Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Katsina, Nigeria

mindat Locality ID: 158278
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158278.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Katsina, Nigeria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Zagami Martian Meteorite

Latitude: 11°43'59"N
Longitude: 7°4'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 11.733055555556,7.0827777777778

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	Baddeleyite	Cerite	Columbite	Coronadite	Corundum	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pyroxene	Rutile	Spinel

Akimotoite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Liebermannite ()*	Lingunite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Seifertite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stishovite ()*	Whitlockite ()*	Zagamiite ()*

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 Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baddeleyite Cerite Columbite Coronadite Corundum Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pyroxene Rutile Spinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Akimotoite ()*	Corundum	MgSiO₃	1	88925	10
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	88925	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	88925	238
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	88925	203
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	88925	371
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	88925	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	88925	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	88925	5433
Liebermannite ()*	Coronadite	KAlSi₃O₈	1	88925	2
Lingunite ()*	Coronadite	NaAlSi₃O₈	1	88925	9
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	88925	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	88925	230
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	88925	229
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	88925	303
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	88925	9056
Seifertite ()*	Columbite	SiO₂	1	88925	3
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	88925	1934
Stishovite ()*	Rutile	SiO₂	1	88925	26
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	1	88925	104
Zagamiite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si_3.5O₁₁	1	88925	1

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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