Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mt Nyiragongo, Goma, North Kivu, DR Congo

mindat Locality ID: 4321
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4321.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Nyiragongo, Goma, North Kivu, DR Congo": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kabfumu
Mt Shaheru

Latitude: 1°28'59"S
Longitude: 29°13'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -1.4830555555556,29.233055555556

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.

Analcime	Aphthitalite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Feldspar	Gypsum	Lovozerite
Melilite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Rhodesite	Rocksalt
Sodalite	Spinel	Tridymite	Wöhlerite

Åkermanite ()*	Andrémeyerite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Combeite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cuspidine ()*	Delhayelite ()*	Diopside ()*
Elpasolite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Fresnoite ()*	Götzenite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hieratite ()*	Kalsilite ()*	Kirschsteinite ()*
Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*
Sylvite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Trikalsilite ()*	Troilite ()*	Umbrianite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aphthitalite Baryte Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Feldspar Gypsum Lovozerite
Melilite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyroxene Rhodesite Rocksalt
Sodalite Spinel Tridymite Wöhlerite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Åkermanite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂MgSi₂O₇	0		50
Andrémeyerite ()*	Not in a structural group	BaFe²⁺₂(Si₂O₇)	0		2
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	0		77
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Combeite ()*	Lovozerite	Na_4.5Ca_3.5Si₆O_17.5(OH)_0.5	1	48877	3
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	0		1008
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	0		67
Delhayelite ()*	Rhodesite	K₇Na₃Ca₅Al₂Si₁₄O₃₈F₄Cl₂	1	48877	9
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Elpasolite ()*	Perovskite	K₂NaAlF₆	0		16
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Fresnoite ()*	Melilite	Ba₂TiO(Si₂O₇)	0		17
Götzenite ()*	None	Ca₄NaCa₂Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	1	48877	27
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0		1398
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	0		741
Hieratite ()*	None	K₂SiF₆	0		7
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	2	48876,48877	49
Kirschsteinite ()*	Olivine	CaFe²⁺(SiO₄)	1	48877	33
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	0		233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	48877	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	48876,48877	884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	48877	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		598
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	48877	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	0		275
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	0		299
Trikalsilite ()*	None	K₂Na(AlSiO₄)₃	1	48876	2
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	0		1044
Umbrianite ()*	Not in a structural group	K₇Na₂Ca₂[Al₃Si₁₀O₂₉]F₂Cl₂	0		2

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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