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Locality Name:
Southern Nations Nationalities And Peoples' Region, Ethiopia


mindat Locality ID: 210609
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210609.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Southern Nations Nationalities And Peoples' Region, Ethiopia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Aleta Wendo
Arbegona District
Awassa
Godicho
Konso
Lower Omo Valley

Latitude: 6°39'50"N
Longitude: 38°20'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 6.6638888888889,38.344444444444

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 Be C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteArseniosideriteCalciteColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumMilariteNone
PhenakiteQuartzRocksaltRutileZircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Microcline  (*)Milarite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)
Opal  (*)Phenakite  (*)Quartz  (*)Robertsite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)249547,495488803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14955027770
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6149547518
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2249547,495489617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O249546,495506890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl249546,495501398
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH149550367
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)249547,495484924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O149547156
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O149550129
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1495432994
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)249547,49548326
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2349547,49548,4955061156
Robertsite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O14955036
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21495475614
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1495475251



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