Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nimjat, Trarza Region, Mauritania

mindat Locality ID: 308715
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308715.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nimjat, Trarza Region, Mauritania": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
La Tourbière C
La Tourbière E
La Tourbière E'
La Tourbière F
La Tourbière I
La Tourbière J
La Tourbière ST10
La Tourbière ST2
La Tourbière ST3
La Tourbière ST4
La Tourbière ST8
La Tourbière ST9
La Tourbière TT2
La Tourbière TT5
La Tourbière TV5
Legouechichi
N'Terrert

Latitude: 17°8'44"N
Longitude: 16°5'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 17.145555555556,-16.095277777778

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.

Corundum	Gypsum	None	Rocksalt	Rutile	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: Ca Cl Fe H Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum Gypsum None Rocksalt Rutile Zircon

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	81318	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	81318	1398
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	81317	5433
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	81317	5614
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	81317	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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