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Locality Name:
Carolina, Gert Sibande District, Mpumalanga, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 57375
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57375.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carolina, Gert Sibande District, Mpumalanga, South Africa": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dorstbult Plantation
Kindergoed Farm

Latitude: 26°7'24"S
Longitude: 30°20'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.123333333333,30.336944444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cl Cr Fe H K Mg O P Pb Si V Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteChloriteClayDescloiziteMicaMonaziteNone
QuartzTalc

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Crocoite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Massicot  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211066983419
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11066994979
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811066981756
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)110669981
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1106699378
Massicot  (*)NonePbO1106699202
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110669817380
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11066991725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110669961156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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