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:
Qatar

mindat Locality ID: 31352
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31352.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qatar": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dam Formation
Duhhan Sabkha (Dukhan Sabkha)
Dukhan
Umm Said

Latitude: 25°17'27"N
Longitude: 51°0'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.290833333333,51.013055555556

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt

Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bassanite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*

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 Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Mica None
Not in a structural group Palygorskite Rhabdophane Rocksalt

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	100884,100888	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	100888	3250
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	1	100888	82
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	100888	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	100883	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	100883,100884,100888	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	100887	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	100883,100884,100888	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	100884,100888	1398
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	100883,100887	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	100887	581
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	100883,100887	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	100883	306

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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