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Locality Name:
Nampula Province, Mozambique


mindat Locality ID: 126981
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126981.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nampula Province, Mozambique": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Evate Carbonatite
Malema
Mavuco
Memba
Nacala-a-Velha
Nampula
Ribaué

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 B Ba Be C Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O S Si Sr Th Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaddeleyiteBaryteCalciteClayCorundumFluoriteGypsumMicaMolybdeniteNatrolite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxeneQuartzRutileSerpentineSpinelThomsonite
TourmalineWollastoniteZirconZirconolite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Euclase  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Geikielite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Mesolite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Spinel  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thorianite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1858151588
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4185815708
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2185815238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18581511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18581527770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1858151252
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6285815,858194135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21858159895
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)185817520
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)185825120
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1858151188
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO318581570
Graphite  (*)NoneC1858152812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1858156890
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418581514899
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O185815425
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21858155800
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21858152273
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81858159056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2285815,8582361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2285815,858245614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1858212705
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41858151934
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O185815452
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2185815236
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31858151247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1858155251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7185815140


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