Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Sahara Desert, Algeria

mindat Locality ID: 289359
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-289359.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sahara Desert, Algeria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lakhbi
Northwest Africa 3171 Martian Meteorite (NWA 3171)

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.

Apatite	Baddeleyite	Cerite	Corundum	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Spinel

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 Fe Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baddeleyite Cerite Corundum Nickeline None Olivine Pyroxene Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Diopside ()*
Fayalite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Spinel ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	1442,1443	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	1443	238
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	1442,1443	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	1442	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	1442	4135
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	1442	371
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	1442,1443	5433
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	2	1442,1443	230
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	2	1442,1443	303
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	1442,1443	9056
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	1442	1934
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	2	1442,1443	120

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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