Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Quartz at Foskor Apatite Pit, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 2094Ma - 1993Ma at this locality

Locality age (remote)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Jen_0000532	2060.6	2059		27708	Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa	Ernst and Bell (2010)	MP98_55
Jen_0000533	2061.1	2060.1		27708	Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa	Ernst and Bell (2010)	MP98_55
Jen_0000534	2063.3	2056.5		27708	Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa	Ernst and Bell (2010)	MP98_55
Jen_0000535	2060	2059.2		27708	Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa	Ernst and Bell (2010)	MP98_55
Jen_0000536	2094	2024		56243	Schiel, Vhembe District, Limpopo, South Africa	Ernst and Bell (2010)	MP98_55
Jen_0001077	2031	1993		3091	Palabora Mine (Foscor Open Pit; PMC Mine), Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001078	2050	2050	Zircon	3091	Palabora Mine (Foscor Open Pit; PMC Mine), Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001079	2047	2047	Phlogopite	3091	Palabora Mine (Foscor Open Pit; PMC Mine), Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
MD36_189-00001	2060	2060		3091	Palabora Mine (Foscor Open Pit; PMC Mine), Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa	Groves and Vielreivher (2001)	MD36_189