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Locality Name:
Gitarama, Southern Province, Rwanda


mindat Locality ID: 248291
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248291.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gitarama, Southern Province, Rwanda": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Warusenge

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeApatiteDufréniteMicaNoneOlivinePhosphosideriteRockbridgeiteVivianite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Alluaudite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Heterosite  (*)
Phosphosiderite  (*)Purpurite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Siderophyllite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)3110449094
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O1104490139
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)1104490108
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11044902740
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)1104490204
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1104490182
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)110449080
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)51104490206
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2110449092
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1104490636


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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