Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mwanza, Southern Region, Malawi

mindat Locality ID: 125826
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125826.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mwanza, Southern Region, Malawi": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Feremu
Nsengwa
Thambani Mts

Latitude: 15°36'48"S
Longitude: 34°35'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.613333333333,34.599444444444

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Tridymite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*
Diaspore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Quartz ()*	Vermiculite ()*	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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Tridymite Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	79960	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	79959	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	79959	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	79959	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	79960	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	79960	481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	79959	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	79959	9617
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	79960	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	79960	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	79961	884
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	79959	61156
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	79958	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	79960	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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