Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Southern Province, Zambia

mindat Locality ID: 123102
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123102.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Southern Province, Zambia": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Choma District
Kalomo District
Livingstone District
Mazabuka District
Monze District
Siavonga District

Latitude: 16°31'5"S
Longitude: 27°26'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.518055555556,27.443611111111

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Iron
Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Smythite ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*
Troilite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Iron
Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	295126	3419
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	295126	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	295117,295126	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	295128	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	295126	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	295125	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	295126	1188
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	295117	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	295117	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	295126	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	295126	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	295126	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	295128	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	295128	191
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	295117	1507
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	295126	229
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	295126	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	295125,295126	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	295126	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	295126	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	295117	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	295126	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	295117	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	295117,295125,295126	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	295117,295126	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	295119,295120,295123,295126	61156
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1	295126	77
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	295128	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	295117,295126	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	295117,295126	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	295128	1044
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	295126	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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