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:
Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 56350
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56350.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape, South Africa": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Baviaanskrantz Pegmatite
Bokvasmaak
Daberas
Riemvasmaak
Zeekoe-Streek 9

Latitude: 28°28'46"S
Longitude: 19°56'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.479444444444,19.949444444444

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.

Allanite	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Beryl	Bismutite	Brannerite	Clay	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Löllingite	Mica	None	Olivine	Quartz	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Andalusite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismutite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Corundum ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Topaz ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As B Be Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Na O P Si Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Beryl Bismutite Brannerite Clay Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Löllingite Mica None Olivine Quartz Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

20 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)	2	107237,107242	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	107240,107243	706
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	107238	1310
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	107237,107242,107244	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	107237	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	107237	716
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1	107237	248
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	1	107237	94
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	107240	321
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	107238	1797
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	107245	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	107243	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	107243	14640
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	107240	762
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	107237,107240	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	107237,107242	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	107237,107240,107242,107243,107244	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	107242	2705
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	107237	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	107237,107239	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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