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:
Pala Kop, Letaba, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa

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

mindat Locality ID: 54193
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54193.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pala Kop, Letaba, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kubannek Quarry
Kubannek Quarry (2)

Latitude: 23°17'59"S
Longitude: 30°31'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.299722222222,30.531388888889

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Clay	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Tourmaline

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 Ca F H K Li Mg Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Li O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Clay Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Tourmaline

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Dravite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2969	2969	1	106448	4286
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2969	2969	1	106449	648
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2969	2969	0		2740
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2969	2969	1	106449	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2969	2969	1	106448	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2969	2969	1	106448	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2969	2969	0		688

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
	Be-00047	2969	2969	2969			high						Beryl, Phenakite	Be	54193	Pala Kop, Letaba, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa		Poujol (2001)	10.1016/S0899-5362(01)90096-X	JAES33_155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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