Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kigali, Kigali City Province, Rwanda

mindat Locality ID: 286999
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286999.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kigali, Kigali City Province, Rwanda": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mierge Mine
Nyakabingo Mine

Latitude: 1°51'47"S
Longitude: 29°58'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -1.8630555555556,29.977777777778

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Raspite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Stibnite	Tungstite	Yttrotungstite

Anthoinite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cosalite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Meymacite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Raspite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Yttrotungstite-(Ce) ()*

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 Bi C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Anthoinite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite
Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Raspite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Stibnite Tungstite Yttrotungstite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anthoinite ()*	Anthoinite	AlWO₃(OH)₃	2	104456,104457	14
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	104457	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	104457	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	104457	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	104457	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	104457	344
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	104457	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	104457	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	104457	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	104457	14640
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)	1	104457	57
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	104457	5591
Meymacite ()*	None	WO₃·2H₂O	1	104457	10
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	104457	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	104457	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	104457	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	104457	61156
Raspite ()*	Raspite	Pb(WO₄)	1	104457	26
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	104457	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	104457	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	104457	6417
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	1	104457	118
Yttrotungstite-(Ce) ()*	Yttrotungstite	CeW₂O₆(OH)₃	1	104457	5

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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