Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
El Sheikh Soliman, South Sinai, Egypt

mindat Locality ID: 310022
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310022.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Sheikh Soliman, South Sinai, Egypt": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°53'0"N
Longitude: 33°23'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.883333333333,33.383333333333

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	None	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Uytenbogaardtite	Zircon

Bafertisite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinobehoite ()*
Cochromite ()*	Furutobeite ()*	Gold ()*	Laforêtite ()*	Malachite ()*
Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*	Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Wakefieldite-(Y) ()*

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: Ag Al Au Ba Be C Co Cr Cu F Fe H In Mg O Pb S Si Sn Ti V Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba Be C Co Cr Cu F Fe H In Mg O Pb S Si Sn Ti V Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite None Quartz Rutile Spinel Uytenbogaardtite Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Bafertisite ()*	None	Ba₂Fe²⁺₄Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂F₂	16
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Clinobehoite ()*	None	Be(OH)₂	4
Cochromite ()*	Spinel	CoCr₂O₄	4
Furutobeite ()*	None	(Cu,Ag)₆PbS₄	7
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Laforêtite ()*	Chalcopyrite	AgInS₂	3
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂	46
Wakefieldite-(Y) ()*	Zircon	YVO₄	7

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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