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:
Gitarama – Kibuye Road, Southern Province, Rwanda

Oldest recorded age at locality: 935.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 923.4

mindat Locality ID: 276432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276432.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kibingo Pegmatite (Kibinga [relating To A Hill]; Lemera; Mwaka)

Latitude: 2°4'59"S
Longitude: 29°37'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -2.0830555555556,29.633055555556

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.

Alluaudite	Amphibole	None	Olivine	Rutile	Wardite

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 Fe H Li Mg Mn Na O P Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alluaudite Amphibole None Olivine Rutile Wardite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Alluaudite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cyrilovite ()*	Hagendorfite ()*	Heterosite ()*
Holmquistite ()*	Triphylite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alluaudite ()*	Alluaudite	NaMnFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃	935.4	923.4	1	104492	94
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	935.4	923.4	1	104492	5171
Cyrilovite ()*	Wardite	NaFe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	935.4	923.4	1	104492	60
Hagendorfite ()*	Alluaudite	Na₂MnFe²⁺Fe³⁺(PO₄)₃	935.4	923.4	1	104492	17
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	935.4	923.4	1	104492	204
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	935.4	923.4	1	104492	42
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	935.4	923.4	1	104492	313

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0243	935.4	923.4	929.4±6	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization		columbite-(mn)	150			Columbite-(Mn)		Ta, Nb	57927	Kibingo Pegmatite (Kibinga [relating To A Hill]; Lemera; Mwaka), Gitarama – Kibuye Road, Southern Province, Rwanda	Kibingo	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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