Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

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:
Mozambique

Oldest recorded age at locality: 488
Youngest recorded age at locality: 440

mindat Locality ID: 19900
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19900.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mozambique": 159
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 128

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Cabo Delgado Province
Gaza Province
Inhambane Province
Lake Nyasa (Lake Nyassa; Lake Niassa; Lake Malawi)
Manica Province
Maputo Province
Nampula Province
Niassa Province
Serra Do Menucué
Sofala Province
Tete Province
Zambezia Province

Latitude: 18°49'39"S
Longitude: 32°44'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.8275,32.733611111111

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.

Allanite	Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolamprite	Baddeleyite
Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite
Copper	Coronadite	Corrensite	Corundum	Crichtonite	Cristobalite	Danburite	Dumortierite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hureaulite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Santite	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Staurolite
Stibnite	Tapiolite	Thomsonite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Triplite	Wollastonite	Zircon	Zirconolite

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 As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cs Cu F Fe H Hf K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alunite Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolamprite Baddeleyite
Baryte Beryl Bismutite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Childrenite Chlorite Clay Columbite
Copper Coronadite Corrensite Corundum Crichtonite Cristobalite Danburite Dumortierite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite Hureaulite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite
Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite Phosphosiderite Pyrite Pyrochlore
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Santite Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Staurolite
Stibnite Tapiolite Thomsonite Topaz Tourmaline Triplite Wollastonite Zircon Zirconolite

125 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Apjohnite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenolamprite ()*
Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Bismutotantalite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*
Clinobisvanite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cookeite ()*
Corundum ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Danburite ()*	Davidite-(La) ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Donbassite ()*	Dravite ()*	Dumortierite ()*
Elbaite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Euclase ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Ezcurrite ()*
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Fluor-dravite ()*	Fluor-elbaite ()*	Fluor-liddicoatite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorcalciomicrolite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Geikielite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hafnon ()*	Hambergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Hureaulite ()*
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Lithiophilite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mesolite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petalite ()*	Phenakite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Polylithionite ()*	Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite ()*
Pucherite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ramanite-(Cs) ()*	Rossmanite ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Sanidine ()*
Sassolite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillénite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Spinel ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stibiocolumbite ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thorianite ()*	Topaz ()*
Tosudite ()*	Trilithionite ()*	Triplite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Variscite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zabuyelite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	488	440	15	85828,85849,85883,85884,85891,85895,85896,85899,85900,85901,85902,85907,85908,85916,85929	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			10	85851,85857,85859,85862,85864,85888,85889,85895,85910,85923	706
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F			1	85907	244
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	85895	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	85815	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	85792	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	85815	708
Apjohnite ()*	Halotrichite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	85812	28
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	85945	3250
Arsenolamprite ()*	Arsenolamprite	As			1	85895	19
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂			1	85815	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	85815	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	488	442.2	30	85847,85862,85863,85867,85871,85873,85874,85881,85884,85891,85894,85895,85898,85899,85900,85901,85902,85907,85908,85909,85911,85916,85919,85922,85923,85925,85934,85935,85946,85947	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	488	476	2	85895,85908	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	488	476	3	85859,85895,85908	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	488	442.2	10	85868,85874,85891,85895,85899,85900,85901,85908,85909,85916	716
Bismutotantalite ()*	None	BiTaO₄			1	85895	23
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	85808	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	85815,85836,85895,85935,85945	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	488	476	13	85805,85830,85860,85870,85895,85898,85900,85908,85909,85910,85916,85926,85929	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	85815	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	85808	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	482	477.4	2	85791,85900	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄			1	85827	321
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	85895	70
Clinobisvanite ()*	None	Bi(VO₄)			1	85902	36
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	488	476	1	85908	1756
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			3	85867,85891,85899	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	488	476	2	85908,85916	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	482	440	5	85883,85884,85895,85900,85916	181
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			12	85789,85791,85792,85793,85794,85795,85796,85826,85833,85835,85862,85923	1797
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	85895	453
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	85907	599
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈			1	85895	148
Davidite-(La) ()*	Crichtonite	La(Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH,F)₃₈			1	85836	31
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	85815,85819	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	85815,85836	9895
Donbassite ()*	Clay Chlorite	Al₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂·Al_2.33(OH)₆			1	85916	16
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	488	476	2	85895,85908	648
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈			2	85832,85837	231
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	488	476	9	85817,85891,85895,85899,85904,85908,85919,85929,85938	520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	85907	128
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)			3	85825,85895,85907	120
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			6	85847,85853,85858,85859,85875,85917	414
Ezcurrite ()*	None	Na₂B₅O₇(OH)₃·2H₂O			1	85895	2
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄			5	85846,85854,85872,85890,85912	196
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	488	476	1	85908	73
Fluor-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	488	476	1	85908	8
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	488	476	2	85904,85908	31
Fluor-liddicoatite ()*	Tourmaline	Ca(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	488	476	1	85908	12
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	482	477.4	5	85850,85895,85900,85906,85907	2740
Fluorcalciomicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Ca,Na, )₂Ta₂O₆F			1	85895	13
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	482	477.4	4	85895,85900,85926,85935	9617
Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Na_1.5Bi_0.5)Ta₂O₆F	488	476	1	85908	13
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	85815	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	482	477.4	1	85900	24243
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃			1	85815	70
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	85866,85895	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	85815	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	85815	6890
Hafnon ()*	Zircon	Hf(SiO₄)	459.3	440	3	85883,85884,85895	11
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)			1	85895	81
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	85808	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	85925	469
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	85907	125
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	488	476	1	85908	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			3	85907,85942,85943	5433
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂			3	85895,85916,85919	148
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	488	442.2	8	85847,85874,85887,85895,85899,85900,85908,85925	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	85828	1507
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)			1	85907	155
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	85945	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	85815,85942,85943	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	85808	12537
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O			1	85815	425
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	488	476	16	85848,85849,85864,85865,85868,85882,85888,85891,85895,85899,85900,85908,85910,85916,85929,85937	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	482	477.4	4	85815,85871,85900,85935	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	482	477.4	6	85847,85859,85891,85895,85900,85919	945
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)			2	85895,85907	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	85895	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	488	476	10	85891,85895,85899,85900,85902,85907,85908,85916,85919,85929	17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)			2	85895,85945	78
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	85916	2349
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀			2	85895,85907	124
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)			1	85895	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	85815	2273
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	85907	182
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	482	477.4	5	85845,85861,85879,85900,85907	140
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂			2	85895,85916	89
Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	KNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂F₂			1	85798	8
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)			1	85901	53
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	85935	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	85827	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	85815	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	488	442.2	21	85811,85815,85823,85844,85849,85867,85874,85884,85891,85895,85899,85900,85901,85902,85907,85908,85916,85919,85929,85935,85947	61156
Ramanite-(Cs) ()*	Santite	CsB₅O₆(OH)₄·2H₂O			1	85895	3
Rossmanite ()*	Tourmaline	(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	85904	37
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	482.7	442.2	14	85791,85815,85824,85828,85836,85867,85877,85895,85900,85906,85914,85918,85942,85943	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈			13	85847,85853,85858,85860,85875,85879,85885,85890,85895,85916,85917,85918,85928	353
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	85798	598
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃			1	85895	31
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	85935	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	488	476	6	85821,85884,85891,85895,85899,85908	2705
Sillénite ()*	None	Bi₁₂SiO₂₀			1	85882	26
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	85895	1214
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	85815	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	488	476	8	85895,85899,85900,85902,85907,85908,85911,85916	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			2	85942,85943	978
Stibiocolumbite ()*	None	SbNbO₄	488	476	1	85908	13
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	488	476	5	85869,85873,85895,85900,85908	53
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	488	440	7	85874,85883,85884,85895,85900,85901,85908	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			3	85865,85868,85895	88
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O			1	85815	452
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂			4	85815,85916,85918,85928	236
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	488	442.2	10	85855,85860,85874,85878,85895,85898,85900,85908,85910,85926	1476
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O			1	85916	36
Trilithionite ()*	Mica	KLi_1.5Al_1.5(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	488	440	1	85843	28
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	488	440	1	85844	233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	482	477.4	1	85900	2718
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	85907	301
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	85815	1247
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	482	477.4	7	85847,85851,85857,85889,85899,85900,85925	939
Zabuyelite ()*	None	Li₂(CO₃)			1	85895	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			9	85815,85841,85862,85891,85895,85907,85923,85942,85943	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇			1	85815	140

10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Alexandra-0255	477.2	470.4	473.8±3.4	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	9	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Marropino	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0256	475.4	470.4	472.9±2.5	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	9	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Marropino	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0257	467	463.2	465.1±1.9	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	126	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Marropino	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0258	482.7	479.3	481±1.7	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	monazite	132		Ta, Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Marropino	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0259	451	442.2	446.6±4.4	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn), columbite-(mn)	132		Ta, Nb	2406	Marropino Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Marropino	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0262	459.3	444.5	451.9±7.4	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	175	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	26427	Moneia Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Moneia	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0263	441	440	440.5±0.5	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	178	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	26427	Moneia Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Moneia	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0260	482	477.4	479.7±2.3	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	159	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	26410	Murrua (Morrua; Morrua Mine), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Morrua	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Alexandra-0261	482	478	480±2	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization	tantalite-(mn)	159	Tantalite-(Mn)	Ta, Nb	26410	Murrua (Morrua; Morrua Mine), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Morrua	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667
Bradley_2012_153	488	476	482±6	U/Pb		zircon		Zircon		26428	Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	Naipa	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100151	Mozambique	https://rruff.info/R100151
R040101	Zambezia Province, Mozambique	https://rruff.info/R040101
R120163	Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	https://rruff.info/R120163
R130022	Muiâne Pegmatite (Emdal Mines), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique	https://rruff.info/R130022

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...