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Locality Name:
Adamaoua Region, Cameroon


mindat Locality ID: 195988
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195988.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adamaoua Region, Cameroon": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Adamaoua Plateau (Adamawa Plateau)
Galim (a) Meteorite
Galim (b) Meteorite

Latitude: 7°10'19"N
Longitude: 12°46'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 7.1719444444444,12.783055555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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: Al C Cr Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerauniteCalciteClayIronKaoliniteLipscombiteNoneNot in a structural groupPaulkerritePhosphosiderite
PyroxeneQuartzSphaleriteStrunziteSymplesiteVivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Beraunite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Iron  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)Mantienneite  (*)Metavivianite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Santabarbaraite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Taenite  (*)Tetrataenite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21294222162
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O129422136
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O129422280
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6129424944
Iron  (*)IronFe1294241089
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41294225591
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)212942247
Mantienneite  (*)PaulkerriteKMg2Al2Ti(PO4)4(OH)3·15H2O1294223
Metavivianite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O12942226
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O129422182
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212942261156
Santabarbaraite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O12942221
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P129424374
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1294226417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12942421482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O129422263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O12942298
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)129424703
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi129424116
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1294241044
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O129422636


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