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:
Soutpansberg (Zoutpansberg), Vhembe District, Limpopo, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 54182
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54182.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Soutpansberg (Zoutpansberg), Vhembe District, Limpopo, South Africa": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Albasanie Farm
Bandelierkop
Barend Farm
Cavan Farm
Horst Farm
Joffre Farm
Landsdown Farm
Magdala Farm
Palm Grove Farm
Redhill Farm
Santor Farm
Vivo
Waterside
Weltevreden

Latitude: 22°56'59"S
Longitude: 29°41'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.949722222222,29.691388888889

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Beryl	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Kornerupine
None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Scapolite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andradite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Corundum ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Grossular ()*	Kornerupine ()*
Meionite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	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 B Ba Be C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Baryte Beryl Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Kornerupine
None Not in a structural group Quartz Scapolite Spinel Talc Titanite Tourmaline

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	106516	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	106522,106523,106529	2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	106516	1534
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		718
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	106520	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	3	106518,106525,106528	1797
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	4	106517,106518,106520,106525	2740
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	1	106519	68
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	106521	176
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	106527	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	106516,106518,106524,106526	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	106528	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	106528	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	106525	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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