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Chah Benu salt plug (Chah Benu salt diapir), Larestan County, Fars Province, Irani
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Chah Benu salt plug (Chah Benu salt diapir) | Dome |
| Larestan County | County |
| Fars Province | Province |
| Iran | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
27° 34' 59'' North , 55° 0' 0'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Chah Banu; Chahbenow
A salt plug.
Rock tentatively identified as carbonatite by Kent (1970) and Watters & Alavi (1973) was in the end concluded not to be carbonatite by Le Bas (quoted in Watters & Alavi, 1973).
Rock tentatively identified as carbonatite by Kent (1970) and Watters & Alavi (1973) was in the end concluded not to be carbonatite by Le Bas (quoted in Watters & Alavi, 1973).
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ 'Apatite' Formula: Ca5(PO4)3A |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Dolomite ? Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Hematite var. Martite ? Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | var. Martite ? | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite ? | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Apatite' | - | Ca5(PO4)3A |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite var. Martite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3A |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3A |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3A |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite var. Martite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Arabian Plate
AsiaContinent
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
Indian Plate
- Zagros OrogenAccretionary Complex
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