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:
Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia

mindat Locality ID: 62265
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62265.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Excelsior Prospect
Lusakite Occurrence
Nampundwe Mine (King Edward Mine)
Star Zinc Mine

Latitude: 15°21'39"S
Longitude: 28°37'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.360833333333,28.6275

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	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite
Pyrite	Quartz	Sodalite	Spinel	Staurolite

Anthophyllite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Franklinite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Genthelvite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Staurolite ()*	Willemite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Corundum Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite
Pyrite Quartz Sodalite Spinel Staurolite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	295074	718
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	295073,295076	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	295075	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	295074	1008
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	295073,295076	9895
Franklinite ()*	Spinel	ZnFe³⁺₂O₄	2	295073,295076	52
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	2	295073,295076	445
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	2	295073,295076	60
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	295076	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	295074	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	295074	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	295074	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	295075	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	295075	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	295074	61156
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	295074	978
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	2	295073,295076	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-75	Lusakite Occurrence, Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-75

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