Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blekhzaymat, Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritania

mindat Locality ID: 309113
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309113.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blekhzaymat, Tiris Zemmour Region, Mauritania": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
MGS No. BZ3542
MGS No. BZ6691
MGS No. BZ6695
MGS No. BZ6700
MGS No. BZ6717
MGS No. BZ6950
MGS No. BZ7229
MGS No. BZ7461
MGS No. BZ7478
MGS No. BZ7479
MGS No. BZ7589
MGS No. BZ7590
MGS No. BZ7593
MGS No. TS6932

Latitude: 24°21'55"N
Longitude: 7°41'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.365277777778,-7.6852777777778

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.

Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

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 O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote None Pyrite Quartz Spinel

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	80824,80825	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	80827	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	80832,80835	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	80822,80823,80824,80825,80826,80830,80831,80834,80835	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	80835	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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