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Locality Name:
Beheira, Egypt


mindat Locality ID: 306059
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-306059.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beheira, Egypt": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wadi El-Natrun Depression (Wadi El Natroun)

Latitude: 30°23'35"N
Longitude: 30°18'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.393055555556,30.3025

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ba C Ca Cl Fe H Mg Na O S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteDiasporeGypsumNoneNorthupiteNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RhabdophaneRocksalt

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bassanite  (*)Burkeite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gaylussite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Nahcolite  (*)Natron  (*)
Northupite  (*)Pirssonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Thermonatrite  (*)Trona  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1491321588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1491323250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14913211547
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O14913282
Burkeite  (*)NoneNa4(SO4)(CO3)549132,49134,49135,49136,4914047
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14913227770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1491321252
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21491329895
Gaylussite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(CO3)2·5H2O14913257
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1491327437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1491326890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl949132,49133,49134,49135,49136,49137,49138,49139,491401398
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O149132223
Nahcolite  (*)NoneNaH(CO3)14913278
Natron  (*)NoneNa2(CO3)·10H2O249134,4914051
Northupite  (*)NorthupiteNa3Mg(CO3)2Cl14913231
Pirssonite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(CO3)2·2H2O14913219
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214913239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214913261156
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)549132,49133,49134,49136,49140299
Thermonatrite  (*)NoneNa2(CO3)·H2O14913264
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O349132,49134,49135129



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