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Locality Name:
Jakkalswater (Jackal's Water; Noumas I Pegmatite; Blesberg Mine), Steinkopf, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 10243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jakkalswater (Jackal's Water; Noumas I Pegmatite; Blesberg Mine), Steinkopf, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sleight's 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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si Ta Th U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si Ta Th U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteArsenicBerylBismutiteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteMatlockite
MicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhenakitePhosphosideritePyroxeneQuartzTriplite
WagneriteZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismoclite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Purpurite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spodumene  (*)Strengite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)
Thorite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Triploidite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811071574286
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl071
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)0234
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)0155
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)0326
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)080
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110715761156
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O60688
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O60211
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)01006
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)0313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F0233
Triploidite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(PO4)(OH)029
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718


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