Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Capricorn District, Limpopo, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 254209
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254209.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Capricorn District, Limpopo, South Africa": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Laaste Hoop
Lepele-Nkumpi Municipality
Pietersburg Greenstone Belt
Swartwater
Tolwe
Wolkberg Cave

Latitude: 24°7'15"S
Longitude: 29°50'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.120833333333,29.841111111111

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Coronadite
Corundum	Diamond	Feldspar	Gypsum	Leucophosphite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Beryl ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Diamond ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Grunerite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Huntite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nesquehonite ()*	Nitromagnesite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*
Variscite ()*

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 As Au Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn N Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Beryl Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Coronadite
Corundum Diamond Feldspar Gypsum Leucophosphite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Spinel Staurolite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	106392,106395	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	106391	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2	106378,106394	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	106402	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	106384,106385,106387,106388	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	106390,106391,106393	4286
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	106401	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	106395,106402	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	106388	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	106375	1797
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	106401	599
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	2	106398,106399	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	106392,106402	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	106382,106383,106384,106386,106387,106388,106389	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	106377,106395	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	106402	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	106377,106401	14640
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	1	106402	69
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	106402	341
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	1	106402	110
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	106402	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	106377,106380,106395	14899
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	106402	80
Nitromagnesite ()*	None	Mg(NO₃)₂·6H₂O	1	106402	12
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	106388	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	106401	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	106380,106388,106395	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	106377,106384,106385,106387,106388,106391,106395,106401	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	106391	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	106378	978
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	106402	301

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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