Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Limpopo, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2969
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 43090
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43090.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Limpopo, South Africa": 244
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 187

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Aurora Project
Burgersfort
Capricorn District
Maandagshoek Farm
Magnet Heights Carbonatite
Merensky Reef
Modikwa Mine (Modiqwa Mine; Maandagshoek Mine)
Mopani District
Murchison Consols Mine
Murchison Range
Phalaborwa
Rankin's Pass
Sekhukhune District
Spitskop
Vhembe District
Waterberg District

Latitude: 24°13'49"S
Longitude: 29°40'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.230277777778,29.676111111111
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg Ir K Li Mg Mn Mo N Na Nb Nd Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Ta Te Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AjoiteAllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteApophyllite
AragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteAuricuprideBaddeleyiteBarringeriteBaryteBastnäsiteBerthierite
BerylBismutiteBowieiteBrauniteBrochantiteBrookiteBruciteCalciteCancriniteCarminite
ChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChenevixiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopiapiteCopper
CoquimbiteCoronaditeCorrensiteCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDescloiziteDiamondDiasporeDigenite
EnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoceriteFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGypsumHumiteHydrotalcite
IlvaiteIsomertieiteJalpaiteKaoliniteKieseriteKobelliteKornerupineLöllingiteLeucophosphiteMalachite
MarcasiteMatlockiteMelanteriteMeloniteMeneghiniteMicaMilleriteMixiteModderiteMolybdenite
MonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineParisitePectolitePentlanditePerovskite
PharmacosideritePhenakitePhosphosideritePlancheitePotaritePrehnitePseudobrookitePyritePyrochlorePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileRömeriteSapphirineScapoliteScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStauroliteStibniteStilbiteStillwateriteStilpnomelaneStruviteSulphurTalc
TapioliteTetradymiteTetrahedriteThomsoniteTitaniteTourmalineTridymiteTungstiteUllmanniteValleriite
VivianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZirconZirconolite

354 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aikinite  (*)Ajoite  (*)Alabandite  (*)
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Analcime  (*)
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antarcticite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Antimony  (*)Antlerite  (*)Anzaite-(Ce)  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arfvedsonite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)Armalcolite  (*)Arsenopalladinite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Atheneite  (*)Atokite  (*)Augite  (*)Auricupride  (*)Aurostibite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Beidellite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bismite  (*)Bismoclite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Bowieite  (*)Braggite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Brucite  (*)Cabriite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)
Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celestine  (*)Ceruleite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cervantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Cherepanovite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chromatite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coesite  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Cookeite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)
Coquimbite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corkite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diaspore  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Eglestonite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fersmite  (*)Fluoborite  (*)Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Froodite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gaspéite  (*)Geikielite  (*)Genkinite  (*)
Geversite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Glaukosphaerite  (*)Godlevskite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Goudeyite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Grunerite  (*)
Gudmundite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hellyerite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Hongshiite  (*)Huntite  (*)
Hydrobiotite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Hypercinnabar  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Insizwaite  (*)Iowaite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)
Isomertieite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Keithconnite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Koechlinite  (*)Kornerupine  (*)
Kotulskite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Laurite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Lópezite  (*)Ludlockite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Maghemite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesiohögbomite-2N3S  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Majakite  (*)Malachite  (*)Malanite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Margarite  (*)
Maslovite  (*)Meionite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Menshikovite  (*)Mercury  (*)
Merenskyite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)Mesolite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Metavariscite  (*)
Miassite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Moncheite  (*)Mooihoekite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Népouite  (*)
Nesquehonite  (*)Newberyite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Niggliite  (*)Nitromagnesite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Osmium  (*)
Otwayite  (*)Palarstanide  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)Palladobismutharsenide  (*)Paolovite  (*)
Papagoite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pennantite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Periclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Philipsbornite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)
Plancheite  (*)Platarsite  (*)Platinum  (*)Plumbopalladinite  (*)Polarite  (*)
Polydymite  (*)Portlandite  (*)Potarite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pseudobrookite  (*)Mertieite-I  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodarsenide  (*)Rhodium  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)
Römerite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Ruarsite  (*)Rustenburgite  (*)Ruthenarsenite  (*)
Ruthenium  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Saponite  (*)Sapphirine  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scolecite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)
Shattuckite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sobolevskite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannopalladinite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stellerite  (*)
Stibiconite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stichtite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)
Stillwaterite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Strengite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Struvite  (*)Stumpflite  (*)Sudburyite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)
Synchysite-(Nd)  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Taimyrite-I  (*)Talc  (*)Talnakhite  (*)
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Tatyanaite  (*)Temagamite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetra-auricupride  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Thorianite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tulameenite  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Valleriite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vasilite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Vincentite  (*)
Violarite  (*)Vysotskite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Xonotlite  (*)Zaratite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zirconolite  (*)Zirkelite  (*)Zoisite  (*)Zvyagintsevite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2290620508106364,106392,106395,106420,106436,106474,106542,1065663419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O625005413106467,106489,1066021022
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3205020501106569315
Ajoite  (*)AjoiteK3Cu2+20Al3Si29O76(OH)16·8H2O2106497,10650411
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS205020501106566312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2969205012106391,106420,106430,106459,106476,106497,106498,106504,106516,106549,106569,1065768803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20505412106576,106579706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)36106497,106504,106515,106522,106523,1065292353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe205020503106549,106566,106577489
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O206019934106467,106497,106498,1065041627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212008005106471,106474,106602,106603,1066062162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO54106365,106367,106378,1063941310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32106489,1065161534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)16005413106474,106476,1065792734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11065041588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2296920507106429,106430,106476,106534,106569,106584,1065923092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O171017103106509,106510,106585445
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)205020505106471,106549,106566,106569,1066061036
Antarcticite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaCl2·6H2O110636911
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2205020503106440,106515,106569718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4206019933106467,106471,106606708
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb290627825106428,106431,106433,106451,106455363
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)41106476246
Anzaite-(Ce)  (*)Not in a structural groupCe4Fe2+Ti6O18(OH)22060199311064672
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)206019939106402,106467,106472,106481,106485,106554,106559,106564,1065693250
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)22063.319931106463295
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S820601993110646767
Armalcolite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O520502050110656639
Arsenopalladinite  (*)StillwateritePd8As320601993110646731
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2050205013106384,106385,106387,106388,106431,106451,106459,106474,106479,106569,106570,106572,1065769052
Atheneite  (*)BarringeritePd2(As0.75Hg0.25)110640315
Atokite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Sn206019935106369,106403,106406,106467,10656629
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O620508005106365,106370,106489,106569,1066032060
Auricupride  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteCu3Au20502050110656624
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb2110643173
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2206019938106433,106467,106476,106478,106479,106497,106504,1065345509
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2206019931106467238
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O1106474150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)209480010106464,106467,106474,106497,106504,106520,106566,106600,106602,10660311547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F205020503106474,106570,106572304
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)62106476,106479132
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O20502050110656985
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S43106431,106433,106451343
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182969279013106390,106391,106393,106409,106422,106427,106436,106447,106448,106458,106497,106503,1065154286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)616005413106474,106476,106579413
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31106476214
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl20502050110656671
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi205020503106476,106569,1065751966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3205020503106476,106569,1065921935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1106476716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4250054111106465,106467,106476,106497,106498,106504,106534,106566,106567,106569,1066025516
Bowieite  (*)BowieiteRh2S3110640333
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S42058205014106369,106370,106403,106406,106407,106471,106548,106563,106566,106567,106577,106581,106583,106606101
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)205820582106401,106581483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63106476,106479,1065341633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO212008003106474,106534,106603700
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2206019935106467,106497,106504,106533,106568462
Cabriite  (*)NonePd2CuSn20601993110646712
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)296954135106364,106395,106402,106430,106464,106465,106467,106471,106474,106478,106489,106497,106498,106504,106509,106510,106536,106542,106554,106559,106564,106566,106568,106569,106570,106572,106576,106579,106582,106584,106594,106602,106603,106604,10660627770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O1106489232
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21106479178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22050205012106479,106569,106570,106571,106572,106575,106576,106580,106588,106592,106593,1065945171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)20948003106464,106467,1066031252
Ceruleite  (*)NoneCuAl4(AsO4)2(OH)8(H2O)4110647919
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2106474,1064764979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O42106429,106451352
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O205020503106476,106569,106592925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2060199310106467,106471,106478,106497,106498,106504,106534,106566,106569,1066065707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2296980030106364,106370,106388,106406,106429,106430,106464,106465,106467,106471,106476,106497,106498,106504,106534,106549,106566,106567,106569,106575,106576,106581,106584,106592,106594,106600,106601,106602,106603,10660627198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2296927821106429162
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81106476577
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2110647690
Cherepanovite  (*)ModderiteRhAs2106369,10640315
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F220608002106467,106603285
Chromatite  (*)ZirconCaCr6+O42058205811065816
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42050205017106369,106370,106373,106471,106483,106485,106486,106542,106548,106549,106552,106555,106565,106566,106567,106606,1066073902
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O41106439321
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O205020503106479,106534,1065673531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4205020501106566951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS290029003106452,106453,1064542600
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe205020504106497,106498,106504,106566281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8206019938106467,106471,106474,106497,106504,106534,106536,1065461756
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)33106476,106478,106479127
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3106497,106498,1065041025
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO220502050110655777
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O616005411106579518
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8205020501106569181
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS205020509106369,106403,106406,106471,106548,106549,106566,106567,106606124
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1106592382
Copper  (*)CopperCu4106476,106497,106498,1065043846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O1106592136
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O182106497,1065041008
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)61106479151
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)42106476,106478175
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O32050205012106375,106409,106418,106420,106423,106494,106495,106515,106518,106525,106528,1065691797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS296919938106429,106467,106474,106476,106497,106504,106534,1065694165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161106401599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3206019931106467802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O206019936106467,106476,106479,106497,106504,1065342970
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2110647667
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)206019931106467498
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O21106534144
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1106514378
Diamond  (*)DiamondC205020506106398,106399,106512,106530,106557,106560697
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1106533481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S2106497,1065041027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6209419935106463,106465,106467,106489,1065494135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2296954110106364,106392,106402,106430,106464,106467,106489,106568,106602,1066049895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)296929691106449648
Eglestonite  (*)None([Hg1+]2)3OCl3(OH)29002900110645436
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4205020501106569910
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O62106471,106606944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)290620508106433,106455,106476,106497,106498,106504,106542,1065698173
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS21106403110
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)205020501106567371
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)205020502106476,106569551
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O205020501106572345
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O61200800110660383
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F320601993110646752
Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)FluoceriteCeF31600541110657945
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F296954117106420,106425,106426,106430,106447,106467,106476,106497,106498,106517,106518,106520,106525,106536,106569,106579,1066032740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O206019932106467,106481303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2209454117106464,106467,106474,106478,106479,106534,106536,106569,106570,106572,106576,106579,106584,106592,106594,106601,1066039617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)205020506106369,106373,106471,106566,106567,1066061188
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi2206019933106467,106549,10656662
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS209454118106406,106465,106467,106471,106474,106477,106566,106569,106576,106579,106581,106584,106592,106600,106601,106602,106603,10660624243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4205020501106576192
Gaspéite  (*)CalciteNi(CO3)171017102106509,10651022
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO320601993110646770
Genkinite  (*)NonePt4Sb3110636912
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb2205020502106369,10656638
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS1106476131
Glaukosphaerite  (*)MalachiteCuNi(CO3)(OH)2171017102106509,10651025
Godlevskite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S820502050110656640
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)205854110106474,106478,106497,106504,106534,106536,106542,106579,106581,1066047437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2060199323106382,106383,106384,106386,106387,106388,106389,106410,106411,106412,106413,106414,106415,106416,106431,106432,106459,106462,106467,106474,106566,106581,10658430554
Goudeyite  (*)MixiteCu6Al(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O110647919
Graphite  (*)NoneC2106501,1065082812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3296920506106438,106483,106512,106515,106549,1065691544
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)24106377,106395,106481,106542223
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS2106431,106451170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O20605417106402,106467,106474,106534,106554,106564,1065796890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61106489741
Hellyerite  (*)NoneNi(CO3)·6H2O171017102106509,1065103
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3296954124106377,106401,106430,106459,106474,106476,106497,106500,106502,106504,106534,106536,106542,106546,106549,106569,106576,106579,106581,106584,106594,106602,106603,10660414640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4205020501106566407
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te206019933106467,106549,106566804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS205020505106369,106403,106549,106566,106577119
Hongshiite  (*)NonePtCu20582058110658127
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)4110640269
Hydrobiotite  (*)Corrensite ClayK(Mg,Fe2+)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·nH2O20601993110646749
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O206019933106402,106463,106467341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)420601993110646787
Hypercinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2900290011064534
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O325005414106467,106549,106566,1066025433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)1106476197
Insizwaite  (*)PyritePtBi2205020503106369,106563,10656615
Iowaite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(OH)16Cl2·4H2O20601993110646714
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS205020504106403,106407,106566,106577154
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe205020506106471,106549,106566,106567,106577,106606128
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As220502050110656648
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2206019931106467116
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612008002106536,1066032228
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S110647786
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O20502050110656999
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)420585418106474,106476,106497,106504,106569,106579,106581,1065845591
Keithconnite  (*)NonePd20Te7110640340
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2290627822106451,106455230
Koechlinite  (*)NoneBi2MoO62055.72053.1110656139
Kornerupine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Fe2+,Al,   )10(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH,F)2110651968
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)205020505106370,106403,106549,106566,106577116
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4296919934106447,106449,106467,1065571507
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2060199311064671271
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2205020507106369,106403,106406,106471,106566,106567,106606226
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1106402110
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4206019931106467249
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21106476762
Lópezite  (*)NoneK2Cr2O72058205811065815
Ludlockite  (*)NonePbFe3+4As3+10O22110647615
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)206019932106406,106467451
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O41106542229
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O42106471,106606311
Magnesiohögbomite-2N3S  (*)None(Mg,Fe,Zn,Ti)4(Al,Fe)10O19(OH)11064344
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)206019937106402,106410,106442,106444,106467,106492,1065051487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4206054123106364,106373,106377,106380,106395,106467,106474,106476,106489,106497,106504,106534,106536,106542,106548,106549,106566,106579,106581,106584,106602,106603,10660414899
Majakite  (*)NonePdNiAs206019932106467,10656622
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2206019938106433,106467,106474,106476,106478,106497,106504,10653412537
Malanite  (*)SpinelCu1+(Ir3+Pt4+)S44106370,106403,106471,10660635
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22060199311064675674
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2296929693106420,106438,106596168
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe205020502106549,10657723
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)3106481,106489,106521176
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1106592915
Menshikovite  (*)NonePd3Ni2As320502050110656615
Mercury  (*)NoneHg290029002106452,106454397
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2205020506106366,106369,106549,106563,106566,106577155
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.5206019934106403,106467,106566,10656744
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O206019931106467425
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS290029001106453255
Metavariscite  (*)PhosphosideriteAl(PO4)·2H2O1200800110660327
Miassite  (*)NoneRh17S15110640310
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe205020504106403,106549,106566,106577114
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)29155417106421,106443,106474,106550,106556,106558,1065794924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS206017107106370,106467,106471,106509,106510,106566,1066061066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11064761107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2290620509106435,106474,106479,106497,106504,106561,106566,106570,1065725800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO31106479140
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)3106474,106536,106537945
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2205020507106369,106370,106403,106406,106549,106566,106577133
Mooihoekite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe9S162063.31993110646320
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22969199322106417,106420,106421,106430,106447,106448,106463,106467,106471,106474,106497,106504,106536,106561,106566,106569,106570,106576,106581,106584,106592,10660617380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O206019933106467,106489,1065551236
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se206019931106467192
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1106489884
Népouite  (*)Serpentine ClayNi3Si2O5(OH)417101710110650966
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O110640280
Newberyite  (*)NoneMg(PO3OH)·3H2O20502050110655424
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1106585633
Niggliite  (*)NickelinePtSn20502050110656622
Nitromagnesite  (*)NoneMg(NO3)2·6H2O110640212
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O16005412106474,106579471
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)3106476,106478,106479492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O16005412106527,1065792994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)209419935106465,106476,106489,106569,1065842349
Osmium  (*)NoneOs1106369169
Otwayite  (*)NoneNi2(CO3)(OH)2·H2O171017102106509,1065105
Palarstanide  (*)StillwateritePd5(Sn,As)220502050110656613
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As205020502106403,10656637
Palladobismutharsenide  (*)NonePd2(As,Bi)2050205011065666
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn205020502106406,10656638
Papagoite  (*)NoneCaCuAlSi2O6(OH)32106497,1065044
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2106431,106585767
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F2205020502106474,106569112
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)206019932106467,106489363
Pennantite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)82106497,10650425
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82060199311106364,106369,106370,106406,106467,106471,106543,106549,106566,106567,1066061512
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO205020501106568114
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO320508003106566,106602,106603495
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O2106476,106479428
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)205020501106569326
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6110647651
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)225005415106406,106467,106489,106566,1066022273
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O205020501106554182
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)290627824106432,106455,106497,106504260
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O62063.319933106364,106463,106548303
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O2106504,10653474
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS205020504106369,106563,106566,10657744
Platinum  (*)CopperPt2058205012106369,106403,106406,106471,106480,106488,106549,106551,106562,106567,106581,106605485
Plumbopalladinite  (*)NonePd3Pb2205020502106549,10656610
Polarite  (*)NonePd(Bi,Pb)20502050110654910
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4171017101106509131
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)220601993110646751
Potarite  (*)PotaritePdHg205820582106403,10658125
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2055.72053.11106561494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2206019933106467,106497,1065041898
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O52063.319931106463164
Mertieite-I  (*)NonePd5+x(Sb,As)2-x (x = 0.1-0.2)11064039
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2290654132106364,106370,106388,106406,106430,106431,106436,106451,106459,106467,106471,106474,106476,106489,106497,106498,106504,106534,106536,106549,106566,106569,106576,106579,106581,106588,106592,106593,106594,106602,106603,10660639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211064013106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82060199318106364,106370,106380,106388,106395,106406,106430,106451,106459,106467,106471,106497,106504,106549,106566,106567,106592,1066069056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2296954153106364,106377,106384,106385,106387,106388,106391,106395,106401,106409,106417,106421,106422,106429,106430,106431,106436,106447,106448,106451,106456,106459,106460,106464,106467,106474,106479,106497,106498,106504,106515,106516,106518,106524,106526,106533,106534,106536,106539,106542,106545,106546,106548,106561,106569,106570,106572,106576,106579,106581,106582,106584,10659461156
Rhodarsenide  (*)BarringeriteRh2As11064039
Rhodium  (*)CopperRh110640317
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11064741711
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)21106504375
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O1106592115
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2205820581106581253
Ruarsite  (*)NoneRuAsS110636925
Rustenburgite  (*)Perovskite AuricupridePt3Sn205020504106369,106548,106566,10660434
Ruthenarsenite  (*)Modderite(Ru,Ni)As2050205011065679
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu205020503106369,106403,10656746
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2296980011106417,106430,106459,106471,106474,106557,106566,106567,106581,106603,1066065614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O812008001106603353
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O206019931106467301
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]2106499,106506129
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)205020509106422,106431,106451,106477,106478,106479,106569,106576,1065844894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)290627903106436,106515,1065352705
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O206019931106467390
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O205020505106474,106476,106478,106479,1065691153
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O31106431179
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)23106497,106504,10653471
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)29695419106430,106474,106476,106534,106536,106569,106579,106593,1065946417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4206019931106467249
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO54106365,106496,106515,1065281516
Silver  (*)CopperAg206019934106467,106476,106566,1066005186
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi205020504106369,106403,106566,10657744
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs22060199312106369,106403,106406,106467,106471,106549,106551,106566,106567,106577,106581,106606337
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)32969278211064291214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS250054116106467,106474,106476,106497,106498,106504,106509,106510,106566,106569,106572,106579,106584,106592,106601,10660221482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4205020505106369,106373,106528,106530,1065661934
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6296929692106391,106447688
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41106476668
Stannopalladinite  (*)None(Pd,Cu)3Sn20502050110656612
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1106378978
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O1106582189
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)3106431,106432,106451446
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2205820506106369,106403,106551,106566,106567,10658175
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3290620507106430,106431,106433,106451,106455,106462,1065663418
Stichtite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O290627822106432,10645543
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O206019931106467268
Stillwaterite  (*)StillwateritePd8As3205820503106403,106566,10658124
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1106476456
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O20508002106554,106603263
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS206019932106467,106566332
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)206019932106463,106467589
Struvite  (*)Struvite(NH4)Mg(PO4)·6H2O20502050110655430
Stumpflite  (*)NickelinePtSb11063697
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb20502050110656646
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11065362045
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F20508002106576,106603232
Synchysite-(Nd)  (*)NoneCaNd(CO3)2F11064747
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O1106592139
Taimyrite-I  (*)None(Pd,Pt)9Cu3Sn4206019932106369,10646711
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22906205011106364,106420,106431,106433,106436,106471,106504,106515,106542,106566,1066063337
Talnakhite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe8S1620601993110646735
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O61600541110657988
Tatyanaite  (*)None(Pt,Pd)9Cu3Sn411063693
Temagamite  (*)NonePd3HgTe3110637024
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132050205011065691803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11064761101
Tetra-auricupride  (*)NoneCuAu20601993110646730
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S171017102106509,106510510
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe205020504106403,106471,106566,10660666
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13206019935106433,106451,106460,106467,1065695317
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O206019931106467452
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2206019931106467236
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O209419937106465,106471,106476,106489,106525,106581,1066064899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2205020504106422,106471,106566,1066062562
Tulameenite  (*)PotaritePt2CuFe205020502106403,10656648
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O1106476118
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS2106430,106431293
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO42063.319931106463120
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2206019933106463,106467,1066002718
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)32106471,106606212
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O32106429,106451369
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]206019931106467237
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O12008002106402,106603301
Vasilite  (*)None(Pd,Cu)16(S,Te)7110640311
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O25005414106464,106465,106467,106602652
Vincentite  (*)NonePd3As20502050110656617
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4206017104106406,106467,106509,106510380
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS110640353
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)209419931106464251
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3205020501106576297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO32050205011065661247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411064741655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)205020502106536,106569939
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)2206019931106467109
Zaratite  (*)AmorphousNi3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O171017102106509,10651056
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)29068008106430,106459,106467,106566,106569,106601,106602,1066035251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7206019931106467140
Zirkelite  (*)Fluorite(Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x20601993110646727
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3106497,106498,1065041025
Zvyagintsevite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Pb205020503106403,106549,10656632


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000532carbonatite complex
Jen_0000533carbonatite complex
Jen_0000534carbonatite complex
Jen_0000535carbonatite complex
Jen_0000536carbonatite complex
Jen_0001005MAGMATIC STYLE: Oval 4.5x3.5 km pyroxenite plug with arcuate sheets of carbonatite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite and fenite.
Jen_0001077MAGMATIC STYLE: 400x900 vertical pipe of arcuate sheets of ‘banded’ carbonatite intruded by a central, irregular body of ‘transgressive’ carbonatite with numerous dykes and veins emanating from it. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, phoscorite, serpentinite, mica rocks, syenite and fenite.
Jen_0001078MAGMATIC STYLE: 400x900 vertical pipe of arcuate sheets of ‘banded’ carbonatite intruded by a central, irregular body of ‘transgressive’ carbonatite with numerous dykes and veins emanating from it. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, phoscorite, serpentinite, mica rocks, syenite and fenite.
Jen_0001079MAGMATIC STYLE: 400x900 vertical pipe of arcuate sheets of ‘banded’ carbonatite intruded by a central, irregular body of ‘transgressive’ carbonatite with numerous dykes and veins emanating from it. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Pyroxenite, phoscorite, serpentinite, mica rocks, syenite and fenite.
Michelle_493Within the Sibasa District, Galena from vein in gneisses 2 miles E. of Khononga hill, south bank Limpopo River.


24 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_114291529092912±3Pb/Pb garnet     54201Union Mine, Mica, Mopani District, Limpopo, South AfricaUnionMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Bradley_2012_120290627902848±58U/Pb zircon   Zircon  26417Gravelotte Emerald Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa[Murchison Belt]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Be-00047296929692969  high    Beryl, PhenakiteBe54193Pala Kop, Letaba, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa Poujol (2001)10.1016/S0899-5362(01)90096-XJAES33_155 
Hg-0006329002900       Cinnabar, Hypercinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, EglestoniteHg16468Monarch Cinnabar Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa Muff (1978); Davis et al. (1986); Boocock et al. (1988); Poujol et al. (1996); Schwarz-Schampera et al. (2010)   
Kristen002489290627902848±58  zircon   Zircon  26418Murchison Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South AfricaMurchisonTkachev (2011)10, 1144/SP350,2GSLSP350_7 
Kristen002490285827822820±38  zircon   Zircon  26418Murchison Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South AfricaMurchisonTkachev (2011)10, 1144/SP350,2GSLSP350_7 
Jen_00005322060.620592059.8±0.8        27708Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South AfricaPhalaborwaErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_00005332061.12060.12060.6±0.5U-Pb       27708Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South AfricaPhalaborwaErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_00005342063.32056.52059.9±3.4U-Pb       27708Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South AfricaPhalaborwaErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_000053520602059.22059.6±0.4U-Pb       27708Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South AfricaPhalaborwaErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0001077203119932012±19U-Pb uranothorianite, baddeleyite     3091Palabora Mine (Foscor Open Pit; PMC Mine), Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South AfricaPhalaborwaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0001078205020502050U-Pb zircon   Zircon  3091Palabora Mine (Foscor Open Pit; PMC Mine), Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South AfricaPhalaborwaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0001079204720472047Rb-Sr phlogopite   Phlogopite  3091Palabora Mine (Foscor Open Pit; PMC Mine), Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South AfricaPhalaborwaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
MD36_189-00001206020602060        3091Palabora Mine (Foscor Open Pit; PMC Mine), Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South AfricaPhalabowra ComplexGroves and Vielreivher (2001)10.1007/s001260050298MD36_189 
ree-0056925001600Early Proterozoic  low      3091Palabora Mine (Foscor Open Pit; PMC Mine), Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South AfricaPalabora (Phalaborwa)Orris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
Michelle_493171017101710Pb-PbAge of galena mineralizationgalena   Galena  54251Pafuri Nickel Deposit, Vhembe District, Limpopo, South AfricaPafuri Nickel ProspectBreeman et al. (1966)10.1016/0012-821X(66)90036-7EPSL1_401Age is interpreted to be of the galena mineralization within the vein. Age is calculated using the Holmes-Houtermans model with Parameters of Moorbath (1710 ma), and Parameters of Russell and Farquhar (1660 ma).
Jen_0000536209420242059±35U-Pb apatite     56243Schiel, Vhembe District, Limpopo, South AfricaSchielErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
EG105_1057_025205020502050       Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru3087Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South AfricaPlatreef (Mokopane)Begg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
sedcu-0062020002000L. Proterozoic       Cu228272Duitschland Cu Deposit (Nederland), Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South AfricaDuitschlandCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
Mo-002772055.72053.1 U-Pb     Koechlinite, Molybdenite, PowelliteMo57101Meinhardskraal Farm, Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Mogalakwena, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa Scoates and Friedman (2008); Barnes and Maier (2002);   
ree-005771600541Middle Proterozoic        54045Buffalo Mine (Buffalo Fluorspar), Naboomspruit (Mookgophong), Waterberg District, Limpopo, South AfricaBuffalo FluorsparOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
Cr-0000320582058       Chromatite, LopeziteCr31394Waterberg Deposit, Naboomspruit (Mookgophong), Waterberg District, Limpopo, South Africa Charlene Charlene 
ree-005662500541Proterozoic        56342Glenover Carbonatite, Thabazimbi, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South AfricaGlenoverOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
Jen_000100512008001000±200Pb-Pb monazite     56493Glenover Phosphate Mine, Glenover Carbonatite, Thabazimbi, Waterberg District, Limpopo, South AfricaGlenoverWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120168Merensky Reef, Limpopo, South Africahttps://rruff.info/R120168
FKM-74Palabora Mine (Foscor Open Pit; PMC Mine), Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-74
R100171Palabora Mine (Foscor Open Pit; PMC Mine), Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africahttps://rruff.info/R100171
R060272Palabora Mine (Foscor Open Pit; PMC Mine), Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africahttps://rruff.info/R060272
R060540Palabora Mine (Foscor Open Pit; PMC Mine), Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo, South Africahttps://rruff.info/R060540
R070204Penge Mine, Sekhukhune District, Limpopo, South Africahttps://rruff.info/R070204

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