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:
Issia Department, Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast

mindat Locality ID: 144020
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144020.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Issia Department, Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué, Ivory Coast": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Issia
Sézo

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Beryl	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite	Staurolite	Tapiolite

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 Ca Fe H K Li Mn Na O Si Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Epidote Feldspar Mica None Pyroxene Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite Staurolite Tapiolite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Epidote ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	73730,73732,73733,73734,73735	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	7	73728,73729,73730,73732,73733,73734,73735	4286
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	73729,73730,73732,73734,73735	8173
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	7	73728,73729,73730,73732,73733,73734,73735	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	73729,73730,73732,73733,73734,73735	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3	73729,73730,73732	471
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	73729,73730,73732,73733,73734,73735,73736	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2	73730,73736	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	73730	978
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	3	73728,73729,73730	99
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	3	73728,73729,73730	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	3	73728,73729,73730	88

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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