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:
Adamawa, Nigeria

mindat Locality ID: 158276
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158276.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adamawa, Nigeria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mayo Belwa Meteorite
Toungu
Vere Hill

Latitude: 8°58'0"N
Longitude: 12°5'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 8.9666666666667,12.083333333333

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.

Amphibole	Cristobalite	Iron	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel

Alabandite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diopside ()*
Enstatite ()*	Fluoro-richterite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Iron ()*	Oldhamite ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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: Ca Cr F Fe Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Cristobalite Iron None Olivine Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	88880	312
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	88881,88882	5171
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	88880	453
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	88880	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	88880	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	88880	944
Fluoro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂F₂	1	88880	24
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	88880	1188
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	88880	1089
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	88880	58
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	88880	374
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	88880	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	88880	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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