Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Tete Province, Mozambique

mindat Locality ID: 30180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tete Province, Mozambique": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Cabora Bassa Dam
Cachoeira
Chimessolo
Mavusi (Mavuzi)
Mazoé
Moatize
Tete
Zambezi Valley Uranium Project

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	Corundum	Crichtonite	Dumortierite	None	Rutile	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 B C Ca Cr F Fe H La Mg O Si Ti U V Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Corundum Crichtonite Dumortierite None Rutile Zircon

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*	Davidite-(La) ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dumortierite ()*
Rutile ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	85836	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	85833,85835	1797
Davidite-(La) ()*	Crichtonite	La(Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH,F)₃₈	1	85836	31
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	85836	9895
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	2	85832,85837	231
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	85836	5614
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	85841	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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