Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bikita Area, Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2615
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2587

mindat Locality ID: 293936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293936.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bikita Area, Masvingo, Zimbabwe": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Al Hayat Claim
Beb Pegmatite
Bikita Pegmatite
Chikwanda
Clive
Ebonite
Elephant Mine
Mdara Mine
Nigel Tin
Nigel Valley
No Beer Pegmatite
Nolan Property
Python Eggs Pegmatite
Ranga

Latitude: 19°56'59"S
Longitude: 31°26'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.949722222222,31.433333333333

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.

Allophane	Analcime	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Diaspore	Feldspar
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Alumotantite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bijvoetite-(Y) ()*	Bikitaite ()*	Bityite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Eucryptite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hafnon ()*	Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Petalite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Quartz ()*	Simpsonite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Zabuyelite ()*	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 As Be C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H Hf K Li Mn Na O P S Sb Si Sn Ta U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Apatite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Clay Columbite Diaspore Feldspar
Mica None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Tetrahedrite Topaz Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	295381	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	2615	2587	2	295376,295385	470
Alumotantite ()*	Not in a structural group	AlTaO₄			1	295381	5
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	2615	2587	1	295376	244
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2615	2587	1	295376	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2615	2587	2	295376,295377	4286
Bijvoetite-(Y) ()*	None	Y₈(UO₂)₁₆O₈(CO₃)₁₆(OH)₈·39H₂O	2615	2587	1	295376	3
Bikitaite ()*	None	LiAlSi₂O₆·H₂O	2615	2587	2	295376,295385	4
Bityite ()*	Mica Clay	CaLiAl₂(Si₂BeAl)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	295384	31
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2615	2587	2	295376,295385	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	295381	5171
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	295380	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	295380	2970
Eucryptite ()*	Phenakite	LiAlSiO₄	2615	2587	2	295376,295385	29
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2615	2587	2	295374,295376	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	295381	7437
Hafnon ()*	Zircon	Hf(SiO₄)	2615	2587	2	295376,295381	11
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2615	2587	1	295376	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	2615	2587	1	295376	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2615	2587	4	295374,295376,295381,295386	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	2615	2587	1	295376	124
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	2615	2587	1	295376	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2615	2587	3	295374,295376,295385	61156
Simpsonite ()*	None	Al₄Ta₃O₁₃(OH)	2615	2587	2	295376,295381	16
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2615	2587	1	295376	688
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆			2	295374,295381	211
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2615	2587	1	295376	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2615	2587	3	295374,295376,295386	1476
Zabuyelite ()*	None	Li₂(CO₃)	2615	2587	1	295376	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	295374	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002502	2615	2587	2601±14				zircon				Zircon			4351	Bikita Pegmatite, Bikita Area, Masvingo, Zimbabwe	Bikita	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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