Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Excelsior Prospect, Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia

mindat Locality ID: 236124
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236124.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Excelsior Prospect, Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 15°22'"S
Longitude: 28°9'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.366666666667,28.15

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.

Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	None	Phenakite	Sodalite	Spinel

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 Fe Mg O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Fe Mg O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite None Phenakite Sodalite Spinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Franklinite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Genthelvite ()*
Willemite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Franklinite ()*	Spinel	ZnFe³⁺₂O₄	52
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	445
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	60
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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