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Locality Name:
St John's Island (Zagbargad; Zabargad; Zebirget; Seberged; Topazios), Red Sea, Egypt


mindat Locality ID: 6423
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6423.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St John's Island (Zagbargad; Zabargad; Zebirget; Seberged; Topazios), Red Sea, Egypt": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°36'34"N
Longitude: 36°11'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.609444444444,36.195555555556

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteClayCorundumGypsumMicaNone
OlivineRutileSerpentineSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Davyne  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Langite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Spinel  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Davyne  (*)Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite[(Na,K)6(SO4)0.5Cl][Ca2Cl2][(Si6Al6O24)]017
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)20238
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20313
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562



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