Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Central Region, Malawi

mindat Locality ID: 305408
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305408.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central Region, Malawi": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Dedza
Dowa
Kasungu
Lilongwe
Mchinji
Nkhotakota
Ntcheu
Ntchisi
Salima

Latitude: 13°39'10"S
Longitude: 33°46'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.652777777778,33.778055555556

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	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Djerfisherite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	Mica
Milarite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Titanite
Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anorthite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinoenstatite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Diopside ()*	Djerfisherite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Grandidierite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*
Perryite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roedderite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*	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 Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Djerfisherite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Iron Mica
Milarite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Spinel Titanite
Tridymite Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	79913	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	79916	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	79920	2353
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	79920	1036
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	79920	951
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	79918	94
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	79920	1025
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	79916	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	79920	1797
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	79918	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	79913	4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	1	79918	60
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	79918	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	79920	8173
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)	1	79916	40
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	79916	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	79920	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	79913,79916	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	79918	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	79913,79916,79920	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	79913	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	79916	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	79913	884
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	1	79918	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	79918	58
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	1	79918	25
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	79916	61156
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	1	79918	30
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	79920	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	79918	374
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	79916	1516
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	79913	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	79918	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	79918	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	79913,79920	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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