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Locality Name:
Ventersdorp, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, North West, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 59225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59225.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ventersdorp, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District, North West, South Africa": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Blue Lagoon Cave
Boons Cave
Tirisano Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteArseniosideriteCalcioferriteCalciteCeriteDiamondFairfielditeGypsumLeucophosphite
NoneQuartzTaranakite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Collinsite  (*)Diamond  (*)Evansite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Minyulite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)
Montgomeryite  (*)Newberyite  (*)Quartz  (*)Strengite  (*)Taranakite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Variscite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2106887,1068883250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2106887,10688827770
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O110688738
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1106889697
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O110688856
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11068886890
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1106888341
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1106888110
Minyulite  (*)NoneKAl2(PO4)2F·4H2O110688831
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O1106888129
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O110688844
Newberyite  (*)NoneMg(PO3OH)·3H2O110688824
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1106888263
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O110688857
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1106888433
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1106888301
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)61106888104


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