Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Munali Intrusive Complex, Mazabuka District, Southern Province, Zambia

mindat Locality ID: 299209
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299209.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Munali Intrusive Complex, Mazabuka District, Southern Province, Zambia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Munali Nickel Project

Latitude: 15°53'12"S
Longitude: 28°6'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -15.886666666667,28.1

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Marcasite	Nickeline
None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Maghemite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smythite ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Marcasite Nickeline
None Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	295126	3419
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	295126	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	295126	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	295126	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	295126	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	295126	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	295126	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	295126	5433
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	295126	229
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	295126	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	295126	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	295126	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	295126	1508
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	295126	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	295126	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	295126	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	295126	61156
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1	295126	77
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	295126	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	295126	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	295126	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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