Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Ruby Occurrence, Muriatata Hills, Longido, Arusha Region, Tanzania

Oldest recorded age at locality: 610.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 609.4

mindat Locality ID: 211915
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211915.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruby Occurrence, Muriatata Hills, Longido, Arusha Region, Tanzania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 2°40'59"S
Longitude: 36°43'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -2.6830555555556,36.727222222222

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	None	Pyroxene	Spinel

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 C Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Corundum Epidote Garnet None Pyroxene Spinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*	Hercynite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Omphacite ()*
Pargasite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	610.6	609.4	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	610.6	609.4	1797
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	610.6	609.4	407
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	610.6	609.4	1487
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	610.6	609.4	229
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	610.6	609.4	313
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	610.6	609.4	341
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	610.6	609.4	1025

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
	Jen_0001538	610.6	609.4	610 ± 0.6	U-Pb	age of formation of protolith ruby		zircon				Zircon			211915	Ruby Occurrence, Muriatata Hills, Longido, Arusha Region, Tanzania	Longido Ruby Occurence	Giuliani et al. (2007)		GOGD37_23

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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