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:
Harare, Zimbabwe

mindat Locality ID: 133611
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133611.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Harare, Zimbabwe": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Casa Ventura Pegmatite
Enterprise Tin Field
Mauve Pegmatite
Rusape Municipal Quarry
Unnamed Greisen Locality
Unnamed Pegmatite
Viceroy Mine
Zambezi Valley

Latitude: 17°56'57"S
Longitude: 31°27'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.949166666667,31.455555555556

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Topaz

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Helvine ()*
Ikunolite ()*	Jonassonite ()*	Joséite-A ()*	Joséite-B ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Maldonite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petalite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Au Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Se Si Sn Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetradymite Topaz

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	295158,295161	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	295167	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	295161,295165	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	295167	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	295167	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	295167	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	295161,295167	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	295167	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	295167	281
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	295164	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	295167	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	295167	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	295167	2812
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	1	295167	104
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	295158	237
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃	1	295167	54
Jonassonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Au(Bi,Pb)₅S₄	1	295167	19
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂	1	295167	50
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	1	295167	86
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	295167	451
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	1	295167	88
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	295158	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	295158	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	295158	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	2	295158,295161	124
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	295167	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	295167	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	295158,295161,295167	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	295167	4894
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	295158	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	295167	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2	295158,295161	688
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	3	295161,295163,295165	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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