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Locality Name:
Central District, Botswana


mindat Locality ID: 123173
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123173.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central District, Botswana": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bobonong District
Letlhakane
Palapye
Tutume

Latitude: 21°38'25"S
Longitude: 26°50'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.640277777778,26.835555555556

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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Si Sn Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Sn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteClayCoronaditeCorundumDiamondFeldsparGarnetMicaNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinelSpurrite-Afwillite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Bultfonteinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Ice-VII  (*)Diamond  (*)
Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Freudenbergite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kudryavtsevaite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Manganite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)Spinel  (*)
Ulvöspinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bultfonteinite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa2SiO3(OH)F·H2O12685620
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12685927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Ice-VII  (*)NoneH2O1268571
Diamond  (*)DiamondC426852,26853,26856,26857697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6226853,268554135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6126853944
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1268502740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)226853,268551188
Freudenbergite  (*)NoneNa(Ti4+3Fe3+)O81268558
Graphite  (*)NoneC1268572812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312685914640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16126859243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3326853,26855,268575433
Kudryavtsevaite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa3MgFe3+Ti4O121268551
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412685514899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)126859770
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212685917380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1268592349
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3226854,26855495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2226853,268552273
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21268593106
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3126855341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2226849,2685961156
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41268531934
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4126855120



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