Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Orthoclase at Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 119Ma - 117Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Bradley_2012_037	119	117	Zircon			2276	Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	CM52_183

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Bradley_2012_037	119	117	Zircon			2276	Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	CM52_183
Jen_0000746	130.9	130.9				26432	Nchisi Island (Chilwa Island; Shirwa Island), Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000747	143	129	Titanite			26432	Nchisi Island (Chilwa Island; Shirwa Island), Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000748	133.5	118.1	Zircon			26432	Nchisi Island (Chilwa Island; Shirwa Island), Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
ree-00424	145	100				26432	Nchisi Island (Chilwa Island; Shirwa Island), Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189