Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Catoca Mine, Catoca Kimberlite Field, Lunda Sul Province, Angola

mindat Locality ID: 29770
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29770.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Catoca Mine, Catoca Kimberlite Field, Lunda Sul Province, Angola": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 9°24'24"S
Longitude: 20°17'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.4066666666667,20.299166666667

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.

Aragonite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Garnet	Mica	None
Olivine	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chromite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Strontianite ()*	Witherite ()*
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 Ba C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baddeleyite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diamond Garnet Mica None
Olivine Perovskite Pyroxene Rutile Spinel Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	83
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	229
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	341
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	589
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	251
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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