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Locality Name:
Yubdo District (Joubdo District; Youbdo District; Joubda District), Gimbi, Oromia Region (Oromiya Region), Ethiopia


mindat Locality ID: 19852
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19852.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yubdo District (Joubdo District; Youbdo District; Joubda District), Gimbi, Oromia Region (Oromiya Region), Ethiopia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bir Bir River

Latitude: 8°58'0"N
Longitude: 35°24'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 8.9666666666667,35.4
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Mn Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mg Mn O Pb Pt S Sb Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAuricuprideBowieiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCubaniteDiaspore
GarnetKingstoniteNickelineNoneOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePotaritePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltSerpentineSpinelUllmanniteWurtzite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Augite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bowieite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprorhodsite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Ferronickelplatinum  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)
Genkinite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Kingstonite  (*)Laurite  (*)
Lizardite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Osmium  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Platinum  (*)Quartz  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Stibiopalladinite  (*)Stumpflite  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tulameenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)20718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61495102060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41495105516
Bowieite  (*)BowieiteRh2S314950933
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214951027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41495103902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3149510802
Cuprorhodsite  (*)Spinel(Cu1+0.5Fe3+0.5)Rh3+2S414950934
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61495104135
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2149510110
Ferronickelplatinum  (*)PotaritePt2FeNi14950913
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1495101188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Genkinite  (*)NonePt4Sb314951012
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu249509,4951030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS249509,49510119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS149510154
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe249509,49510128
Kingstonite  (*)KingstoniteRh3S41495094
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2249509,49510226
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)20238
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4249509,4951014899
Osmium  (*)NoneOs249509,49510169
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81495101512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt0485
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2149509337
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb214951075
Stumpflite  (*)NickelinePtSb07
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe249509,4951066
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Tulameenite  (*)PotaritePt2CuFe249509,4951048


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