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:
Somabula Forrest Alluvial Deposit, Somabula, Gweru District (Gwelo District), Midlands, Zimbabwe

Oldest recorded age at locality: 531
Youngest recorded age at locality: 491

mindat Locality ID: 226756
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226756.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Somabula Forrest Alluvial Deposit, Somabula, Gweru District (Gwelo District), Midlands, Zimbabwe": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Corundum	Diamond	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Rutile	Staurolite	Topaz

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 C F Fe H O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C F Fe H O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Corundum Diamond None Not in a structural group Olivine Rutile Staurolite Topaz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*	Kyanite ()*
Rutile ()*	Staurolite ()*	Topaz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	531	491	4286
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	531	491	321
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	531	491	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	531	491	697
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	531	491	1507
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	531	491	5614
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	531	491	978
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	531	491	1476

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-0254	531	491	511±20	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization		tapiolite, columbite-(fe), tantalite-(fe)	27		Yes			Ta, Nb	4356	Somabula, Gweru District (Gwelo District), Midlands, Zimbabwe	Somabula	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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