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Locality Name:
Kribi, South Region, Cameroon


mindat Locality ID: 195998
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195998.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kribi, South Region, Cameroon": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Eboundja (Ebounja)

Latitude: 2°48'0"N
Longitude: 9°53'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 2.8,9.8994444444444

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K La Mg Na O S Si Sr Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBurbankiteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteClayCorundumFeldsparFluoriteMica
NatroliteNonePyroxeneSodaliteSpinelTitaniteTridymiteVesuvianiteZircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Annite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)
Burbankite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Hastingsite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Rémondite-(Ce)  (*)Sodalite  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61294521022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6129452286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1294528803
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2129452356
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2129452295
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)512945252
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12945227770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O129452232
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61294524135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21294529617
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2129452209
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312945214640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412945214899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1294524924
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1294521236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)129452884
Rémondite-(Ce)  (*)BurbankiteNa3(Ce,Ca,Na)3(CO3)51294527
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl129452444
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1294524899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101294521395
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1294525251



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