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Locality Name:
Yarmouk River, Maqarin Area, Irbid, Jordan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.5

mindat Locality ID: 55809
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55809.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yarmouk River, Maqarin Area, Irbid, Jordan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°43'56"N
Longitude: 35°52'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.732222222222,35.871388888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Se Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Se Si Sr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrownmilleriteBruciteCalciteClayCorundum
DiasporeEttringiteFeldsparGypsumHydrotalciteLepidocrociteMordeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteTobermoriteWollastonite

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bassanite  (*)Birunite  (*)Brownmillerite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Diopside  (*)Epistilbite  (*)Ettringite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorellestadite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hashemite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Jennite  (*)Jouravskite  (*)Krut'aite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)
Larnite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Lime  (*)Maghemite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Oldhamite  (*)Opal  (*)Portlandite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rankinite  (*)Spurrite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Tacharanite  (*)
Thaumasite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Vaterite  (*)Volkonskoite  (*)Wairakite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Yugawaralite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O20.5041
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)20.501588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)220.503092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)20.501036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)20.503250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)20.5011547
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O20.5082
Birunite  (*)EttringiteCa18(SiO3)8.5(CO3)8.5(SO4)·15H2O20.503
Brownmillerite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+AlO520.5021
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)220.50462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20.5027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)20.501252
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O620.504135
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O20.50138
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O20.5093
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F20.502740
Fluorellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F20.5033
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)320.50504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)20.507437
Graphite  (*)NoneC20.502812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O20.506890
Hashemite  (*)BaryteBa(CrO4)20.506
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O620.50741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320.5014640
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)420.5087
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH20.50367
Jennite  (*)NoneCa9(Si3O9)2(OH)6·8H2O20.5018
Jouravskite  (*)EttringiteCa3Mn4+(SO4)(CO3)(OH)6·12H2O20.506
Krut'aite  (*)PyriteCuSe220.5012
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)220.50234
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)20.5048
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O20.501271
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)20.50581
Lime  (*)RocksaltCaO20.5011
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O420.50229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420.5014899
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O20.50405
Oldhamite  (*)RocksaltCaS20.5058
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O20.502994
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)220.5051
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220.5061156
Rankinite  (*)NoneCa3Si2O720.5025
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)20.5054
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)20.50589
Tacharanite  (*)NoneCa12Al2Si18O33(OH)3620.5047
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O20.50183
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)20.50114
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)20.5037
Volkonskoite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteCa0.3(Cr,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O20.5022
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O20.5073
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO320.501247
Yugawaralite  (*)NoneCa(Si6Al2)O16·4H2O20.5033



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_0042Hyperalkaline water reacts with natural portlandite to create a cement zone


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_004220.52-0.5230ThAge of cement zone      55809Yarmouk River, Maqarin Area, Irbid, JordanMaqarinKarlsson et al. (1999) BOOK_EGCS_1999Age of metamorphism that produced the cement zone


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