Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Pegmatite SP48, Strathmore Pegmatites, Cape Cross Area, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 526
Youngest recorded age at locality: 466

mindat Locality ID: 306922
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-306922.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pegmatite SP48, Strathmore Pegmatites, Cape Cross Area, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Beryl	None	Olivine	Rutile

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 Be Fe Li Mn O P Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Fe Li Mn O P Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl None Olivine Rutile

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Ferrisicklerite ()*	Heterosite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	526	466	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	526	466	5171
Ferrisicklerite ()*	Olivine	Li_1-x(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)(PO₄)	526	466	108
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	526	466	204

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Scott-CGSN8_5-0003	mine

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Scott-CGSN8_5-0003	526	466	496±30	Rb-Sr	Age of intrusion		whole rock			Yes				25561	Uis Mine (Uis Myn), Uis (Groot Uis), Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia	Uis mine	Steven et al. (1993)		CGSN8_5	P. 10 Table 3

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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