Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Mahenge, Morogoro Region, Tanzania

mindat Locality ID: 36284
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36284.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mahenge, Morogoro Region, Tanzania": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Chipa
Ipanko
Ketuti
Lukanda
Mayote
Mbarabanga
Ruaha

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Humite	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Scheelite	Spinel

Calcite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Graphite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Powellite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mo O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Mg Mo O Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Corundum Humite Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Scheelite Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	3	115767,115768,115772	236
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	3	115766,115769,115770	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	115768,115772	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	115768,115772	2812
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	0		1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	115768,115772	14899
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	115767	2273
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	0		494
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	115768,115772	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	7	115766,115767,115768,115769,115770,115771,115772	1934
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	115768	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-63	Mahenge, Morogoro Region, Tanzania	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-63

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