Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Boekenhoutshoek Area (Boekenhouthoek), Mkobola, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 204011
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204011.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boekenhoutshoek Area (Boekenhouthoek), Mkobola, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°18'"S
Longitude: 29°1'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.3,29.033055555556

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Melanterite	Monazite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Goyazite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Monazite-(Nd) ()*
Natroalunite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nd O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nd O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chlorite Clay Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Gypsum Kaolinite Melanterite Monazite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	413
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O	70
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	599
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Monazite-(Nd) ()*	Monazite	Nd(PO₄)	26
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	128
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	170
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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