Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Soroti Meteorite, Teso District, Eastern Region, Uganda

mindat Locality ID: 263418
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263418.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Soroti Meteorite, Teso District, Eastern Region, Uganda": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 1°42'0"N
Longitude: 33°38'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 1.7,33.633333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Apatite	Aphthitalite	Copper	Cubanite	Djerfisherite	Iron	None	Pentlandite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel

Alabandite ()*	Buchwaldite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Djerfisherite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Graphite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*
Troilite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe K Mn Na Ni O P S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe K Mn Na Ni O P S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aphthitalite Copper Cubanite Djerfisherite Iron None Pentlandite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	312
Buchwaldite ()*	Aphthitalite	NaCa(PO₄)	3
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	157
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	60
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	191
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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