Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ivuna Meteorite, Mbeya Region, Tanzania

mindat Locality ID: 252950
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252950.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ivuna Meteorite, Mbeya Region, Tanzania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 8°25'"S
Longitude: 32°25'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -8.4166666666667,32.433055555556

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.

Blödite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Cubanite	Diamond	Epsomite	Gypsum	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Blödite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diamond ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Grossmanite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Saponite ()*
Siderite ()*	Spinel ()*	Troilite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Blödite Calcite Clay Corundum Cubanite Diamond Epsomite Gypsum Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Wurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	130
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Grossmanite ()*	Pyroxene	Ca(Ti³⁺,Mg,Ti⁴⁺)AlSiO₆	2
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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