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:
Sandkopsdrif (Zandkops Drift), Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 57410
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57410.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sandkopsdrif (Zandkops Drift), Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°53'3"S
Longitude: 17°56'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.884166666667,17.941944444444

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	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Gypsum	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite
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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Sr Ti Y

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Clay Corundum Gypsum Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite
Titanite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*
Gorceixite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*
Titanite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	286
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O	70
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	121
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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