Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 244696
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244696.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thabo Mofutsanyane District, Free State, South Africa": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Clocolan

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Baddeleyite	Bradleyite	Calcite	Calzirtite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Catapleiite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diamond	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Perovskite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sodalite	Titanite	Tridymite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 ()*

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:
Aphthitalite Aragonite Baddeleyite Bradleyite Calcite Calzirtite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Catapleiite Clay
Clinozoisite Coronadite Corundum Diamond Epidote Fluorite Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group
Perovskite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sodalite Titanite Tridymite Wurtzite Zircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	106102	2353
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	1	106102	77
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	106102	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	106102	238
Bradleyite ()*	Bradleyite	Na₃Mg(PO₄)(CO₃)	1	106102	14
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	106102	27770
Calzirtite ()*	Calzirtite	Ca₂Zr₅Ti₂O₁₆	1	106102	32
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	1	106102	113
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	106103	2970
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	106102	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	106102	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	106102	9895
Eitelite ()*	None	Na₂Mg(CO₃)₂	1	106102	20
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	106102	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	106102	8173
Freudenbergite ()*	None	Na(Ti⁴⁺₃Fe³⁺)O₈	1	106102	8
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	106102	1398
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	106102	5433
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	1	106102	49
Kassite ()*	None	CaTi₂O₄(OH)₂	1	106102	10
Khibinskite ()*	None	K₂ZrSi₂O₇	1	106102	6
Majorite ()*	Garnet	Mg₃(MgSi)(SiO₄)₃	1	106102	24
Moissanite ()*	Wurtzite	SiC	1	106102	57
Nahpoite ()*	None	Na₂(PO₃OH)	1	106102	5
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	106102	884
Parakeldyshite ()*	None	Na₂ZrSi₂O₇	1	106102	12
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	106102	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	106102	2273
Pitiglianoite ()*	Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite	K₂Na₆(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	106102	6
Priderite ()*	Coronadite	K(Ti₇Fe³⁺)O₁₆	1	106102	41
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	106102	341
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	106102	444
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	106102	275
Tetraferriphlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	106102	27
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	106102	299
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	106102	4899
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	106102	251
Zemkorite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂	1	106102	5
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	106102	5251
Zirkelite ()*	Fluorite	(Ti,Ca,Zr)O_2-x	1	106102	27

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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