Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Evate Carbonatite, Nampula Province, Mozambique

mindat Locality ID: 304298
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304298.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Evate Carbonatite, Nampula Province, Mozambique": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baddeleyite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Thomsonite
Wollastonite	Zircon	Zirconolite

Anhydrite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Geikielite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thorianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Sr Th Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Sr Th Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baddeleyite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Fluorite Gypsum Mica Molybdenite Natrolite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine Spinel Thomsonite
Wollastonite Zircon Zirconolite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	70
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	425
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	236
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	140

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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