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:
Bengo Province, Angola

mindat Locality ID: 125555
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125555.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bengo Province, Angola": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ambriz City Council
Cape Ledo

Latitude: 9°6'4"S
Longitude: 13°26'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.1011111111111,13.440555555556

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.

Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Mica	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite
Quartz	Tourmaline

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Baryte Calcite Clay Diaspore Mica Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite
Quartz Tourmaline

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Goethite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	1535	1627
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	1535	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	1535	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	1535	309
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	1535	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	1535	7437
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	1535	1236
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	1534	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	1535	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	1534,1535	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	1534	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	1534	1516

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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