Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wadi Arabah (Wadi Araba), Tafilah, Jordan

mindat Locality ID: 29844
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29844.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wadi Arabah (Wadi Araba), Tafilah, Jordan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Wadi Abu Khushayba
Wadi Dana

Latitude: 30°4'17"N
Longitude: 35°30'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.071388888889,35.501666666667

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar
Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Topaz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Birnessite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Tenorite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Au B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Cu F Fe H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Feldspar
Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Topaz Tourmaline

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	77050	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	77050	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	77050	178
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	77049,77050	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	77049	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	77050	3531
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	77050	227
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	77050	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	77050	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	77050	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	77049	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	77049,77050	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	77050	243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	77050	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	77050	234
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	77049,77050	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	77049	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	77050	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	77049,77050	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	77050	433
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	0		1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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