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Locality Name:
Lunda Sul Province, Angola


mindat Locality ID: 125615
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125615.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lunda Sul Province, Angola": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Catoca Kimberlite Field

Latitude: 9°24'10"S
Longitude: 20°21'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.4027777777778,20.355277777778

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 Ba C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaddeleyiteBaryteCalciteClayCorundumDiamondGarnetMicaNone
OlivinePerovskitePyroxeneRutileSpinelZircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Rutile  (*)Spinel  (*)Strontianite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3116032353
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO211603238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1160311547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)21160383
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1160327770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4116033902
Diamond  (*)DiamondC31603,1605,1606697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6116034135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O611603944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)116031188
Graphite  (*)NoneC116032812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3116035433
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O611603229
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO311603495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2116032273
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)311603341
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2116035614
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4116031934
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)11603589
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)11603251
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)21603,16075251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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