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Petrographic analysis, microthermometry, and Raman spectroscopy applied to fluid inclusions in fluorite revealed various types of inclusions containing brines, oil, CO2, and CH4 along with solid phases such as evenkite, graphite, kerogen and bitumen. Microthermometric data indicate homogenization temperatures ranging from 85 \u00b0C to 145 \u00b1 5 \u00b0C and salinities of 13\u201322 wt.% NaCl equivalent. This study supports a model of heterogeneous trapping, where saline basinal brines, oil, and gases were simultaneously trapped within fluorite, which indicates fluid immiscibility. The Raman analysis identified previously undetected organic compounds, including the first documented occurrence of evenkite, a mineral hydrocarbon, co-genetically trapped with graphite. The identification of evenkite and graphite in fluid inclusions offers new insights into the composition of hydrocarbon-bearing fluids within the MVT deposits in Tunisia, contributing to an understanding of the mineralogical characteristics of these deposits. The identified hydrocarbons correspond to three oil families. Family I (aliphatic compounds) is attributed to the lower-Eocene Bou-Dabbous Formation, family II (aromatic compounds) is attributed to the Albian Fahdene Formation and the Cenomanian\u2013Turonian Bahloul Formation, and family III is considered as a mixture of aliphatic and aromatic compounds generated by the three sources. The presence of graphite in fluid inclusions could suggest the involvement of a thermal effect from deep-seated sources through the reservoir to the site of fluorite precipitation. These findings suggest that the fluorite mineral system might have been linked with the interaction of multi-reservoir fluids, potentially linked to the neighboring petroleum system in northeastern Tunisia during the Miocene. 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