Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hafafit, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt

mindat Locality ID: 29901
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29901.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hafafit, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hafafit Vermiculite Deposit

Latitude: 24°48'0"N
Longitude: 34°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.8,34.5

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.

Amphibole	Chlorite	Clay	Corrensite	Corundum	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Smectite-vermiculite
Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Corrensite ()*
Ferro-tschermakite ()*	Hydrobiotite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chlorite Clay Corrensite Corundum Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Smectite-vermiculite
Talc Titanite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49232	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49232	718
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Corrensite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)₉(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀·nH₂O	1	49232	49
Ferro-tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		27
Hydrobiotite ()*	Corrensite Clay	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	49232	49
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	49232	2273
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		375
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49232	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49232	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	49232	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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