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:
Roodekraal Farm, Potchefstroom, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, North West, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 56496
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56496.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roodekraal Farm, Potchefstroom, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, North West, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 26°48'6"S
Longitude: 27°11'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.801666666667,27.185555555556

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.

Andalusite	Feldspar	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz

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 Cu Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Feldspar Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Libethenite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	106883	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	106883	2162
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	106883	5509
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	0		234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	106883	12537
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	106883	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	106883	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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