Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Somalia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 487
Youngest recorded age at locality: 439

mindat Locality ID: 32228
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32228.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Somalia": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bakool Region
Bari Region
Galguduud Region
Hiraan Region
Jubaland Autonomous Region
Lower Shebelle Region (Shabeellaha Hoose Gobol)
Middle Shebelle Region (Shabeellaha Dhexe Gobol)
Mudug Region
Nugal Region (Nugaal Gobol)

Latitude: 5°6'8"N
Longitude: 45°34'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 5.1022222222222,45.574722222222

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.

Cancrinite-sodalite	Cerite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Iron	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sepiolite
Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Augite ()*	Carlsbergite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Danalite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Merrillite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spodumene ()*
Staurolite ()*	Taenite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Be Ca Ce Cr Cu Fe H K Li Mg N Na Ni O P S Si Sn Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cancrinite-sodalite Cerite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Iron Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sepiolite
Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Titanite Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	487	439	1	105977	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	105986	2353
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	105986	2060
Carlsbergite ()*	Rocksalt	CrN			1	105974	26
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	487	439	1	105977	5171
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			3	105974,105989,105993	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	105993	3846
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S			1	105982	58
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄			1	105974	157
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	105986	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	105989,105993	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			3	105974,105989,105993	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃			1	105993	191
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	105986	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	105986,105989	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			1	105993	230
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	487	439	2	105977,105986	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	105986	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	487	439	1	105977	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	105986	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	487	439	2	105977,105986	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	105974	374
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	105980	241
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	105986	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	487	439	1	105977	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	105986	978
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			3	105974,105989,105993	703
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	105986	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			3	105974,105989,105993	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	105986	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_107	487	439	463±24	Rb/Sr			muscovite				Muscovite			39054	Majayahan Ta-Sn Deposit (Majiyahan), Majiyahan-Dhalan Area, Bari Region, Somalia	Majahayan	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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