Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Acfer 059/El Djouf 001 Meteorites, Tanezrouft, Tamanghasset Province, Algeria

mindat Locality ID: 31329
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31329.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Acfer 059/El Djouf 001 Meteorites, Tanezrouft, Tamanghasset Province, Algeria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°25'59"N
Longitude: 1°25'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.433055555556,-1.4166666666667

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Magnetoplumbite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite
Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel

Anorthite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Grossite ()*	Hibonite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Saponite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	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 C Ca Ce Cr Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Magnetoplumbite Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite
Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Grossite ()*	None	CaAl₄O₇	19
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	80
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	495
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	374
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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