Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mutala Pegmatite Area, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

mindat Locality ID: 187269
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187269.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mutala Pegmatite Area, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Namacotche Mine

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.

Beryl	Bismutite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite

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 C H K Li Mn Na O Si Ta V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi C Mn O Ta V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Bismutite Clay Columbite Feldspar Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismutite ()*	Clinobisvanite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pucherite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	85902	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	85902	4286
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	0		716
Clinobisvanite ()*	None	Bi(VO₄)	1	85902	36
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	85902	17380
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)	0		53
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	85902	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	85902	688
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	0		211

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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