Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
South East Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia

mindat Locality ID: 30519
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30519.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South East Solwezi, North-Western Province, Zambia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Luswishi River

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.

Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	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 Fe H K Nb O S Si Th Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Columbite Corundum Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Zircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Thorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	295105	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	295105	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	295105	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	295105	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	295105	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	295105	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	295105	353
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	295105	1006

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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