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Locality Name:
Vryburg, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District, North West, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 231965
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231965.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vryburg, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District, North West, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Morokweng Crater (Morokweng Impact Structure)

Latitude: 26°27'59"S
Longitude: 23°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.466388888889,23.5
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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pt S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaddeleyiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMilleriteNickelineNoneOlivinePentlandite
PyritePyroxeneRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalc

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bunsenite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Liebenbergite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Platinum  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Saponite  (*)Trevorite  (*)Willemseite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611069022060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO21106902238
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411069025516
Bunsenite  (*)RocksaltNiO11069028
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11069025707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110690227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411069023902
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211069029895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61106902944
Graphite  (*)NoneC11069022812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110690214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311069025433
Liebenbergite  (*)OlivineNi2(SiO4)11069024
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O41106902229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110690214899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11069021066
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811069021512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1106902485
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S41106902131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110690239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811069029056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211069025614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1106902301
Trevorite  (*)SpinelNiFe3+2O4110690217
Willemseite  (*)Clay TalcNi3Si4O10(OH)2110690215


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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