550
Aluminocoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAl2Fe2(SO4)6(H2O)12·9H2O1780655
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O178065272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17806511547
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O178065382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O178065136
Ferrinatrite  (*)NoneNa3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O17806525
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1780656890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O178065409
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O178065915
Meta-alunogen  (*)NoneAl2(SO4)3·14H2O1780658
Metasideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·H2O17806528
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217806517380
Paracoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteFe3+4(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O17806530
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217806561156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O178065293
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O17806573
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1780652045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O178065139
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O17806587
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O178065111


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