Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Semnan, Iran

mindat Locality ID: 31264
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31264.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Semnan, Iran": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Damghan
Garmsal Mine
Semnan (Samnan)
Shamirzad

Latitude: 35°39'32"N
Longitude: 53°21'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.658888888889,53.366388888889

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.

Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Sulphur	Turquoise

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Sulphur Turquoise

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Turquoise ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	67502	1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	67511	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	67502	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67511	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	67511	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	67512,67513,67514	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	67512,67513,67514	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	67509,67510	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	67511	1689
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	67508	14899
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	67512,67513,67514	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	67507	2045
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	67503	484

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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