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:
Transvaal, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 3094
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3094.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Transvaal, 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.

Chalcoalumite	Corundum	Diamond	Garnet	Minium	None	Not in a structural group	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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcoalumite Corundum Diamond Garnet Minium None Not in a structural group Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcoalumite ()*	Chromite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*	Grossular ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Minium ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	91
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	697
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060028	Transvaal, South Africa	https://rruff.info/R060028
R080119	Transvaal, South Africa	https://rruff.info/R080119

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