Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nyakabingo Mine, Kigali, Kigali City Province, Rwanda

mindat Locality ID: 636
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-636.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nyakabingo Mine, Kigali, Kigali City Province, Rwanda": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 1°51'47"S
Longitude: 29°58'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -1.8630555555556,29.977777777778

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Raspite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Stibnite	Tungstite	Yttrotungstite

Anthoinite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cosalite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Meymacite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Raspite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Yttrotungstite-(Ce) ()*

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 As Bi C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Ti W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Anthoinite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite
Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Raspite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Stibnite Tungstite Yttrotungstite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anthoinite ()*	Anthoinite	AlWO₃(OH)₃	14
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)	57
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Meymacite ()*	None	WO₃·2H₂O	10
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Raspite ()*	Raspite	Pb(WO₄)	26
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	118
Yttrotungstite-(Ce) ()*	Yttrotungstite	CeW₂O₆(OH)₃	5

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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