Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bok Se Puts Farm (Bokseputs Farm), Gordonia District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 16675
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16675.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bok Se Puts Farm (Bokseputs Farm), Gordonia District, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°7'"S
Longitude: 18°27'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.116666666667,18.45

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.

Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Kornerupine	None
Not in a structural group	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Becquerelite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*
Grandidierite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kornerupine ()*
Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Thorite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Werdingite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As B Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Nb O P S Si Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Nb O P S Si Th Ti U Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Clay Columbite Corundum Fluorite Kaolinite Kornerupine None
Not in a structural group Rutile Scheelite Spinel Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	92
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	196
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)	40
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	68
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	353
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Werdingite ()*	None	Mg₂Al₁₄Si₄B₄O₃₇	8
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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