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:
Mount Rupert, Windsorton, Francis Baard District, Northern Cape, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 195432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195432.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Rupert, Windsorton, Francis Baard District, Northern Cape, South Africa": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bellsbank Mines

Latitude: 28°7'32"S
Longitude: 24°29'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.125555555556,24.490277777778

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite
Spinel

Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*	Dolomite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	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 Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Diamond Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrite
Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	107011	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	107011	3902
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	107008	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	2	107008,107009	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	107008	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	107011	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	107008	2812
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	107011	205
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	107008	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	107011	14899
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	107011	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	107011	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	107011	39462
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	107008,107009	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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