Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Samax Mine, Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 600

mindat Locality ID: 189434
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189434.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Samax Mine, Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Epidote	None	Pyroxene

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 C Ca H Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Epidote None Pyroxene

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Diopside ()*	Graphite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	600	600	4135
Graphite ()*	None	C	600	600	2812
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	600	600	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000289	Part of the Mozambique Metamorphic Belt

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000289	600	600	600	Sm-Nd						Yes		Grossular, Zoisite		5699	Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania	Merelani Mines	Feneyrol et al. (2017)	10.3749/canmin.1600085	TCM55_763

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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