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Halite from
Namakdan Cave, Namakdan saltdome, Qeshm Island, Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Halite
Formula:NaCl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Halite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Namakdan Cave, Namakdan saltdome, Qeshm Island, Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1438740
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1438740:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Halite
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘNamakdan saltdome, Qeshm Island, Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
56.6km (35.2 miles) ⓘSar Pohl (Puhal; Pukal; Pujal; Pohl; Pol), Khamir County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
69.2km (43.0 miles) ⓘGchine Uranium Mine, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
92.6km (57.5 miles) ⓘBam salt dome, Bastak County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
94.0km (58.4 miles) ⓘQalat Payeen Salt Dome, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
References
Bruthans, Jiří, Filippi, Michal, Zare, Mohammad, Churáčková, Zdenka, Asadi, Naser, Fuchs, Markus, Adamovič, Jiří (2010) Evolution of salt diapir and karst morphology during the last glacial cycle: Effects of sea-level oscillation, diapir and regional uplift, and erosion (Persian Gulf, Iran) Geomorphology, 121 (3) 291-304 doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.04.026
Hosseinzadeh, M. M., Khaleghi, S., Maromi, H. Z., & Sadough, S. H. (2018). Geomorphosite assesment in Qeshm Geopark (Iran). Tourism: An International Interdisciplinary Journal, 66(4), 428-442.
 
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