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 Sapphirine at Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 1018Ma - 954Ma 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
Kristen002255	1018	954	Molybdenite		W,Mo	57343	Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Han et al. (2014)	RG64_136

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
Kristen002255	1018	954	Molybdenite		W,Mo	57343	Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Han et al. (2014)	RG64_136
Mo-00268	1031	950	Molybdenite	Molybdenite	Mo	53587	Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Raith and Stein (2000)	MD35_741
Mo-00269	958	950	Molybdenite		Mo	53600	Narrap Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Raith and Stein (2000)	MD35_741
Mo-00270	1031	1021	Molybdenite		Mo	53600	Narrap Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Raith and Stein (2000)	MD35_741
Mo-00436	1010	1002	Molybdenite		Mo	206057	Tweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Raith and Stein (2000)	MD35_741
Mo-00437	1004	996	Molybdenite		Mo	206057	Tweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Raith and Stein (2000)	MD35_741
Mo-00438	1015	1007	Molybdenite		Mo	206059	Nababeep Far West Mine, Nababeep Tungsten Mines, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Raith and Stein (2000)	MD35_741
Mo-00439	1022	1014	Molybdenite		Mo	206060	Kliphoog Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Raith and Stein (2000)	MD35_741
Mo-00440	1019	1011	Molybdenite		Mo	206060	Kliphoog Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa	Raith and Stein (2000)	MD35_741