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Locality Name:MalawiOldest recorded age at locality: 1000Youngest recorded age at locality: 100mindat Locality ID: 16079mindat URL:http://www.mindat.org/loc-16079.htmlTectonic Settings: Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malawi": 70Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 44Number of Child Localities: 3Child Localities:Central RegionNorthern RegionSouthern RegionLatitude: 13°17'5"SLongitude: 34°11'14"EDecimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.284722222222,34.187222222222
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.
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: AlBBaBeCCaCeClCrCuErFFeHKLaLiMgMnMoNaNbNiOPPbSSbSiSnSrThTiUWYYbZnZrElements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
MAGMATIC STYLE: Sheets, plugs and irregular intrusions. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Fenites; possible nephelinite much replaced by carbonate.
Jen_0000746
MAGMATIC STYLE: Multiple plug comprising two arcuate and a central intrusion of carbonatite, and rare sheets amongst surrounding fenites. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite and ijolite sheets; nephelinite, phonolite, trachyte, alnöite and camptonite dykes. Potassic and sodic fenites.
Jen_0000747
MAGMATIC STYLE: Multiple plug comprising two arcuate and a central intrusion of carbonatite, and rare sheets amongst surrounding fenites. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite and ijolite sheets; nephelinite, phonolite, trachyte, alnöite and camptonite dykes. Potassic and sodic fenites.
Jen_0000748
MAGMATIC STYLE: Multiple plug comprising two arcuate and a central intrusion of carbonatite, and rare sheets amongst surrounding fenites. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite and ijolite sheets; nephelinite, phonolite, trachyte, alnöite and camptonite dykes. Potassic and sodic fenites.
Jen_0000754
MAGMATIC STYLE: Arcuate dykes and sheets of massive carbonatite and carbonatite agglomerate at two centres. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, ijolite and feldspathoid-bearing carbonate-silicate rocks; dykes of nephelinite, melanephelinite, phonolite including analcime- and leucite-bearing varieties, sölvsbergite and carbonate-rich lamprophyres with pseudomorphs after melilite; sodic and potassic fenites.