Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ntcheu, Central Region, Malawi

mindat Locality ID: 125827
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125827.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ntcheu, Central Region, Malawi": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chimwadzulu Hill

Latitude: 14°48'42"S
Longitude: 34°37'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.811666666667,34.629444444444

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.

Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel
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 Ca Fe H Mg O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet None Rutile Serpentine Spinel
Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Anorthite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Corundum ()*
Epidote ()*	Hercynite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Rutile ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	79920	2353
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	79920	1036
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	79920	951
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	79920	1025
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	79920	1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	79920	8173
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	79920	407
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	79920	14899
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	79920	5614
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	79920	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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