Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Catoca Kimberlite Field, Lunda Sul Province, Angola

mindat Locality ID: 196054
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-196054.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Catoca Kimberlite Field, Lunda Sul Province, Angola": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Catoca Mine
Chiri Kimberlite
Kakele Mine
Kamitongo Pipes
Kat-115 Pipe

Latitude: 9°24'11"S
Longitude: 20°21'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.4030555555556,20.355277777778

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.

Aragonite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Garnet	Mica	None
Olivine	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chromite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Strontianite ()*	Witherite ()*
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 Ba C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baddeleyite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diamond Garnet Mica None
Olivine Perovskite Pyroxene Rutile Spinel Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	1603	2353
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	1603	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	1603	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	1	1603	83
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	1603	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	1603	3902
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	3	1603,1605,1606	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	1603	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	1603	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	1603	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	1603	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	1603	5433
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	1603	229
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	1603	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	1603	2273
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	1603	341
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	1603	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	1603	1934
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	1603	589
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	1603	251
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	1603,1607	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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