Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kwale County, Kenya

mindat Locality ID: 126973
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126973.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kwale County, Kenya": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Jombo Hill
Kwale Mine
Lasamba Hill
Lunga-Lunga
Mkang’ombe
Mrima Hill Mine

Latitude: 4°29'9"S
Longitude: 39°15'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -4.4858333333333,39.252777777778

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.

Alunite	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Berdesinskiite	Brookite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Kornerupine
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Schreyerite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline	Tridymite
Zircon

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berdesinskiite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gorceixite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kolbeckite ()*	Kornerupine ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Oxy-dravite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreyerite ()*	Sodalite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Au B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sc Si Sr Ti V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Analcime Aragonite Baryte Berdesinskiite Brookite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Kornerupine
Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Phosphosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Schreyerite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tourmaline Tridymite
Zircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	2	77692,77698	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	77692	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	77692	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	77698	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	77692	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	77698	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	77698	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	77696,77698	11547
Berdesinskiite ()*	Berdesinskiite	V³⁺₂TiO₅	1	77695	7
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	77698	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	77698	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	77693,77695	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	77692,77695,77698	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	77698	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	77695,77698	8173
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	77698	73
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	77698	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	77693,77696,77698	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	77698	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	77693	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	77698	121
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	77698	173
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	77695	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	77698	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	77698	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	77698	5591
Kolbeckite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Sc(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	77698	26
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	1	77695	68
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	77698	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	77693	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	77698	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	77698	4924
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	77692	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	77692	2349
Oxy-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al₂Mg)(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	0		24
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	77698	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	77698	2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	77698	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	77693,77698	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	77698	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	77695,77698	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	77693,77695,77698	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	77695,77698	5614
Schreyerite ()*	Schreyerite	V³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉	1	77695	10
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	77692	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	77698	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	77698	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	77692	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	77698	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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