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:
Nkhotakota, Central Region, Malawi

mindat Locality ID: 126535
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126535.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kota-Kota Meteorite (Marimba Meteorite)

Latitude: 13°1'"S
Longitude: 34°12'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.016666666667,34.2

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.

Djerfisherite	Iron	Milarite	None	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Spinel	Tridymite

Clinoenstatite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Djerfisherite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Iron ()*
Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Perryite ()*	Roedderite ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*

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: Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe K Mg Na Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Djerfisherite Iron Milarite None Pyroxene Rocksalt Spinel Tridymite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	79918	94
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	79918	157
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	1	79918	60
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	79918	944
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	79918	1089
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	1	79918	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	79918	58
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	1	79918	25
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	1	79918	30
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	79918	374
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	79918	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	79918	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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