Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rubindi Pegmatite (Kabilizi), Gatumba, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda

Oldest recorded age at locality: 980
Youngest recorded age at locality: 980

mindat Locality ID: 58310
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58310.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rubindi Pegmatite (Kabilizi), Gatumba, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 1°55'42"S
Longitude: 29°36'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -1.9283333333333,29.605555555556

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.

Beryl	Carminite	Childrenite	Clay	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Lazulite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene
Quartz	Souzalite	Titanite	Triplite	Turquoise	Wavellite

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Augelite ()*	Berlinite ()*	Bertossaite ()*
Beryl ()*	Brazilianite ()*	Childrenite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Ferrorosemaryite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lacroixite ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorzalite ()*
Souzalite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Triplite ()*	Trolleite ()*	Turquoise ()*
Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H Li Mg Mn Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Cu F Fe H Li Mg Mn Na O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Carminite Childrenite Clay Feldspar Kaolinite Lazulite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene
Quartz Souzalite Titanite Triplite Turquoise Wavellite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	980	980	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	980	980	244
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	980	980	79
Berlinite ()*	Quartz	Al(PO₄)	980	980	28
Bertossaite ()*	Carminite	Li₂CaAl₄(PO₄)₄(OH)₄	980	980	6
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	980	980	4286
Brazilianite ()*	Not in a structural group	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	980	980	59
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	980	980	93
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	980	980	128
Ferrorosemaryite ()*	None	NaFe²⁺(Fe³⁺Al)(PO₄)₃	980	980	1
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	980	980	5591
Lacroixite ()*	Titanite	NaAl(PO₄)F	980	980	22
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	980	980	200
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	980	980	61156
Scorzalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	980	980	60
Souzalite ()*	Souzalite	Mg₃Al₄(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	980	980	11
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	980	980	688
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	980	980	233
Trolleite ()*	None	Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃	980	980	16
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	980	980	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	980	980	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	980	980	374

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
	Grew_Li_2019_0007	980	980	980									Bertossaite		58310	Rubindi Pegmatite (Kabilizi), Gatumba, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda	Rubindi and Buranga (type) pegmatites, Gatumba district, Western Province, Rwanda	Hulsbosch et al. (2013, 2014)		GB16_105, GCA132_349

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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