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Locality Name:
Goudini Carbonatite Complex (Ystervarkkop), Ngaka Modiri Molema District, North West, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 242978
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-242978.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goudini Carbonatite Complex (Ystervarkkop), Ngaka Modiri Molema District, North West, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°4'45"S
Longitude: 26°13'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.079166666667,26.232222222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sr Th Ti Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sr Th Ti Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AncyliteBaryteBurbankiteCalciteCancriniteClayCorundumFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
MckelveyiteMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutile
SpinelTitaniteTridymite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)Andradite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Burbankite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cancrinite  (*)Donnayite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)
Lorenzenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Nepheline  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorlomite  (*)
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Synchysite-(Y)  (*)Thorianite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O092
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O0232
Donnayite-(Y)  (*)MckelveyiteNaSr3CaY(CO3)6·3H2O013
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2(OH)·H2O028
Lorenzenite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2O3(Si2O6)082
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)0884
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O12054
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F0232
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2F055
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO20236
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899


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