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 Azurite at Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 2060Ma - 1993Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
MD36_189-00001	2060	2060				3091	Palabora Mine (Foscor Open Pit; PMC Mine), Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa	Groves and Vielreivher (2001)	MD36_189
Jen_0001077	2031	1993				3091	Palabora Mine (Foscor Open Pit; PMC Mine), Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	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_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

Locality age (remote)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Jen_0000536	2094	2024				56243	Schiel, Vhembe District, Limpopo, South Africa	Ernst and Bell (2010)	MP98_55

Locality age (deprioritized)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
ree-00569	2500	1600				3091	Palabora Mine (Foscor Open Pit; PMC Mine), Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africa	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189