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:
Tarosero Volcano, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Arusha Region, Tanzania

mindat Locality ID: 71344
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-71344.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tarosero Volcano, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Arusha Region, Tanzania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 3°12'"S
Longitude: 36°22'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -3.2,36.366666666667

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.

Cancrinite-sodalite	Chevkinite	Eudialyte	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine	Sodalite

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 Ca Ce Cl Fe H Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Ce Cl Fe H Na O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cancrinite-sodalite Chevkinite Eudialyte None Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine Sodalite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Quartz ()*
Sodalite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	133
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	89
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	182
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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