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Maputo Bay, Maputo, Maputo Province, Mozambique i
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Maputo Bay Bay
Maputo City
Maputo Province Province
Mozambique Country

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Maputo Bay	Bay
Maputo	City
Maputo Province	Province
Mozambique	Country

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):

26° 11' 17'' South , 32° 48' 40'' East

Latitude & Longitude (decimal):

Type:

Köppen climate type:

Aw : Tropical savanna, wet

Nearest Settlements:

Place	Population	Distance
Maputo	1,191,613 (2017)	33.6km
Matola	675,422 (2013)	43.2km

Mindat Locality ID:

2404

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:2404:7

GUID (UUID V4):

Other/historical names associated with this locality:

Algoa Bay; Delagoa Bay; Lourenco Marques Bay

Other Languages:

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French:

baie de Maputo, Maputo, Maputo, Mozambique

German:

Maputo-Bucht, Maputo, Provinz Maputo, Mosambik

Italian:

Baia di Maputo, Maputo, provincia di Maputo, Mozambico

Portuguese:

Bahía de Maputo, Cidade de Maputo, Província de Maputo, Moçambique

Russian:

Мапуту, Мапуту, Мапуту, Мозамбик

Simplified Chinese:

馬普托灣, 马普托, 马普托省, 莫桑比克

Spanish:

Bahía de Maputo, Maputo, Provincia de Maputo, Mozambique

Afrikaans:

Maputobaai, Maputo, Maputo, Mosambiek

Bengali:

মাপুতো উপসাগর, মাপুটো

Catalan:

badia Delagoa, Maputo, Província de Maputo, Moçambic

Cebuano:

Baía de Maputo, Maputo, Maputo Province

Dutch:

Maputobaai, Maputo, Maputo, Mozambique

Farsi/Persian:

خلیج ماپوتو, ماپوتو, موزامبیک

Finnish:

Maputonlahti, Maputo, Maputo, Mosambik

Georgian:

მაპუტუს ყურე, მაპუტუ, მაპუტუს პროვინცია

Indonesian:

Teluk Maputo, Maputo, Provinsi Maputo, Mozambik

Japanese:

マプト湾, マプト, マプト州, モザンビーク

Lithuanian:

Maputu įlanka, Maputu, Maputu provincija, Mozambikas

Norwegian:

Maputobukta, Maputo, Maputo, Mosambik

Polish:

Maputo, Maputo, Maputo, Mozambik

Serbian:

Мапутски залив, Мапуто, Мапуто , Мозамбик

Swedish:

Maputobukten, Maputo, Maputo, Moçambique

Traditional Chinese:

打剌告卑, 馬布多, 馬普托省

Ukrainian:

Мапуту, Мапуту, Мапуту, Мозамбік

Uzbek (Latin Script):

Delagoa, Maputu

Apjohnite was first found in "Algoa Bay, Africa" where it occurred in "20 foot thick layers" (Kane 1838).

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ⓘ Apjohnite (TL)

1 valid mineral. 1 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals.

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ⓘ Apjohnite (TL)

Formula: Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄ · 22H₂O

Type Locality:

References:

Palache, Charles; Berman, Harry; Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons.

Menchetti, S., Sabelli, C. (1976) The halotrichite group: the crystal structure of apjohnite. Mineralogical Magazine, 40 (314) 599-608 doi:10.1180/minmag.1976.040.314.07

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘ	Apjohnite (TL)	7.CB.85	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄ · 22H₂O

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Apjohnite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄ · 22H₂O
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Apjohnite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄ · 22H₂O
Al	Aluminium
Al	ⓘ Apjohnite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄ · 22H₂O
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Apjohnite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄ · 22H₂O
Mn	Manganese
Mn	ⓘ Apjohnite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄ · 22H₂O

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Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maputo_Bay
Wikidata ID:	Q1134899
GeoNames ID:	1040651

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

African Plate

Mozambique basinBasin
Mozambique BeltOrogenic Belt

Somali PlateTectonic Plate

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References

Kane, R. (1838) Ueber der Wirkung von Arsenikwasserstoff auf schwefelsaures Kupferoxyd und über den vom Dr. Apjohn zerlegten Mangan-alaun. Annalen der Physik, Halle, Leipzig. 44: 471-472 [ a note on the locality in the footnote on p. 472]

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