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:
Paling Farm, Western Belt, Postmasburg Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 56758
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56758.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paling Farm, Western Belt, Postmasburg Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Bixbyite	Braunite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrophyllite
Rutile	Spinel

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 Cl F Fe H K Li Mn Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cl F Fe H K Li Mn Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bixbyite Braunite Clay Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Mica None Pyrophyllite
Rutile Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Bixbyite ()*	Braunite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Diaspore ()*	Ephesite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Zunyite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	104
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	483
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	599
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	481
Ephesite ()*	Mica	NaLiAl₂(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	21
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	771
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	86

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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