Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cape Winelands District, Western Cape, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 236249
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236249.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cape Winelands District, Western Cape, South Africa": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ceres
Franschhoek
Hex River Mountains Meteorite
Montagu
Paarl
Simondium
Worcester

Latitude: 33°37'12"S
Longitude: 19°24'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.62,19.416388888889

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.

Aragonite	Barringerite	Calcite	Cerite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Iron	Magnetoplumbite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel
Sulphur	Tochilinite	Tridymite

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*
Barringerite ()*	Bassanite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carlsbergite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Cronstedtite ()*
Daubréelite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fayalite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hibonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kosmochlor ()*	Lithiophorite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Spinel ()*	Sulphur ()*	Taenite ()*
Tochilinite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Au Be C Ca Ce Cr F Fe H K Li Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Barringerite Calcite Cerite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Iron Magnetoplumbite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pentlandite Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel
Sulphur Tochilinite Tridymite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	107302	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	107296	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	107305	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	107296	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	107296,107305	2060
Barringerite ()*	Barringerite	(Fe,Ni)₂P	1	107296	22
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	1	107296	82
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	2	107301,107302	255
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	107296,107301,107302	27770
Carlsbergite ()*	Rocksalt	CrN	1	107298	26
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	107296,107305	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	107296	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	107302	1756
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	107296	94
Cronstedtite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Fe³⁺)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	107296	54
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	107296	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	107296	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	107296	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	107296	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	107301,107302	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	107296	371
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	107301,107302	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	107296	1188
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	107299,107307	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	107296	6890
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	1	107296	80
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	107296,107305	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	3	107296,107298,107305	1089
Kosmochlor ()*	Pyroxene	NaCr³⁺Si₂O₆	1	107298	13
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	107297	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	107296,107305	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	107305	230
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	107302	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	107296	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	107302	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	107296	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	107296	495
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	107295	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	107296	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	107293,107302,107303	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	107296,107305	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	3	107296,107298,107305	374
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	107296	1934
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	107296	2045
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	107305	703
Tochilinite ()*	Tochilinite	6(Fe_0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)₂]	1	107296	56
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	107305	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	3	107296,107298,107305	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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