Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Namibe Province, Angola

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2278
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2182

mindat Locality ID: 125557
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125557.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Namibe Province, Angola": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bibala City Council
Giraul Pegmatite Field
Mocuio Bay
Namibe City Council
Namibe Desert
Tombwa City Council

Latitude: 15°19'44"S
Longitude: 12°18'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.328888888889,12.316388888889

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite
Coronadite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rutile	Spinel	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Dolomite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Ferrisicklerite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Heterosite ()*
Hollandite ()*	Holmquistite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Montebrasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Petalite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*	Strontianite ()*
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Triphylite ()*	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 B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sr Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite
Coronadite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Rutile Spinel Tourmaline Zircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2278	2182	1	1629	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2278	2182	2	1626,1629	2353
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	2278	2182	1	1630	244
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	1638	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	1637,1638	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2278	2182	3	1626,1628,1629	4286
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)			1	1638	115
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	1638	27770
Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite	(Ce₇Ca₂) Mg(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃			1	1638	47
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	1638	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	2278	2182	1	1629	518
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	1638	9895
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2278	2182	2	1629,1630	520
Ferrisicklerite ()*	Olivine	Li_1-x(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)(PO₄)	2278	2182	1	1629	108
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	1638	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	1638	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	1638	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	1636	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	1633	1689
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	2278	2182	1	1629	204
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	1638	243
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2278	2182	2	1629,1630	42
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	1638	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	1638	12537
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	2278	2182	1	1629	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2278	2182	2	1626,1629	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	2278	2182	1	1630	124
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	1638	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	1638	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2278	2182	3	1626,1629,1638	61156
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhabdophane	Ce(PO₄)·H₂O			1	1638	66
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	1638	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2278	2182	1	1629	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2278	2182	1	1630	688
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			1	1638	589
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F			1	1638	232
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F			1	1638	55
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	2278	2182	1	1629	313
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	1638	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0269	2278	2182	2230 ± 48		Age of Nb-Ta mineralization									231987	Giraul Pegmatite Field, Namibe Province, Angola	Giraul pegmatite field	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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