Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Spitskop, Limpopo, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 27327
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27327.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spitskop, Limpopo, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°51'47"S
Longitude: 27°26'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.863055555556,27.433333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Calcite	Cancrinite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Natrolite	None	Pectolite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Scapolite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Andradite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meionite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Titanite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cancrinite Clay Feldspar Garnet Mica Natrolite None Pectolite Pyrite
Pyroxene Scapolite Spinel Titanite Tridymite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	232
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	176
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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