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:
Chivi District, Masvingo, Zimbabwe

mindat Locality ID: 247701
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247701.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chivi District, Masvingo, Zimbabwe": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mashava (Mashaba)
Sese Diamond Pipe (Sese Kimberlite)

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.

Calcite	Copper	Diamond	Magnetoplumbite	Nickeline	None	Spinel

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: Au C Ca Cr Fe K Mg O S Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Copper Diamond Magnetoplumbite Nickeline None Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Diamond ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Yimengite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	295400	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	295401	3902
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	295401	697
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	295400	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	295400	14899
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	295400	9056
Yimengite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	K[Ti₃Cr₅Fe³⁺₂Mg₂]O₁₉	1	295401	5

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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