Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Shiselweni District, Swaziland

mindat Locality ID: 126613
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126613.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shiselweni District, Swaziland": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Gege
Hlatikulu District
Kubuta
Nsalitshe Hill
Sicunusa

Latitude: 27°4'36"S
Longitude: 31°18'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.076666666667,31.311944444444

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.

Andalusite	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile

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 Be C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Aragonite Beryl Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Malachite None Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diaspore ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	111172	1310
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	111169	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	111170	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	111171	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	111169	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	111170	4979
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	111169	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	111172	481
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	111170	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	111168	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	111170	12537
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	111172	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	111170,111172	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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