Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Beitbridge District, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe

mindat Locality ID: 30496
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30496.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beitbridge District, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Andre Prospect
Pande Mine
Rainbow Mite Mine
Red Mite Deposit
River Ranch Mine

Latitude: 22°7'18"S
Longitude: 29°59'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.121666666667,29.985

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Chevkinite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diamond	Dumortierite	Epidote	Garnet	Nickeline
None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Spinel

Chromite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*	Dumortierite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Magnesite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Periclase ()*	Perovskite ()*
Polyakovite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rhönite ()*	Spinel ()*
Tausonite ()*

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 Ce Cr Fe H Mg Na Nb Ni O S Si Sr Th Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Chevkinite Clinozoisite Corundum Diamond Dumortierite Epidote Garnet Nickeline
None Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sapphirine Spinel

21 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	295488	3902
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	295486	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	295484,295487	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	295488	697
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	295486	231
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	295488	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	295488	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	295488	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	295488	5433
Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Perovskite	(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂O₆	1	295488	57
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	295485	1487
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	295488	1512
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	295488	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	295488	495
Polyakovite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	(Ce,Ca)₄MgCr₂(Ti,Nb)₂Si₄O₂₂	1	295488	2
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	295488	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	295488	9056
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	1	295488	47
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	295488	1934
Tausonite ()*	Perovskite	SrTiO₃	1	295488	5

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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