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Locality Name:
Marble Hall, Sekhukhune District, Limpopo, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 26917
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26917.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marble Hall, Sekhukhune District, Limpopo, South Africa": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Stavoren-Mute Fides (Stavoren - Mutue Tin Field)

Latitude: 24°46'9"S
Longitude: 29°22'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.769166666667,29.366944444444

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: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteBrochantite
CalciteCarminiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChenevixiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteIlvaiteKaoliniteLöllingiteMalachite
MixiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteStilpnomelaneTetradymiteTitaniteTungstite

67 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Ceruleite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinoclase  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Goudeyite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Ludlockite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Molybdite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11064768803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11064762734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211064763092
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)41106476246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11064799052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23106476,106478,1064795509
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)62106476,106479132
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61106476413
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31106476214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11064761966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311064761935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1106476716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411064765516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62106476,1064791633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110647827770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21106479178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211064795171
Ceruleite  (*)NoneCuAl4(AsO4)2(OH)8(H2O)4110647919
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11064764979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1106476925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11064785707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110647627198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81106476577
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2110647690
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11064793531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)33106476,106478,106479127
Copper  (*)CopperCu11064763846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)61106479151
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)42106476,106478175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11064764165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2106476,1064792970
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2110647667
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11064768173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1106476551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11064762740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22106478,1064799617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110647724243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS1106476131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11064787437
Goudeyite  (*)MixiteCu6Al(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O110647919
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110647614640
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)1106476197
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S110647786
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411064765591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21106476762
Ludlockite  (*)NonePbFe3+4As3+10O22110647615
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110647614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22106476,10647812537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11064761107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211064795800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO31106479140
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)3106476,106478,106479492
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11064762349
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O2106476,106479428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6110647651
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110647639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110647961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3106477,106478,1064794894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O3106476,106478,1064791153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11064766417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11064765186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110647621482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41106476668
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1106476456
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11064761101
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11064764899
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O1106476118



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