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:
Gifurwe Sector, Cyeru Commune, Northern Province, Rwanda

mindat Locality ID: 282886
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282886.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gifurwe Sector, Cyeru Commune, Northern Province, Rwanda": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gifurwe Mines

Latitude: 1°38'58"S
Longitude: 29°51'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -1.6494444444444,29.85

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.

Anthoinite	Clay	Columbite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Raspite	Tungstite
Yttrotungstite

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 Ce Fe H K O Pb S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Anthoinite Clay Columbite Mica None Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Raspite Tungstite
Yttrotungstite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Anthoinite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Raspite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Yttrotungstite-(Ce) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anthoinite ()*	Anthoinite	AlWO₃(OH)₃	1	104486	14
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	104486	551
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)	1	104486	57
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	104486	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	104486	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	104486	61156
Raspite ()*	Raspite	Pb(WO₄)	1	104486	26
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	1	104486	118
Yttrotungstite-(Ce) ()*	Yttrotungstite	CeW₂O₆(OH)₃	1	104486	5

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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