Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wadi Hilti, Northern Oman Ophiolite, Al Buraymi, Oman

mindat Locality ID: 67369
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-67369.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wadi Hilti, Northern Oman Ophiolite, Al Buraymi, Oman": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°15'0"N
Longitude: 56°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.25,56.166666666667

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Mica	Millerite	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc
Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Anatase ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Iridium ()*	Laurite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Millerite ()*	Osmium ()*	Palladium ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Ni O Os Pd Ru S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Ni O Os Pd Ru S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Mica Millerite None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc
Titanite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	110
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	205
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	162
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	226
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Osmium ()*	None	Os	169
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	59
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	37
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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