Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kasaï, DR Congo

mindat Locality ID: 180779
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-180779.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kasaï, DR Congo": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kasai River Alluvials
Longashimo River (Longatchimo River)

Latitude: 6°25'47"S
Longitude: 20°47'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.4297222222222,20.796388888889

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.

Amorphous	Beryl	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diamond	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Zircon

Andradite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Corundum ()*
Diamond ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Staurolite ()*	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 Be C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Beryl Clinozoisite Corundum Diamond Epidote Feldspar Garnet None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Staurolite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	48787	1534
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	48787	4286
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	48787	3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	48787	321
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	48787	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	2	48787,48789	697
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	48787	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	48787	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	48787	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	48787	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	48787	14899
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	48787	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	48787	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	48787	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	48787	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	48787	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	48787	5614
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	48787	978
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	48787	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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