Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Steinkopf, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 54173
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54173.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Steinkopf, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Blue Feldspar Reef
Concordia Pegmatite
Groendorn I Pegmatite
Groendorn III Pegmatite
Groendorn IV Pegmatite
Jakkalswater (Jackal's Water; Noumas I Pegmatite; Blesberg Mine)
Kokerboomrand No. I
Marchand Pegmatite
Norrabees
Noumas I Pegmatite
Noumas II Pegmatite
Swartkop Pegmatite
Unnamed Pegmatites
Uranoop
Witkop Pegmatite

Latitude: 29°15'9"S
Longitude: 17°44'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.2525,17.736388888889

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.

Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum
Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Matlockite	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite
Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Stibnite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Triplite	Wagnerite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismoclite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*
Cuprite ()*	Curite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Eucryptite ()*	Faheyite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petalite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*
Pollucite ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Purpurite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*	Strengite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Thorite ()*
Topaz ()*	Triphylite ()*	Triplite ()*	Triploidite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu H O Pb U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Beryl Bismutite Calcite Clay Columbite Corundum
Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Matlockite Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite
Phosphosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Stibnite Topaz Tourmaline Triplite Wagnerite Zircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	10	107151,107153,107154,107155,107156,107158,107159,107160,107161,107162	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	4	107153,107154,107155,107161	244
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	107156	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	9	107151,107156,107157,107158,107160,107161,107162,107163,107166	4286
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	1	107156	71
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	107156,107166	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	3	107161,107165,107166	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	107156	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0		1797
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	107156	2970
Curite ()*	None	Pb_3+x[(UO₂)₄O_4+x(OH)_3-x]₂·2H₂O	0		51
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	107160	520
Eucryptite ()*	Phenakite	LiAlSiO₄	1	107155	29
Faheyite ()*	None	Be₂Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄·6H₂O	1	107162	3
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	107153,107156,107165	2740
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	107156	234
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	2	107156,107161	155
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	8	107151,107156,107158,107159,107160,107161,107162,107163	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	107156,107166	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	12	107151,107153,107154,107155,107156,107158,107159,107160,107161,107162,107163,107166	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	1	107161	124
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	2	107152,107156	326
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	107156	182
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	107160	140
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	107165	121
Purpurite ()*	Olivine	Mn³⁺(PO₄)	1	107156	80
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	107165	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	107151,107153,107154,107155,107156,107157,107158,107159,107160,107161,107162,107163,107164,107165,107166	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	107159,107162,107163	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	4	107156,107158,107160,107161	688
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	107156	263
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	107156	211
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2	107156,107161	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	107159	1476
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	107156	313
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	2	107156,107161	233
Triploidite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	107156	29
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	107156	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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