Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tumet River, Asosa Region (Assosa Region), Benshangul-Gumaz Region, Ethiopia

mindat Locality ID: 106368
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106368.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tumet River, Asosa Region (Assosa Region), Benshangul-Gumaz Region, Ethiopia": 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.

Bismutite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum
Garnet	Harmotome	Mica	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Talc	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Annabergite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Brucite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Dravite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Gahnite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Iridium ()*	Kyanite ()*
Laurite ()*	Lead ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Osmium ()*	Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Polydymite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutheniridosmine ()*	Ruthenium ()*	Rutile ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*
Uvarovite ()*	Violarite ()*	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 Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Na Nb Ni O Os Pb Pt Ru S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au B Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Na Nb Ni O Os Pb Pt Ru S Si Sn Ti Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bismutite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite Columbite Copper Corundum
Garnet Harmotome Mica Millerite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Talc Tourmaline Vivianite Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	445
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	414
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	445
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	162
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	226
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	192
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Osmium ()*	None	Os	169
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Harmotome	Ca₃(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	75
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutheniridosmine ()*	None	(Ir,Os,Ru)	47
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru	46
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	212
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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