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:
Western Desert, Giza, Egypt

mindat Locality ID: 293360
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293360.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Western Desert, Giza, Egypt": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bahariya Oasis (Baharia Oasis)

Latitude: 28°23'6"N
Longitude: 28°54'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.385,28.91

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Dolomite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Manganite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Lepidocrocite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	49152	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	49152	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	49152	577
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	49152	599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	49152	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	49152	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	49152	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	49152	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	49152	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	49152	581
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	49152	1487
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	49152	770
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	49152	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	49152	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	49152	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	49152	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	49152	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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