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Galena from
Djebel el Kohol, Zaghouan, Tunisia


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Djebel el Kohol, Zaghouan, Tunisia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:599909
Long-form Identifier:1:3:599909:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘDjebel Stah deposit, Zaghouan, Tunisia
24.4km (15.2 miles) ⓘSidi Taya Mine, Saouaf, Zaghouan, Tunisia
34.5km (21.4 miles) ⓘHammam-Zriba Mine, Zriba-Village, Zaghouan, Tunisia
42.3km (26.3 miles) ⓘMecello deposit, Djebel Messella, Zaghouan, Zaghouan, Tunisia
42.6km (26.5 miles) ⓘDjebel Messella, Zaghouan, Zaghouan, Tunisia
47.8km (29.7 miles) ⓘOued Jebs deposit, Bir Mcherga, Zaghouan, Tunisia
48.8km (30.3 miles) ⓘHammam Jedidi deposit, Sidi Jedidi (Sidi Jadidi), Nabeul, Tunisia
64.3km (39.9 miles) ⓘDjebel Ressas Mine, Sebala du Mornag, Ben Arous, Tunisia
68.4km (42.5 miles) ⓘFedj el Adoum Mine, Fedj-el-Adoum, Siliana, Tunisia
71.4km (44.3 miles) ⓘEl Akhouat mine (Jebel El Akhouat deposit), El Akhouat, Siliana, Tunisia
References
Souissi, F., Dandurand, J. L., Fortuné, J. P. (1997) Thermal and chemical evolution of fluids during fluorite deposition in the Zaghouan province, north-eastern Tunisia. Mineralium Deposita, 32 (3) 257-270 doi:10.1007/s001260050091
Jaloul Bejaoui, Salah Bouhel, Donatella Barca (2013): Geology, Mineralogy and Fluid inclusions investigation of the Fluorite deposit at Jebel El Kohol, northeastern Tunisia. Periodico di Mineralogia, 82, 217-237. [http://www.academia.edu/4710603/GEOLOGY_MINERALOGY_AND_FLUID_INCLUSIONS_INVESTIGATION_OF_THE_FLUORITE_DEPOSIT_AT_JEBEL_KOHOL_NORTHEASTERN_TUNISIA]
 
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