Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kapalagulu Intrusion, Kigoma Region, Tanzania

mindat Locality ID: 264110
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264110.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kapalagulu Intrusion, Kigoma Region, Tanzania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 5°53'16"S
Longitude: 30°3'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -5.8877777777778,30.064166666667

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.

Auricupride	Barringerite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Millerite
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Talc
Ullmannite	Zircon

Cabriite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Enstatite ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laurite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Millerite ()*	Palladosilicide ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sobolevskite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Tulameenite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Bi Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Pt Ru S Sb Si Sn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Pt Ru S Sb Si Sn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Barringerite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Millerite
Nickeline None Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Talc
Ullmannite Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Cabriite ()*	None	Pd₂CuSn	12
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	128
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	226
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Palladosilicide ()*	Barringerite	Pd₂Si	2
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	44
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	66
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe	48
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	293
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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