Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
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:
Morokweng Crater (Morokweng Impact Structure), Vryburg, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District, North West, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 31051
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31051.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morokweng Crater (Morokweng Impact Structure), Vryburg, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District, North West, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 26°28'"S
Longitude: 23°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.466666666667,23.5
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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pt S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pt S Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaddeleyiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMilleriteNickelineNoneOlivinePentlandite
PyritePyroxeneRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalc

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bunsenite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Liebenbergite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Platinum  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Saponite  (*)Trevorite  (*)Willemseite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO20238
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Bunsenite  (*)RocksaltNiO08
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Liebenbergite  (*)OlivineNi2(SiO4)04
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O40229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt0485
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S40131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O0301
Trevorite  (*)SpinelNiFe3+2O4017
Willemseite  (*)Clay TalcNi3Si4O10(OH)2015


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...