Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zulu Pegmatite, Pioneer Village N°2, Insiza District, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe

mindat Locality ID: 263180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zulu Pegmatite, Pioneer Village N°2, Insiza District, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°2'21"S
Longitude: 29°24'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.039166666667,29.400555555556

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Scheelite
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Holmquistite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Lead ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Petalite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Talc ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*

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: Al Be Bi Ca Cu F Fe H Li Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Ta W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi Ca Cu F Fe H Li Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Ta W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile Scheelite
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	42
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	192
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	124
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	688
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	211

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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