Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Maandagshoek Farm, Limpopo, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 205990
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205990.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maandagshoek Farm, Limpopo, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°36'1"S
Longitude: 30°4'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.600277777778,30.068055555556

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.

Auricupride	Barringerite	Bowieite	Copper	Melonite	Modderite	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Potarite
Pyrite	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Ullmannite

Atheneite ()*	Atokite ()*	Bowieite ()*	Braggite ()*	Cherepanovite ()*
Cooperite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Keithconnite ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Laurite ()*	Malanite ()*	Mertieite-II ()*	Miassite ()*
Michenerite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*	Platinum ()*	Potarite ()*
Mertieite-I ()*	Rhodarsenide ()*	Rhodium ()*	Ruthenium ()*	Sobolevskite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Tulameenite ()*
Vasilite ()*	Vysotskite ()*	Zvyagintsevite ()*

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: As Bi Cu Fe Hg Ir Ni Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Sn Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi Cu Fe Hg Ir Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Sn Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Barringerite Bowieite Copper Melonite Modderite Nickeline None Perovskite Potarite
Pyrite Spinel Stillwaterite Ullmannite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Atheneite ()*	Barringerite	Pd₂(As_0.75Hg_0.25)	15
Atokite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Sn	29
Bowieite ()*	Bowieite	Rh₂S₃	33
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	101
Cherepanovite ()*	Modderite	RhAs	15
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	124
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	110
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	119
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	154
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	40
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	116
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	226
Malanite ()*	Spinel	Cu¹⁺(Ir³⁺Pt⁴⁺)S₄	35
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	44
Miassite ()*	None	Rh₁₇S₁₅	10
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	114
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	133
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	37
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	485
Potarite ()*	Potarite	PdHg	25
Mertieite-I ()*	None	Pd_5+x(Sb,As)_2-x (x = 0.1-0.2)	9
Rhodarsenide ()*	Barringerite	Rh₂As	9
Rhodium ()*	Copper	Rh	17
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru	46
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	44
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	75
Stillwaterite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	24
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	66
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe	48
Vasilite ()*	None	(Pd,Cu)₁₆(S,Te)₇	11
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	53
Zvyagintsevite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Pb	32

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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