Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ceres, Cape Winelands District, Western Cape, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 56261
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56261.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ceres, Cape Winelands District, Western Cape, South Africa": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Koue Bokkeveld Mtn

Latitude: 33°7'59"S
Longitude: 19°22'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.133055555556,19.383055555556

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.

Aragonite	Barringerite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Gypsum	Iron	Magnetoplumbite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel	Sulphur	Tochilinite

Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Barringerite ()*	Bassanite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Cronstedtite ()*
Daubréelite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hibonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Spinel ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tochilinite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Ce Cr Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Barringerite Calcite Clay Corundum Gypsum Iron Magnetoplumbite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel Sulphur Tochilinite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	107296	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	107296	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	107296	2060
Barringerite ()*	Barringerite	(Fe,Ni)₂P	1	107296	22
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	1	107296	82
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	107296	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	107296	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	107296	951
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	107296	94
Cronstedtite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Fe³⁺)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	107296	54
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	107296	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	107296	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	107296	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	107296	944
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	107296	371
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	107296	1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	107296	6890
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	1	107296	80
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	107296	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	107296	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	107296	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	107296	1508
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	107296	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	107296	495
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	107295	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	107296	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	107296	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	107296	374
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	107296	1934
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	107296	2045
Tochilinite ()*	Tochilinite	6(Fe_0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)₂]	1	107296	56
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	107296	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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