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Locality Name:
Bushmanland, Northern Cape, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 14469
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14469.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bushmanland, Northern Cape, South Africa": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Hotson Farm
Koenabib Farm
Koenabib Farm (Hotson 42 Farm)
Pofadder

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
FeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePyritePyrophyllite
QuartzRutileSpinelTopazTurquoise

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Forsterite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hotsonite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Qandilite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Turquoise  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)Zaherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)31106956544
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611069561633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110695827770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1106956925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110695627198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O32106956,1069571797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11069564165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1106956481
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11069581188
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11069567437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11069566890
Hotsonite  (*)NoneAl5(SO4)(PO4)(OH)10·8H2O11069565
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32106956,1069575433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411069565591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110695814899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11069574924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110695617380
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)61106956128
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31106958495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110695639462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21106956771
Qandilite  (*)Spinel(Mg,Fe3+)2(Ti,Fe3+,Al)O4110695811
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110695761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22106956,1069575614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO54106952,106954,106956,1069571516
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F211069561476
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1106956484
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO41106958120
Zaherite  (*)NoneAl12(SO4)5(OH)26·20H2O11069563


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