Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sinceni West Area, Sinceni Mtn, Lubombo District, Swaziland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3077
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2947

mindat Locality ID: 206576
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206576.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sinceni West Area, Sinceni Mtn, Lubombo District, Swaziland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kubuta
Zishineni

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Feldspar	None	Quartz	Rutile	Tourmaline	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 B H Li Na O Si Sn Th Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Na O Si Sn Th Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Feldspar None Quartz Rutile Tourmaline Zircon

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Quartz ()*	Thorite ()*
Zircon ()*

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)	3000	3000	0		8803
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3000	3000	0		5171
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3077	2947	2	111163,111164	520
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3000	3000	0		61156
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	3000	3000	0		1006
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3000	3000	0		5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Be-00061	3000	3000	3000		high		Yes		Beryl	Be	206575	Sinceni Mtn, Lubombo District, Swaziland	Sinceni pluton area, central Swaziland	Trumbull (1993)	10.1016/0301-9268(93)90059-B	PR61_89
Kristen002480	3077	3071	3074±3			zircon	Yes	Zircon			206575	Sinceni Mtn, Lubombo District, Swaziland	Sinceni	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7
Kristen002481	3033	2947	2990±43	Rb/Sr		whole rock	Yes				206575	Sinceni Mtn, Lubombo District, Swaziland	Sinceni	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7
Grew_Li_2019_0088	3000	3000	3000						Polylithionite		209024	Zishineni, Sinceni West Area, Sinceni Mtn, Lubombo District, Swaziland	Zishineni pegmatite, Sinceni pluton, Swaziland	Grew et al. (2018)	10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2686	EJM30_205

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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