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

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

mindat Locality ID: 57061
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57061.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Letaba, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Arundel Farm
Corea Farm
Dentz Farm
Ellerton Mine
Konstanz Farm
Leonde Mine
Mpande Farm
Pala Kop

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Tourmaline

Anthophyllite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Dravite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Grossular ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Margarite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*

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 C Ca F H K Li Mg Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O Si

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

13 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	106440	718
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2969	2969	2	106447,106448	4286
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄			1	106439	321
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2969	2969	1	106449	648
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2969	2969	1	106447	2740
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2969	2969	0		1544
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2969	2969	2	106447,106449	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			2	106442,106444	1487
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	2969	2969	0		168
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	106443	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2969	2969	2	106447,106448	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2969	2969	2	106447,106448	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2969	2969	1	106447	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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