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:
Mpwapwa District (Mpwampwa), Dodoma Region, Tanzania

mindat Locality ID: 6942
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6942.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mpwapwa District (Mpwampwa), Dodoma Region, Tanzania": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kingiti
Mpapwa

Latitude: 7°'58"S
Longitude: 36°21'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -7.0161111111111,36.366388888889

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	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Quartz	Scapolite	Titanite

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 C Ca Cl F H Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Corundum Feldspar None Not in a structural group Olivine Quartz Scapolite Titanite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*	Fluoro-pargasite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Marialite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	115672	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	115672	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	115674	1797
Fluoro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂F₂	1	115673	9
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	115670	1188
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	115674	1507
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1	115672	139
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	115674	313
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	115672	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	115672,115674	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100167	Mpapwa, Mpwapwa District (Mpwampwa), Dodoma Region, Tanzania	https://rruff.info/R100167

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