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Locality Name:
Mangari, Taita-Taveta County, Kenya


mindat Locality ID: 122389
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122389.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mangari, Taita-Taveta County, Kenya": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
HRM Deposit
JSM Deposit
PLM Deposit

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

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 B C Ca F Fe H K Mg O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca F Fe H Mg O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClayCorundumKornerupineMicaNoneNot in a structural groupSapphirineSpinelTitanite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Corundum  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kornerupine  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Sapphirine  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31777461797
Graphite  (*)NoneC1777462812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317774614640
Kornerupine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Fe2+,Al,   )10(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH,F)2068
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217774617380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21777462273
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]0129
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51777461516
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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