Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Musina (Messina), Vhembe District, Limpopo, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 3093
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3093.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Musina (Messina), Vhembe District, Limpopo, South Africa": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Artonvilla Mine
Blinkklip Farm
Campbell Mine
Gumbu Mine
Harper Mine
Kitchener Farm
Messina Mine (No. 5 Shaft; Musina Mine)
Musina Station (Messina Station)
Randjesfontein Farm
Spence 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.

Ajoite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Baryte	Beryl	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Prehnite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc

Ajoite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Papagoite ()*	Pennantite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Plancheite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Shattuckite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Ajoite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Baryte Beryl Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Plancheite Prehnite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sapphirine Sphalerite Spinel Talc

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ajoite ()*	Ajoite	K₃Cu²⁺₂₀Al₃Si₂₉O₇₆(OH)₁₆·8H₂O	1	106504	11
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	106498,106504	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	106504	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	106498,106504	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	106504	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	106504	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	106504	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	106503	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	106498,106504	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	106504	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	106498,106504	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	106498,106504	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	106498,106504	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	2	106498,106504	281
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	106504	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	106498,106504	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	106498,106504	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	106504	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	106504	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	106504	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	106504	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	106498,106504	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	106498	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	106504	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	106501	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	106500,106502,106504	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	106504	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	106505	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	106504	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	106504	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	106504	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	106504	17380
Papagoite ()*	None	CaCuAlSi₂O₆(OH)₃	1	106504	4
Pennantite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mn²⁺₅Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	1	106504	25
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	106504	260
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	106504	74
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	106504	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	106498,106504	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	106504	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	106498,106504	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	106504	375
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	2	106499,106506	129
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	1	106504	71
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	106498,106504	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	106504	3337
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	106498,106504	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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