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Locality Name:
Iringa Region, Tanzania


mindat Locality ID: 126544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iringa Region, Tanzania": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ludewa District
Nkenga Complex

Latitude: 9°31'29"S
Longitude: 34°28'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.5247222222222,34.474444444444
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 As Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Na Ni O Os Pt Ru S Sb Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteCopperCorundumFeldsparMilleriteNickelineNoneOlivinePentlandite
PyritePyroxeneSpinel

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Augite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)Diopside  (*)Forsterite  (*)Geversite  (*)
Heazlewoodite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Magnesiohögbomite-6N6S  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Millerite  (*)Osmium  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Platinum  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Ruarsite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11156858803
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611156852060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411156855516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11156855707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111568527198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411156853902
Copper  (*)CopperCu11156853846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611156854135
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11156851188
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb2111568538
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S21115685205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111568414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32115684,1156855433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS1115685154
Magnesiohögbomite-6N6S  (*)None(Mg,Al,Fe)3(Al,Ti)8O15(OH)11156843
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42115684,11568514899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11156851066
Osmium  (*)NoneOs1115685169
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811156851512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1115685485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111568539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811156859056
Ruarsite  (*)NoneRuAsS111568525
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs21115685337
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411156841934
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211156852562


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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