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Ebelekan Massif, Djanet District, Djanet Province, Algeriai
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
23° 41' 52'' North , 8° 23' 3'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
23.69778,8.38444
GRN:
N16E06
Type:
Massif
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Mindat Locality ID:
259647
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:259647:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Granite. GPS coordinates are approximate.

It is a small cupola hosted within a regional megacrystic biotite granite. A porphyritic albite-topaz-protolithionite microgranite, with accessory minerals of zircon, monazite, uranothorite and ferrocolumbite, crops out to the north of the cupola. The latter is capped with a thin greisen lens and is composed of albite-topaz-zinnwaldite granite with fine-grained reticulated texture and "snow ball" quartz (and an overlying banded alpite pegmatite formed by layers of quartz-micas-topaz with colored alpite and of quartz-micas-topaz-microcline pink colored pegmatite).

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


10 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded


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Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
ⓘ 'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ⓘ Cassiterite
Formula: SnO2
ⓘ Columbite-(Fe)
Formula: Fe2+Nb2O6
ⓘ 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'
ⓘ 'K Feldspar'
ⓘ 'Mica Group'
ⓘ Microcline
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
ⓘ 'Monazite Group'
Formula: REE(PO4)
ⓘ 'Protolithionite'
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Rutile
Formula: TiO2
ⓘ 'Tantalite'
Formula: (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
ⓘ Thorite
Formula: Th(SiO4)
ⓘ Thorite var. Uranothorite
Formula: (Th,U)SiO4
ⓘ Topaz
Formula: Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
ⓘ Wodginite
Formula: Mn2+Sn4+Ta2O8
ⓘ 'Zinnwaldite'
ⓘ Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘCassiterite4.DB.05SnO2
ⓘRutile4.DB.05TiO2
ⓘColumbite-(Fe)4.DB.35Fe2+Nb2O6
ⓘWodginite4.DB.40Mn2+Sn4+Ta2O8
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘThorite9.AD.30Th(SiO4)
ⓘZircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
ⓘThorite
var. Uranothorite		9.AD.30(Th,U)SiO4
ⓘTopaz9.AF.35Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
ⓘMicrocline9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
ⓘAlbite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ⓘ'Monazite Group'-REE(PO4)
ⓘ'Tantalite'-(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
ⓘ'Zinnwaldite'-
ⓘ'Mica Group'-
ⓘ'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'-
ⓘ'K Feldspar'-
ⓘ'Protolithionite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Hⓘ TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Hⓘ Zinnwaldite
LiLithium
Liⓘ Zinnwaldite
OOxygen
Oⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Oⓘ CassiteriteSnO2
Oⓘ Columbite-(Fe)Fe2+Nb2O6
Oⓘ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ RutileTiO2
Oⓘ Tantalite(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
Oⓘ ThoriteTh(SiO4)
Oⓘ TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Oⓘ WodginiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O8
Oⓘ Zinnwaldite
Oⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Oⓘ Thorite var. Uranothorite(Th,U)SiO4
Oⓘ Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series
FFluorine
Fⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Fⓘ TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Fⓘ Zinnwaldite
NaSodium
Naⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Alⓘ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Alⓘ Zinnwaldite
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Siⓘ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ ThoriteTh(SiO4)
Siⓘ TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Siⓘ Zinnwaldite
Siⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Siⓘ Thorite var. Uranothorite(Th,U)SiO4
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
KPotassium
Kⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Kⓘ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Kⓘ Zinnwaldite
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Tiⓘ RutileTiO2
MnManganese
Mnⓘ Tantalite(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
Mnⓘ WodginiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O8
Mnⓘ Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series
FeIron
Feⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Feⓘ Columbite-(Fe)Fe2+Nb2O6
Feⓘ Tantalite(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
Feⓘ Zinnwaldite
Feⓘ Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series
ZrZirconium
Zrⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
NbNiobium
Nbⓘ Columbite-(Fe)Fe2+Nb2O6
Nbⓘ Tantalite(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
Nbⓘ Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series
SnTin
Snⓘ CassiteriteSnO2
Snⓘ WodginiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O8
TaTantalum
Taⓘ Tantalite(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
Taⓘ WodginiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O8
ThThorium
Thⓘ ThoriteTh(SiO4)
Thⓘ Thorite var. Uranothorite(Th,U)SiO4
UUranium
Uⓘ Thorite var. Uranothorite(Th,U)SiO4

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www.semanticscholar.org (n.d.) https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/LE-MASSIF-D-EBELEKAN-%3A-UN-GRANITE-%C3%80-TANTALE-DANS-LE-Samia-Mokrane/ff8fd5e443b4ae1f24a5117a9fea3bdb29c87ea6#paper-header
www.researchgate.net (n.d.) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248346322_Contrasting_evolution_of_low-P_rare_metal_granites_from_two_different_terranes_in_the_Hoggar_area_Algeria
Kesraoui, M., & Nedjari, S. (2002). Contrasting evolution of low-P rare metal granites from two different terranes in the Hoggar area, Algeria. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 34(3), 247-257.
[1]Nedjari, Samia; Kesraoui, Mokrane; Marignac, Christian; Aissa, Djamel Eddine (2002) LE MASSIF D EBELEKAN: UN GRANITE À TANTALE DANS LE SUD-EST DU HOGGAR CENTRAL (ALGERIE). Bulletin du Service Géologique de l'Algérie, 12 (1). p.15-47.
Kesraoui, M., Nedjari S. (2010) Compositional variation of columbite-tantalite and wodginite from the Ebelekan rare metal granite (central Hoggar, Algeria). RMS DPI 2010-1-71-1.
www.andi.dz (2016) http://www.andi.dz/PDF/Article/potentiel%20minier%20algerien%20Ang.pdf
www.minsoc.ru (n.d.) http://www.minsoc.ru/FilesBase/2010-1-71-1.pdf
books.google.be (n.d.) https://books.google.be/books?id=mOp6DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA392&lpg=PA392&dq=Ebelekan&source=bl&ots=B7Akng0q0U&sig=ACfU3U04PAOau_4I38HS4nosQlf5McxV9g&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_oYyTvJbkAhWRCuwKHaTuB1IQ6AEwDnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Ebelekan&f=false
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