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Dupezeh Mt., Hero, Qala-Diz (Qala-Dizeh; Qala-Diza), Iraq

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Melilite skarn in contact with banded diorite, in roof pendant xenoliths of calc-silicate marbles and hornfels.

References:
-Al-Hermezi, H. M., McKie, D., & Hall, A. J. (1986). Baghdadite, a new calcium zirconium silicate mineral from Iraq. Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 119-123.





Mineral List:
  		•  Åkermanite
    Ca
     
    2
    		Mg[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Baddeleyite
    ZrO
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Baghdadite (TL)
    Ca
     
    3
    		(Zr,Ti)[O
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Type Locality: Dupezeh Mt., Hero, Qala-Diz (Qala-Dizeh; Qala-Diza), Iraq
    Reference: [Al-Hermezi, H. M., McKie, D., & Hall, A. J. (1986). Baghdadite, a new calcium zirconium silicate mineral from Iraq. Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 119-123.]
  		•  Cuspidine
    Ca
     
    4
    		[(F,OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Djerfisherite
    K
     
    6
    		(Cu,Fe,Ni)
     
    25
    		S
     
    26
    		Cl
    Reference: []
  		•  Forsterite
    Mg
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Foshagite
    Ca
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    9
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Grossular
    Ca
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Monticellite
    CaMg[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Perovskite
    CaTiO
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Phlogopite
    KMg
     
    3
    		[(OH,F)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: []
  		•  Qandilite (TL)
    (Mg,Fe)
     
    2
    		(Ti,Fe,Al)O
     
    4
    Type Locality: Dupezeh Mt., Hero, Qala-Diz (Qala-Dizeh; Qala-Diza), Iraq
    Reference: [Min.Mag.(1985) 49, 739-744]
    Site Photo
    Dupezeh Mt., Hero, Qala-Diz (Qala-Dizeh; Qala-Diza), Iraq
    © 2008, JGW
  		•  Schorlomite
    Ca
     
    3
    		(Ti,Fe
    3+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[(Si,Fe
    3+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		)O
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Spinel
    MgAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: []
  		•  Valleriite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Cu)
     
    4
    		(Mg,Al)
     
    3
    		[(OH,O)
     
    6
    		|S
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Wollastonite
    Ca[SiO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: []


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