Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gimbi, Oromia Region (Oromiya Region), Ethiopia

mindat Locality ID: 24147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gimbi, Oromia Region (Oromiya Region), Ethiopia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bikilal
Yubdo District (Joubdo District; Youbdo District; Joubda District)

Latitude: 9°18'59"N
Longitude: 35°52'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 9.3163888888889,35.883055555556

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	Auricupride	Bowieite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore
Garnet	Kingstonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Spinel	Ullmannite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Augite ()*	Bornite ()*
Bowieite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprorhodsite ()*	Diopside ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Ferronickelplatinum ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Genkinite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*
Kingstonite ()*	Laurite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*
Stumpflite ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tulameenite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Auricupride Bowieite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore
Garnet Kingstonite Mica Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Spinel Ullmannite Wurtzite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49507	3419
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49508	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49508	708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	49510	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	49508,49510	5516
Bowieite ()*	Bowieite	Rh₂S₃	1	49509	33
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	49507	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	49507,49508,49510	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	49508,49510	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49508	951
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2	49508,49510	802
Cuprorhodsite ()*	Spinel	(Cu¹⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)Rh³⁺₂S₄	1	49509	34
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	49508,49510	4135
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	2	49508,49510	110
Ferronickelplatinum ()*	Potarite	Pt₂FeNi	1	49509	13
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	49508,49510	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	49508	24243
Genkinite ()*	None	Pt₄Sb₃	2	49508,49510	12
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	49508	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	49508,49509,49510	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	49508	14640
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	3	49508,49509,49510	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	49507,49508	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	2	49508,49510	154
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	3	49508,49509,49510	128
Kingstonite ()*	Kingstonite	Rh₃S₄	1	49509	4
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	3	49508,49509,49510	226
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49508	359
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49508	238
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	49508	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	49507,49508,49509,49510	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49507	17380
Osmium ()*	None	Os	3	49508,49509,49510	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	49508,49510	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	49508	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	49507	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	49507,49508	61156
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2	49508,49509	337
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	49508	1214
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	2	49508,49510	75
Stumpflite ()*	Nickeline	PtSb	1	49508	7
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	3	49508,49509,49510	66
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	49507,49508	2562
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe	3	49508,49509,49510	48

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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