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:
Farafra Oasis, New Valley, Egypt

mindat Locality ID: 45910
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45910.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Farafra Oasis, New Valley, Egypt": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bir Setta Hot Springs
El-Mufid Lake
White Desert

Latitude: 27°19'50"N
Longitude: 28°11'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.330555555556,28.188611111111

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	Corundum	Diaspore	Marcasite	None	Pyrite

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: C Ca Fe H O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Corundum Diaspore Marcasite None Pyrite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	49165	27770
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	49165	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	49165	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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