Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Amadiya (Amadia; Amedi) District, Dahuk (Dohuk; Dihok) Province, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq

mindat Locality ID: 288855
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288855.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amadiya (Amadia; Amedi) District, Dahuk (Dohuk; Dihok) Province, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Barwari Bala

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

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	67659	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	67659	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	67661,67662	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	67661	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	67659,67660,67663	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	67662	5707
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	67659	577
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	67660,67663	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	67661	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	67659,67660,67663	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	67659,67663	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	67659	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	67659	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	67659	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	67661,67662	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	67659,67663	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	67659,67661,67663	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	67659	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	67663	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	67663	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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