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:
Boshof, Lejweleputswa District, Free State, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 195191
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195191.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boshof, Lejweleputswa District, Free State, South Africa": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Blaauwbosch Mine
New Elands Mine
Rovic Mine (Roberts Victor Mine)

Latitude: 28°30'50"S
Longitude: 25°30'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.513888888889,25.503055555556

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel

Analcime ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Coesite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Graphite ()*
Grossular ()*	Kyanite ()*	Mullite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	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 K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diamond Feldspar Garnet Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	106071	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	106071	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	106071	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	106071	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	106071	3902
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	1	106071	77
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	106071	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	3	106069,106070,106071	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	106071	4135
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	106071	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	106071	1544
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	106069,106071	1507
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	106071	78
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	106071	229
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	106071	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	106071	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	106069,106071	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	106071	598
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	106071	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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