Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Maniema, DR Congo

mindat Locality ID: 4314
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4314.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maniema, DR Congo": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bosefele
"Bosefele"
Bengo-Biri
Kalima
Lubilokwi
Maniema Pegmatite
Messaraba-Munkuku
Mt Misobo Mine
Punia
Yambo No. 2 Meteorite

Latitude: 2°42'27"S
Longitude: 26°17'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -2.7075,26.2975

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.

Anthoinite	Arsenic	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Iron	Mica
None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Staurolite	Topaz

Anthoinite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chromite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Copper ()*	Ferberite ()*	Foordite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Simpsonite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Taenite ()*
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Thoreaulite ()*	Topaz ()*	Troilite ()*	Varlamoffite ()*

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 Bi Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Nb Ni O Pb S Si Sn Ta Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Anthoinite Arsenic Beryl Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore Iron Mica
None Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel Staurolite Topaz

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anthoinite ()*	Anthoinite	AlWO₃(OH)₃	3	48858,48859,48863	14
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	48859	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	48859	1966
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	48859,48861,48862,48863	5171
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	48857	3902
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	48866	518
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	48857	3846
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	2	48858,48863	551
Foordite ()*	None	Sn²⁺Nb₂O₆	2	48865,48866	4
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	48866	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	48859	7437
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	48857	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	48857	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	48857	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	48859	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	48859,48863	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	48863	4894
Simpsonite ()*	None	Al₄Ta₃O₁₃(OH)	1	48861	16
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	48859	978
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	48857	703
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	48860	99
Thoreaulite ()*	None	Sn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2	48859,48861	9
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	48859	1476
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	48857	1044
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	2	48859,48862	56

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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