Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Karoi District (Urungwe; Hurungwe District), Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

mindat Locality ID: 31708
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31708.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karoi District (Urungwe; Hurungwe District), Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Chiwya Claim
Dungusha Pegmatite
Green Walking Stick Deposit
Magondi Belt
Makuti Area
Mwami (Miami)
Pearl Claim
Pope Mine
Rattis Mine
Rukomechi
Star Twin Claim

Latitude: 16°30'2"S
Longitude: 29°26'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.500555555556,29.439166666667

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.

Alluaudite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arrojadite	Beryl	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Diaspore	Dumortierite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Graftonite	Kaolinite	Kornerupine	Lazulite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Quartz	Rutile	Sodalite	Spinel	Topaz	Tourmaline
Triplite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Alluaudite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Arrojadite-(KFe) ()*	Beryl ()*	Brazilianite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*
Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*
Euclase ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graftonite ()*	Grandidierite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kornerupine ()*
Kyanite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Prismatine ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*	Strengite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*
Triplite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Werdingite ()*	Zimbabweite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As B Be Ca Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb Si Sn Ta Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alluaudite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arrojadite Beryl Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Diaspore Dumortierite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Graftonite Kaolinite Kornerupine Lazulite
Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Quartz Rutile Sodalite Spinel Topaz Tourmaline
Triplite Zircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	295335,295339	8803
Alluaudite ()*	Alluaudite	NaMnFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃	1	295335	94
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	295345	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	295327	1310
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	295324	1036
Arrojadite-(KFe) ()*	Arrojadite	(KNa)Fe²⁺(CaNa₂)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	4	295321,295338,295343,295347	50
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	11	295322,295323,295327,295328,295330,295335,295339,295342,295344,295345,295346	4286
Brazilianite ()*	Not in a structural group	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	0		59
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	0		5171
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	2	295327,295345	321
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	3	295324,295325,295326	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	295324	1797
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	0		231
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	295339	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	8	295327,295332,295334,295336,295339,295340,295341,295345	120
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	295327,295342,295344	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	295332	7437
Graftonite ()*	Graftonite	Fe²⁺Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)₂	1	295321	107
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)	1	295324	40
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	295332	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	295324	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	295324	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	295339	5591
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	1	295324	68
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	0		232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	295324	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	295335,295339	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	295331,295332,295335,295339,295342	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Prismatine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Al,Fe)₆Al₄(Si,Al)₄(B,Si,Al)(O,OH,F)₂₂	1	295324	10
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	295321,295322,295327,295332,295335,295339	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	295327	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	295324	1516
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	295327	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	295324	1934
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	295321	263
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	4	295322,295327,295339,295344	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	295346	2562
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	0		233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	295321,295327	2718
Werdingite ()*	None	Mg₂Al₁₄Si₄B₄O₃₇	1	295324	8
Zimbabweite ()*	None	Na(Pb,Na,K)₂(Ta,Nb,Ti)₄As₄O₁₈	1	295339	1
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	295324	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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