Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Koenabib Farm (Hotson 42 Farm), Bushmanland, Northern Cape, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 278094
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278094.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Koenabib Farm (Hotson 42 Farm), Bushmanland, Northern Cape, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hotson 6 Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Atacamite	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Rutile	Topaz	Turquoise

Atacamite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hotsonite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Turquoise ()*
Zaherite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Atacamite Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Diaspore Gypsum
Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Rutile Topaz Turquoise

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	106956	544
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	106956	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	106956	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	106956	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	106956	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	106956	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	106956	481
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	106956	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	106956	6890
Hotsonite ()*	None	Al₅(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₁₀·8H₂O	1	106956	5
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	106956	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	106956	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	106956	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	106956	128
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	106956	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	106956	771
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	106956	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	106956	1516
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	106956	1476
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	106956	484
Zaherite ()*	None	Al₁₂(SO₄)₅(OH)₂₆·20H₂O	1	106956	3

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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