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 Zircon at Burundi

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 946.9Ma - 500Ma 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
Alexandra-0231	946.9	928.3			Ta,Nb	248040	Ruhanga, SW Cibitoke B, Cibitoke Province, Burundi	Melcher et al. (2015)	OGR64_667
Jen_0000935	552	500	Zircon			296331	Matongo Carbonatite, Matongo, Kayanza Province, Burundi	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796

Direct 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
Jen_0000935	552	500	Zircon			296331	Matongo Carbonatite, Matongo, Kayanza Province, Burundi	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796

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
Alexandra-0214	938.4	930.6	Columbite-(Fe)		Ta,Nb	248016	N'Dora, Cibitoke Province, Burundi	Melcher et al. (2015)	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0216	1001	939			Ta,Nb	133608	Ruhembe, Cibitoke Province, Burundi	Melcher et al. (2015)	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0231	946.9	928.3			Ta,Nb	248040	Ruhanga, SW Cibitoke B, Cibitoke Province, Burundi	Melcher et al. (2015)	OGR64_667
Jen_0000934	583	583				296331	Matongo Carbonatite, Matongo, Kayanza Province, Burundi	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000936	746	732				296331	Matongo Carbonatite, Matongo, Kayanza Province, Burundi	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796

Locality age (deprioritized)

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
ree-00195	541	541				26487	Gakara Project (Karonge Complex), Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189