Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Western Sahara

mindat Locality ID: 31272
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31272.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Western Sahara": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
al-Saqiyah Al-Hamra'a (Saguia El Hamra)
Dchira
Es Semara Province
Oum Dreyga Meteorite

Latitude: 26°15'55"N
Longitude: 11°58'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.265277777778,-11.978888888889

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.

Amorphous	Corundum	Iron	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Spinel

Alabandite ()*	Augite ()*	Chromite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Lechatelierite ()*
Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Cr Fe Mg Mn O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Corundum Iron None Olivine Pyroxene Rocksalt Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	294903	312
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	294905	2060
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	294905	3902
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	294903	157
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	294903	944
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	294905	371
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	294905	741
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	294905	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	294903	1089
Lechatelierite ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂	1	294908	62
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	1	294903	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	294903	58
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	294905	303
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2	294903,294905	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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