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Locality Name:
Kaidun Meteorite, Hadramawt Governorate, Yemen

mindat Locality ID: 6921
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6921.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kaidun Meteorite, Hadramawt Governorate, Yemen": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 15°0'0"N
Longitude: 48°17'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 15,48.299722222222

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	Apatite	Barringerite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chlorite	Clay	Cristobalite	Cubanite	Diamond
Djerfisherite	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	Magnetoplumbite	Milarite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite
Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Wilkmanite	Wurtzite

Aenigmatite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Andreyivanovite ()*
Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cronstedtite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Djerfisherite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Florenskyite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*	Greenalite ()*
Heideite ()*	Hibonite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*
Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Perryite ()*
Pigeonite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roedderite ()*	Saponite ()*
Schöllhornite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Troilite ()*	Wilkinsonite ()*

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 Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Barringerite Calcite Chabazite Chlorite Clay Cristobalite Cubanite Diamond
Djerfisherite Feldspar Garnet Iron Magnetoplumbite Milarite Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite
Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sapphirine Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Wilkmanite Wurtzite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	133
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Andreyivanovite ()*	Barringerite	FeCrP	3
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	66
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Cronstedtite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Fe³⁺)₂O₅(OH)₄	54
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	157
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Florenskyite ()*	Barringerite	FeTiP	1
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	61
Heideite ()*	Wilkmanite	(Fe,Cr)_1.15(Ti,Fe)₂S₄	4
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	80
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	58
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	495
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	25
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	303
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	30
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Schöllhornite ()*	None	Na_0.3CrS₂·H₂O	4
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044
Wilkinsonite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₈Fe³⁺₄]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	3

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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