Mineral Evolution Database
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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



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    • Minerals queried: Zairite

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    Max Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)mindat IDLocality containing MineralCountryTectonic SettingsDated Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Reference (Max Age)Reference (Min Age)Excel ID (Max Age)Excel ID (Min Age)Query Minerals# of Query Minerals at LocalityLat DegLat MinLat SecLon DegLon MinLon SecDecimal Degree
    P3493208188CanadaCanadaEG81-1356EG81-1356Kristen000289Kristen000291Zaïrite 1532027-90-3-4053.340833333333,-90.061111111111
    P34932014309New Brunswick, CanadaCanadaEG81-1356EG81-1356Kristen000289Kristen000291Zaïrite 1461536-66-9-2746.26,-66.1575
    P349320146666Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, CanadaCanadaEG81-1356EG81-1356Kristen000289Kristen000291Zaïrite 145456-66-56-2445.082222222222,-66.94
    P349320229661Saint George Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, CanadaCanadaEG81-1356EG81-1356Kristen000289Kristen000291Zaïrite 145158-66-50-3945.252222222222,-66.844166666667
    MDO34932016649Mount Pleasant Mine (Brunswick Tin Mines), Saint George Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, CanadaCanada16649Mount Pleasant Mine (Brunswick Tin Mines), Saint George Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, CanadaEG81-1356EG81-1356Kristen000289Kristen000291Zaïrite 1452631-66-49-1145.441944444444,-66.819722222222
    14231DR CongoDR CongoZaïrite 1-4-1-53251514-4.0313888888889,25.253888888889
    188713North Kivu, DR CongoDR CongoZaïrite 10-53-429050-0.88444444444444,29.013888888889
    MD4323Eta-Etu, North Kivu, DR CongoDR CongoZaïrite 1019592819590.33305555555556,28.333055555556
    14244GermanyGermanyZaïrite 151261810221151.438333333333,10.369722222222
    1766Bavaria, GermanyGermanyZaïrite 14910511254549.168055555556,11.429166666667
    22041Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, GermanyGermanyZaïrite 14932201221849.538888888889,12.352222222222
    17126Pleystein, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, GermanyGermanyZaïrite 14938221225949.639444444444,12.419166666667
    MD13098Kreuzberg (Rose Quartz Cliff), Pleystein, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, GermanyGermanyZaïrite 149384712244249.646388888889,12.411666666667
    14425PortugalPortugalZaïrite 139327-9-30-3639.535277777778,-9.51
    30140Guarda, PortugalPortugalZaïrite 1403959-7-18-4840.666388888889,-7.3133333333333
    31933Gouveia, Guarda, PortugalPortugalZaïrite 1403126-7-34-4640.523888888889,-7.5794444444444
    132561Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda, PortugalPortugalZaïrite 1403010-7-30-840.502777777778,-7.5022222222222
    MD29799Sítio Do Castelo Mine (Folgosinho Quarry), Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda, PortugalPortugalZaïrite 1403041-7-30-2940.511388888889,-7.5080555555556

    This mineral directly occurs at 4 localities (4 localities according to mindat, 18 localities if parents are counted as well)
    Of the 4 localities at which this mineral occurs, 1 has an age. (5 of the 18 parent localities have ages)


    MDThe mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, but does not have an age yet.
    MDThe mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, and has an age.
    The mineral occurs at some child of this locality.
    The locality at which the mineral occurs does not have an age...this is the closest parent locality with an age, relative to that mineral. This is not ideal.

    AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
    GThis mineral is directly dated.
    BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
    YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
    OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
    RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
    PThe 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.

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     This bottom-level locality is directly dated. (1 total)
     This locality is directly dated, but is not bottom-level. (0 total)
     This locality is not directly dated, and is not bottom-level. (4 total)

     This bottom-level locality has an age assigned to it from some other locality. (0 total)
     This locality does not have an age assigned to it. (3 bottom-level + 10 top/mid-level = 13 total)

       






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