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Locality Name:
Clocolan, Thabo Mofutsanyane District, Free State, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 209276
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209276.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clocolan, Thabo Mofutsanyane District, Free State, South Africa": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Monastery Mine
Sandstone Outcrops

Latitude: 28°54'"S
Longitude: 27°34'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.9,27.566666666667

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AphthitaliteAragoniteBaddeleyiteBradleyiteCalciteCalzirtiteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCatapleiiteClay
ClinozoisiteCoronaditeCorundumDiamondEpidoteFluoriteGarnetMicaNoneNot in a structural group
PerovskitePyroxeneRocksaltSodaliteTitaniteTridymiteWurtziteZircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Aphthitalite  (*)Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Bradleyite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Calzirtite  (*)Catapleiite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Eitelite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Freudenbergite  (*)Halite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kalsilite  (*)Kassite  (*)
Khibinskite  (*)Majorite  (*)Moissanite  (*)Nahpoite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Parakeldyshite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pitiglianoite  (*)Priderite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sylvite  (*)Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Witherite  (*)Zemkorite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zirkelite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311061022353
Aphthitalite  (*)AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)2110610277
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611061022060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO21106102238
Bradleyite  (*)BradleyiteNa3Mg(PO4)(CO3)110610214
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110610227770
Calzirtite  (*)CalzirtiteCa2Zr5Ti2O16110610232
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O1106102113
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11061032970
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1106102697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611061024135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211061029895
Eitelite  (*)NoneNa2Mg(CO3)2110610220
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61106102944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11061028173
Freudenbergite  (*)NoneNa(Ti4+3Fe3+)O811061028
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11061021398
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311061025433
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO4110610249
Kassite  (*)NoneCaTi2O4(OH)2110610210
Khibinskite  (*)NoneK2ZrSi2O711061026
Majorite  (*)GarnetMg3(MgSi)(SiO4)3110610224
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC110610257
Nahpoite  (*)NoneNa2(PO3OH)11061025
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1106102884
Parakeldyshite  (*)NoneNa2ZrSi2O7110610212
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31106102495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211061022273
Pitiglianoite  (*)Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodaliteK2Na6(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)·2H2O11061026
Priderite  (*)CoronaditeK(Ti7Fe3+)O16110610241
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)31106102341
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl1106102444
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl1106102275
Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)2110610227
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)1106102299
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11061024899
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)1106102251
Zemkorite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(CO3)211061025
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11061025251
Zirkelite  (*)Fluorite(Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x110610227



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