Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chiredzi Mining District (Hartley Mining District), Masvingo, Zimbabwe

mindat Locality ID: 194722
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194722.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chiredzi Mining District (Hartley Mining District), Masvingo, Zimbabwe": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Andrew Corundum Mine
Chiredzi
Cobra 8 Mine
Edward Mine
Makwiro River
Renco Mine

Latitude: 20°55'34"S
Longitude: 31°41'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.926111111111,31.684444444444

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Barringerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Crichtonite	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Marcasite
Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Ullmannite	Wurtzite	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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg Ir K La Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Auricupride Barringerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Crichtonite Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Malachite Marcasite
Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite Prehnite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Ullmannite Wurtzite Zircon

83 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Argentopentlandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atheneite ()*	Atokite ()*	Awaruite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Braggite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Cooperite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Empressite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Geikielite ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Irarsite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Laurite ()*	Loveringite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Maslovite ()*	Meionite ()*	Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Platarsite ()*	Platinum ()*
Potarite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rucklidgeite ()*	Rustenburgite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tsumoite ()*	Violarite ()*	Volynskite ()*
Vysotskite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zvyagintsevite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	295393	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	295393,295397	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	295391	2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	295393	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	295393	3092
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	1	295393	67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	295397	9052
Atheneite ()*	Barringerite	Pd₂(As_0.75Hg_0.25)	1	295396	15
Atokite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Sn	1	295393	29
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	295396	166
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	295395	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	295397	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	295394	1935
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	2	295393,295396	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	295392,295393,295397	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	295394,295395	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	295393,295394,295395,295397	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	295393,295396	3902
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	295397	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2	295393,295394	966
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	2	295393,295396	124
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	295391	1797
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2	295393,295397	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	295395	2970
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe	1	295393	43
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	295393,295397	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	295394	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	295393,295394	24243
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	1	295392	70
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	295393,295396,295397	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	295397	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	295397	741
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	295393	804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	1	295393	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	295393,295396,295397	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	295393	154
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	295393	116
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	295397	1271
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	295393	226
Loveringite ()*	Crichtonite	(Ca,Ce,La)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)₁₈O₃₈	1	295393	9
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	295393	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	295393,295396,295397	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	295394,295395	12537
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	1	295397	88
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	295393,295394	5674
Maslovite ()*	Pyrite	PtBiTe	1	295393	23
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	295397	176
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	295393	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1	295393	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1	295393	114
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	295393,295397	5800
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1	295393	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	295397	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	295393	471
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	295397	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	295393	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	295393,295396	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	295393	2273
Platarsite ()*	Pyrite	PtAsS	1	295393	44
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	2	295393,295396	485
Potarite ()*	Potarite	PdHg	1	295396	25
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	295397	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	295393,295394,295396,295397	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	295393,295394,295397	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	295393,295394,295397	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄	1	295393	64
Rustenburgite ()*	Perovskite Auricupride	Pt₃Sn	1	295393	34
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	295393,295396,295397	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	295394	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	295397	6417
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2	295393,295396	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	295393,295394,295397	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1	295393	75
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	295393	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	295393	276
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	295397	510
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	295393	2562
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	1	295393	100
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	295393	380
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂	1	295393	64
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	1	295393	53
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	295396	5251
Zvyagintsevite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Pb	1	295393	32

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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