Delanta Woreda, North Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Delanta Woreda | District |
| North Wollo Zone | Zone |
| Amhara Region | Region |
| Ethiopia | Country |
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Delanta (Amharic: ደላንታ) is a woreda (district) in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia which host almost all opal mines in North Wollo Zone.
Delanta is on the 3,000 m high and 1,600 km2 large Ethiopian trap plateau conformed by a sequence of Oligocene volcanic materials, mostly basalt, pyroclastics and some opal-bearing rhyolitic ignimbrite layers.
Valleys crossing the plateau give access to the sub-horizontal volcanic sequence.
There are countless opal mines on the slopes of the valleys following the right felsic rock layer.
Delanta is on the 3,000 m high and 1,600 km2 large Ethiopian trap plateau conformed by a sequence of Oligocene volcanic materials, mostly basalt, pyroclastics and some opal-bearing rhyolitic ignimbrite layers.
Valleys crossing the plateau give access to the sub-horizontal volcanic sequence.
There are countless opal mines on the slopes of the valleys following the right felsic rock layer.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Graphite | 1.CB.05a | C |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| ⓘ | Opal | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 · nH2O |
| ⓘ | var. Precious Opal | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 · nH2O |
| ⓘ | var. Opal-CT | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 · nH2O |
| ⓘ | Pyrolusite | 4.DB.05 | Mn4+O2 |
| ⓘ | Hollandite | 4.DK.05a | Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 |
| ⓘ | Manganite | 4.FD.15 | Mn3+O(OH) |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Alkali Feldspar' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Amphibole Supergroup' | - | AB2C5(T8O22)W2 |
| ⓘ | 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'K Feldspar' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Smectite Group' | - | A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| H | ⓘ Opal var. Precious Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| H | ⓘ Smectite Group | A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O |
| H | ⓘ Opal var. Opal-CT | SiO2 · nH2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Graphite | C |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5(T8O22)W2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Hollandite | Ba(Mn64+Mn23+)O16 |
| O | ⓘ Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| O | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Opal var. Precious Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| O | ⓘ Smectite Group | A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O |
| O | ⓘ Opal var. Opal-CT | SiO2 · nH2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Opal var. Precious Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| Si | ⓘ Opal var. Opal-CT | SiO2 · nH2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Hollandite | Ba(Mn64+Mn23+)O16 |
| Mn | ⓘ Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
| Mn | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Hollandite | Ba(Mn64+Mn23+)O16 |
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delanta |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q5253165 |
Localities in this Region
- Amhara Region
- North Wollo Zone
- Delanta Woreda
- North Wollo Zone
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- East African Rift System (EARS)Zone (Tectonic)
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- Arabian-Nubian Shield
- Nakfa TerraneVolcanic Arc
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