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Locality Name:
Goma, North Kivu, DR Congo


mindat Locality ID: 225895
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225895.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goma, North Kivu, DR Congo": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mt Nyiragongo

Latitude: 1°28'59"S
Longitude: 29°13'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -1.4830555555556,29.233055555556

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 Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeAphthitaliteBaryteBerylCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteClayFeldsparGypsumLovozerite
MeliliteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePyroxeneRhodesiteRocksalt
SodaliteSpinelTridymiteWöhlerite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Åkermanite  (*)Andrémeyerite  (*)Aphthitalite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Combeite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)Delhayelite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Elpasolite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Fresnoite  (*)Götzenite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hieratite  (*)Kalsilite  (*)Kirschsteinite  (*)
Leucite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Sylvite  (*)Thénardite  (*)Trikalsilite  (*)Troilite  (*)Umbrianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O714887550
Andrémeyerite  (*)Not in a structural groupBaFe2+2(Si2O7)1488752
Aphthitalite  (*)AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)214887577
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14887511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14887527770
Combeite  (*)LovozeriteNa4.5Ca3.5Si6O17.5(OH)0.5248875,488773
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181488751008
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F414887567
Delhayelite  (*)RhodesiteK7Na3Ca5Al2Si14O38F4Cl2248875,488779
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61488754135
Elpasolite  (*)PerovskiteK2NaAlF614887516
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1488751188
Fresnoite  (*)MeliliteBa2TiO(Si2O7)14887517
Götzenite  (*)NoneCa4NaCa2Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2248875,4887727
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1488756890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1488751398
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6148875741
Hieratite  (*)NoneK2SiF61488757
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO4348875,48876,4887749
Kirschsteinite  (*)OlivineCaFe2+(SiO4)248875,4887733
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)148875233
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4248875,4887714899
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)348875,48876,48877884
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3248875,48877495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21488752273
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81488759056
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)148875598
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51488751516
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl248875,48877444
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41488751934
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl148875275
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)148875299
Trikalsilite  (*)NoneK2Na(AlSiO4)31488762
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1488751044
Umbrianite  (*)Not in a structural groupK7Na2Ca2[Al3Si10O29]F2Cl21488752



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