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Locality Name:
Fezile Dabi District, Free State, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 244698
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244698.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fezile Dabi District, Free State, South Africa": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kroonstad
Sasolburg
Vredefort
Vredefort Impact Structure

Latitude: 27°12'36"S
Longitude: 27°34'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.21,27.568888888889

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 Fe H K Mg N O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArcaniteBaryteBerylClayCorundumDiamondGypsumMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinelStauroliteZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Baryte  (*)Clinoferrosilite  (*)Coesite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Diamond  (*)Gypsum  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Letovicite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mascagnite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Stishovite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO53106057,106062,1060641310
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110606011547
Clinoferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6110606318
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO22106062,10606477
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811060641008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O32106058,1060641797
Diamond  (*)DiamondC2106058,106059697
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11060606890
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311060645433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO43106058,106062,1060641507
Letovicite  (*)None(NH4)3H(SO4)2110606018
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110606414899
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)110606061
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22106060,10606417380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23106058,106059,1060602273
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22106064,10606561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211060645614
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl1106060105
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511060641516
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1106064978
Stishovite  (*)RutileSiO22106062,10606426
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11060645251



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