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Locality Name:
Piketberg, West Coast District, Western Cape, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 273174
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273174.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piketberg, West Coast District, Western Cape, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Riviera Deposit

Latitude: 32°42'"S
Longitude: 18°42'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.7,18.716388888889
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 B C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBoraciteCalciteChalcopyriteIronMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxene
QuartzScheeliteSphaleriteVesuvianiteZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Boracite  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tungsten  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Boracite  (*)BoraciteMg3B7O13Cl110733957
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)1107339115
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110733927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110733927198
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61107339741
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211073395800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1107339494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110733939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811073399056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110733961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11073394894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110733921482
Tungsten  (*)IronW110733923
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011073391395
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11073395251


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