Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bijyojyo, Western Province, Rwanda

Oldest recorded age at locality: 974.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 957.3

mindat Locality ID: 210669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bijyojyo, Western Province, Rwanda": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 1°59'31"S
Longitude: 29°37'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -1.9919444444444,29.616944444444

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.

Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Kaolinite	None	Quartz	Rutile

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 F H Li Na O P Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be F H Li Na O P Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Feldspar Kaolinite None Quartz Rutile

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Quartz ()*	Variscite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	974.7	957.3	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	974.7	957.3	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	974.7	957.3	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	974.7	957.3	5171
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	974.7	957.3	5591
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	974.7	957.3	61156
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	974.7	957.3	301

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	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	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0167	974.7	957.3	966 ± 8.7	U-Pb	Age of pegmatite		columbite, tantalite	coltan 233						210669	Bijyojyo, Western Province, Rwanda	Bijyoyo	Dewaele et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.04.004	JAES61_10

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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