Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Muiâne Pegmatite (Emdal Mines), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

mindat Locality ID: 21089
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21089.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muiâne Pegmatite (Emdal Mines), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 15°44'15"S
Longitude: 38°15'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.7375,38.252777777778

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.

Allanite	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenolamprite	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay
Columbite	Copper	Cristobalite	Danburite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Santite
Smectite-vermiculite	Stibnite	Tapiolite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

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 B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cs F Fe H Hf K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cs F Fe H Hf K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Arsenolamprite Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chlorite Clay
Columbite Copper Cristobalite Danburite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite
Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Santite
Smectite-vermiculite Stibnite Tapiolite Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenolamprite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bismutotantalite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*	Cookeite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Danburite ()*
Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Euclase ()*	Ezcurrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorcalciomicrolite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Hafnon ()*	Hambergite ()*
Ixiolite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montebrasite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Petalite ()*	Phenakite ()*
Polylithionite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramanite-(Cs) ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*
Sassolite ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Topaz ()*	Zabuyelite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Arsenolamprite ()*	Arsenolamprite	As	19
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Bismutotantalite ()*	None	BiTaO₄	23
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O	70
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	181
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	148
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	520
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	120
Ezcurrite ()*	None	Na₂B₅O₇(OH)₃·2H₂O	2
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorcalciomicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Ca,Na, )₂Ta₂O₆F	13
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hafnon ()*	Zircon	Hf(SiO₄)	11
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	81
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	148
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	78
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	124
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	326
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	89
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Ramanite-(Cs) ()*	Santite	CsB₅O₆(OH)₄·2H₂O	3
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	353
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃	31
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	688
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	53
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	88
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Zabuyelite ()*	None	Li₂(CO₃)	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130022	Muiâne Pegmatite (Emdal Mines), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	https://rruff.info/R130022

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