Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe

mindat Locality ID: 34444
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34444.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Abercorn Mine
Beitbridge District
Gwanda - Filabusi District
Insiza District
Inyala Mine
Marangudzi Complex (Marangudzi Ring Complex)
Matobo District (Antelope District)
Mweza Range (Wedja)
West Gwanda District

Latitude: 21°8'1"S
Longitude: 29°25'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.133611111111,29.430555555556

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Beryl	Bismutite	Brucite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diamond	Dumortierite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Humite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pentlandite	Perovskite	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scheelite
Serpentine	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tridymite	Vivianite	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 As Au B Be Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Te Th Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Berthierite Beryl Bismutite Brucite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chevkinite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Diamond Dumortierite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Humite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pentlandite Perovskite Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Scheelite
Serpentine Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tridymite Vivianite Zircon

75 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurostibite ()*	Berthierite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diamond ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hastingsite ()*
Holmquistite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lead ()*	Loparite-(Ce) ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Periclase ()*
Perovskite ()*	Petalite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pollucite ()*
Polyakovite-(Ce) ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhönite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tausonite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	295493,295520	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	295506,295517,295520	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	295520	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	295501,295517	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	295514	445
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	295511	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	295493,295498,295501,295517	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	295511	2060
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	2	295499,295500	73
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1	295517	343
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	7	295489,295491,295492,295503,295506,295508,295520	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	4	295497,295504,295506,295509	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	3	295497,295504,295509	716
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	295518	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	295501	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	295506	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	295506	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	295488,295510,295520	3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	295489	321
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	295506	951
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	295520	236
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	295486	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	3	295483,295484,295487	1797
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	295520	327
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	295488	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	295510	9895
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	295486	231
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	295488	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	295483,295506	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	295520	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	295506	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	3	295488,295510,295511	1188
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	295482,295493,295495,295496,295501,295517	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	295488	2812
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	295511	209
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	295506,295520	42
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	295488,295511,295520	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	295506	1271
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	295506	192
Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Perovskite	(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂O₆	1	295488	57
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	295483,295485	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	295501,295506,295510,295511,295520	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	295520	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	295503,295506	5800
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	295511	884
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	295514	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	1	295514	176
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	295511	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	295488	1512
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	295488	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	295488	495
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	1	295506	124
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	295520	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	295510,295520	2273
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	295508	140
Polyakovite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	(Ce,Ca)₄MgCr₂(Ti,Nb)₂Si₄O₂₂	1	295488	2
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	295503	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	295482,295493,295501,295506,295517	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	295488	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	295488,295493,295501,295506	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	295482,295491,295492,295493,295501,295503,295517,295520	61156
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	1	295488	47
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	295520	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	295493,295506	4894
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	295506	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	295506,295517,295520	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	295488	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	4	295491,295492,295506,295508	688
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	295517	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	5	295493,295503,295506,295514,295520	3337
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	295506	211
Tausonite ()*	Perovskite	SrTiO₃	1	295488	5
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	295522	510
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	295520	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	295520	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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