Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Groblersdal, Sekhukhune District, Limpopo, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 281699
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281699.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Groblersdal, Sekhukhune District, Limpopo, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Houtenbeck

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Brookite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Parisite	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Beudantite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Synchysite-(Nd) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nd O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bastnäsite Brookite Calcite Chlorite Clay
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica
Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Parisite Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel

37 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	1	106474	3419
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	106474	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	106474	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	106474	9052
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	1	106474	150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	106474	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	106474	304
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	106474	413
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	106474	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	106474	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	106474	4979
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	106474	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	106474	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	106474	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	106474	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	106474	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	106474	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	106474	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	106474	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	106474	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	106474	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	106474	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	106474	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	106474	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	106474	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	106474	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	106474	471
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	1	106474	112
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	106474	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	106474	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	106474	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	106474	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	106474	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	106474	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	106474	21482
Synchysite-(Nd) ()*	None	CaNd(CO₃)₂F	1	106474	7
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	106474	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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