Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 236250
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236250.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paarl, Cape Winelands District, Western Cape, South Africa": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Paarl Granite
Paarl Mtn

Latitude: 33°43'27"S
Longitude: 18°57'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.724166666667,18.955833333333

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	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Quartz

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 Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Quartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	2	107301,107302	255
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	107301,107302	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	107302	1756
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	107301,107302	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	107301,107302	9617
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	107302	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	107302	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	107302,107303	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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