Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hormozgan, Iran

mindat Locality ID: 30631
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30631.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hormozgan, Iran": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bandar-Abbas County
Bostanu (Bostaneh; Bastaneh; Bustaneh)
Henjam Island (Hengam Island)
Hormuz Island (Jazireh-ye Hormoz; Ormuz Island; Jezirat Hormuz; Hormoz)
Qeshm Island
Sar Pohl (Puhal; Pukal; Pujal; Pohl; Pol)
Tonb-e Bozorg (Greater Tomb Island)

Latitude: 26°58'9"N
Longitude: 55°41'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.969166666667,55.698055555556

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Arcanite	Atacamite	Axinite	Baryte	Botryogen	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Danburite	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Metavoltine
None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rinneite	Rocksalt	Römerite	Sulphur
Voltaite

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arcanite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Botryogen ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Danburite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrosiderite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Malachite ()*	Metavoltine ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Pertlikite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rinneite ()*	Römerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Sylvite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Voltaite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Arcanite Atacamite Axinite Baryte Botryogen Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Danburite Epidote Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Malachite Metavoltine
None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rinneite Rocksalt Römerite Sulphur
Voltaite

39 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	3	67285,67291,67293	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	67284	966
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	67281	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3	67285,67291,67293	1588
Arcanite ()*	Arcanite	K₂(SO₄)	1	67294	30
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	67293	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	67291	2060
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	67291	260
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	67291,67293	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	67293	5516
Botryogen ()*	Botryogen	MgFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	1	67284	45
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	67285,67291,67293	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	67293	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	67293	1756
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	1	67291	148
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	67293	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	67286,67291	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	67293	8173
Erythrosiderite ()*	None	K₂Fe³⁺Cl₅·H₂O	1	67294	7
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	67291	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	67285,67286,67291,67293	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	6	67285,67286,67287,67291,67293,67294	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	67285,67286,67287,67290,67291,67293	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	67295	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	67291,67293	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	67293	12537
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	67284	78
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	67293	306
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	67293	158
Pertlikite ()*	Voltaite	K₂(Fe²⁺,Mg)₂(Mg,Fe³⁺)₄Fe³⁺₂Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	67284	4
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	67284,67285,67291,67293	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	67291,67293	61156
Rinneite ()*	Rinneite	K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆	1	67294	20
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	1	67284	115
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	4	67285,67289,67291,67293	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	67294	275
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	67286	2718
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	67284	111
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	1	67287	86

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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