Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
N'Gourma, East Region, Burkina Faso

mindat Locality ID: 288711
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288711.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "N'Gourma, East Region, Burkina Faso": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bogou Meteorite
Nadiabondi Meteorite

Latitude: 12°15'0"N
Longitude: 0°51'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 12.25,0.85

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.

Cerite	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Cubanite	Iron	None	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Chromite ()*	Cohenite ()*	Copper ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Diopside ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*	Wüstite ()*

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: C Ca Cr Cu Fe Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cerite Copper Corundum Cristobalite Cubanite Iron None Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	29210	3902
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃	1	29209	77
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	29210	3846
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	29210	453
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	29209	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	29210	4135
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	29209	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	29210	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	29209,29210	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	29210	191
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	29209,29210	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	29210	230
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	29210	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	29209	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	29209	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	2	29209,29210	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2	29209,29210	1044
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	1	29209	74

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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