Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Virulundo, Tombwa City Council, Namibe Province, Angola

mindat Locality ID: 158067
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158067.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Virulundo, Tombwa City Council, Namibe Province, Angola": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 16°18'"S
Longitude: 12°55'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.3,12.933055555556

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Diaspore	Fluorite
Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerite-(Ce) ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hollandite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rutile ()*	Strontianite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	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 Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn O P S Si Sr Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P S Si Sr Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Diaspore Fluorite
Malachite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rhabdophane Rutile Spinel Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	115
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite	(Ce₇Ca₂) Mg(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	47
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhabdophane	Ce(PO₄)·H₂O	66
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	589
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	55
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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