Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
North Nyasa Alkaline Province, Kasungu, Central Region, Malawi

mindat Locality ID: 281435
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281435.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Nyasa Alkaline Province, Kasungu, Central Region, Malawi": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kasungu-Chipala Hill

Latitude: 13°'"S
Longitude: 33°29'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13,33.483333333333

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.

Corundum	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	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 Ca Fe K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum Feldspar None Pyroxene Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine-augite ()*	Diopside ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Nepheline ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	79913	286
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	79913	4135
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	79913	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	79913	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	79913	4924
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	79913	884
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	79913	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	79913	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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