Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Lunda Norte Province, Angola

mindat Locality ID: 222652
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222652.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lunda Norte Province, Angola": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Camatue Mine (Camutue Mine)
Cambulo City Council
Chicapa River
Chitato City Council
Cuango City Council

Latitude: 8°16'39"S
Longitude: 20°13'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -8.2775,20.220277777778

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.

Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Garnet	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz

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 K Mg O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Diamond Garnet Mica None Pyroxene Quartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	8	1585,1588,1591,1593,1594,1596,1598,1600	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	1585	4135
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	1585	5433
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	1585	2273
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	1585,1588	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	1585	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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