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Locality Name:
Monts De Cristal Complex, Estuaire Province, Gabon


mindat Locality ID: 285630
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285630.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monts De Cristal Complex, Estuaire Province, Gabon": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kinguele

Latitude: 0°27'0"N
Longitude: 10°11'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.45,10.199722222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pt S Si Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaddeleyiteChalcopyriteClayFeldsparMicaNickelineNoneOlivinePentlandite
PyriteSpinelZirconZirconolite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21571493419
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1571491036
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2157149238
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215714927198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41571493902
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1571491188
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415714914899
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81571491512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21571492273
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81571499056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2157149337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21571492562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1571495251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7157149140


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