Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kota-Kota Meteorite (Marimba Meteorite), Nkhotakota, Central Region, Malawi

mindat Locality ID: 16073
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16073.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kota-Kota Meteorite (Marimba Meteorite), Nkhotakota, Central Region, Malawi": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 13°1'"S
Longitude: 34°12'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.016666666667,34.2

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.

Djerfisherite	Iron	Milarite	None	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Spinel	Tridymite

Clinoenstatite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Djerfisherite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Iron ()*
Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Perryite ()*	Roedderite ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Tridymite ()*	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 Cl Cr Cu Fe K Mg Na Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe K Mg Na Ni O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Djerfisherite Iron Milarite None Pyroxene Rocksalt Spinel Tridymite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	94
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	157
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	60
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	58
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	25
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	30
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	374
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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