Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lesotho

mindat Locality ID: 26929
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26929.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lesotho": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Berea District
Butha-Buthe District
Leribe District
Mafeteng District
Maseru District
Mohale's Hoek District
Mokhotlong District
Qacha's Nek District
Quthing District
Robert Mine
Thaba-Tseka District

Latitude: 29°11'29"S
Longitude: 28°37'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.191388888889,28.623333333333

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Diamond	Feldspar	Garnet	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pectolite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Aegirine-augite ()*	Almandine ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Crowningshieldite ()*
Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Knorringite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Omphacite ()*
Pectolite ()*	Periclase ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Spinel ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Cr Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Corundum Diamond Feldspar Garnet Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pectolite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	78079	286
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	78079	2353
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	78069	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	78069,78078	27770
Crowningshieldite ()*	Nickeline	(Ni_0.9Fe_0.1)S	1	78078	1
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	6	78070,78078,78079,78082,78084,78085	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	78070,78078	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	78070,78078	944
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	78077	167
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	78079	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	78070,78079	5433
Knorringite ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	1	78070	4
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	78069	1271
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	78078	1236
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	78070	229
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	78078	363
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	78078	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	78070	495
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	78069	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	78070	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	78069	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	78070,78079	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	78070,78071	598
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	78070	1934
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	78070	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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