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Locality Name:
Ituri, DR Congo


mindat Locality ID: 225896
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225896.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ituri, DR Congo": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Djuga Territory
Essebi Meteorite
Mongbwalu
Nizi

Latitude: 2°4'0"N
Longitude: 30°21'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 2.0666666666667,30.363611111111
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 Au C Ca Ce Cl Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCancrinite-sodaliteClayCopperMagnetoplumbiteNonePerovskitePyroxeneSerpentineSmectite-vermiculite
SodaliteSpinelTridymite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cronstedtite  (*)Diopside  (*)Gold  (*)
Hibonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Perovskite  (*)Saponite  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61487812060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14878127770
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)414878154
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61487814135
Gold  (*)CopperAu348780,48782,4878530554
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O1914878180
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414878114899
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)148781884
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3148781495
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O148781301
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl148781444
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41487811934


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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