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:
Dodoma Region, Tanzania

mindat Locality ID: 126558
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126558.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dodoma Region, Tanzania": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Haneti-Itiso Area
Kongwa District
Mpwapwa District (Mpwampwa)

Latitude: 5°38'28"S
Longitude: 35°51'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -5.6411111111111,35.858055555556

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Bixbyite	Calcite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Iron	Kornerupine	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sapphirine	Scapolite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Bixbyite ()*	Calcite ()*
Corundum ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fluoro-pargasite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gaspéite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*
Iron ()*	Kornerupine ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesiohögbomite-2N3S ()*
Marialite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Opal ()*	Pargasite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Pseudobrookite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Sinoite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Troilite ()*	Yoderite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cr F Fe H Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Bixbyite Calcite Clay Coronadite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Iron Kornerupine None Not in a structural group Olivine Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sapphirine Scapolite Spinel Talc Titanite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	115668	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	115672	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	115667	1310
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	1	115667	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	115672	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	115667,115674	1797
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	115668	157
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	115667	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	115667,115668	944
Fluoro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂F₂	1	115673	9
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	115669,115670	1188
Gaspéite ()*	Calcite	Ni(CO₃)	1	115664	22
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	115668	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	115667	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	115667	243
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	115668	1089
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	1	115667	68
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	115667,115674	1507
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	115667	238
Magnesiohögbomite-2N3S ()*	None	(Mg,Fe,Zn,Ti)₄(Al,Fe)₁₀O₁₉(OH)	1	115667	4
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	2	115669,115672	139
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	115668	58
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	115664	2994
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	115674	313
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	115667	260
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	115667	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	115667,115672	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	115667	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	115667	129
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	115668	374
Sinoite ()*	None	Si₂N₂O	1	115668	9
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	115667	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	115672,115674	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	115668	1044
Yoderite ()*	None	(MgAl₃)(MgAl)Al₂O₂(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂	1	115667	2

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-69	Mautia Hill, Kongwa, Kongwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-69
FKM-69b	Mautia Hill, Kongwa, Kongwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-69b
R050277	Mautia Hill, Kongwa, Kongwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania	https://rruff.info/R050277
R100167	Mpapwa, Mpwapwa District (Mpwampwa), Dodoma Region, Tanzania	https://rruff.info/R100167

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