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Locality Name:
Munali Nickel Project, Munali Intrusive Complex, Mazabuka District, Southern Province, Zambia


mindat Locality ID: 302746
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302746.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Munali Nickel Project, Munali Intrusive Complex, Mazabuka District, Southern Province, Zambia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 15°53'13"S
Longitude: 28°6'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.886944444444,28.1
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeMarcasiteNickelineNoneOlivine
PentlanditePyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalc

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smythite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O40229
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)077
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380


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