Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mbobo Mkulu Cave, Nelspruit, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3110
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3103

mindat Locality ID: 10111
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10111.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mbobo Mkulu Cave, Nelspruit, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°32'25"S
Longitude: 30°41'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.540277777778,30.690277777778

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.

Allophane	Alum	Aluminite	Alunite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Atacamite	Cerite	Chalcoalumite	Coronadite
Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite	Leucophosphite	None	Taranakite

Allophane ()*	Alum-(K) ()*	Aluminite ()*	Alunite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Brushite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrombobomkulite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Mbobomkulite ()*	Newberyite ()*
Opal ()*	Sampleite ()*	Sasaite ()*	Strengite ()*	Taranakite ()*
Todorokite ()*	Variscite ()*	Whitlockite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alum Aluminite Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Atacamite Cerite Chalcoalumite Coronadite
Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Lepidocrocite Leucophosphite None Taranakite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	3110	3103	470
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	3110	3103	92
Aluminite ()*	Aluminite	Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₄·7H₂O	3110	3103	78
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3110	3103	966
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3110	3103	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	3110	3103	544
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	3110	3103	104
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	3110	3103	91
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	3110	3103	599
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	3110	3103	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3110	3103	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3110	3103	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3110	3103	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	3110	3103	341
Hydrombobomkulite ()*	Chalcoalumite	(Ni,Cu)Al₄(NO₃,SO₄)₂(OH)₁₂·14H₂O	3110	3103	2
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3110	3103	2228
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	3110	3103	581
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	3110	3103	110
Mbobomkulite ()*	Chalcoalumite	(Ni,Cu)Al₄(NO₃,SO₄)₂(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	3110	3103	2
Newberyite ()*	None	Mg(PO₃OH)·3H₂O	3110	3103	24
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3110	3103	2994
Sampleite ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(PO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	3110	3103	40
Sasaite ()*	None	Al₆(PO₄)₅(OH)₃·36H₂O	3110	3103	11
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	3110	3103	263
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	3110	3103	57
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	3110	3103	433
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	3110	3103	301
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	3110	3103	104

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002479	3110	3103					zircon, titanite			Yes				49536	New Consort Mine, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa	New Consort (Nelspruit)	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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