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Locality Name:
Middelburg, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 222916
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222916.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Middelburg, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Farm Kruisrivier 74 JS
Roossenekal

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 As Au Be C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenoliteBerylChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperFluoriteLöllingiteMalachiteMilleriteNickeline
NonePerovskitePrehnitePyriteQuartzSkutteruditeVivianite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenolite  (*)Beryl  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Heterogenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O31106759231
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811067594286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22106759,10676027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1106759966
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1106759814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211067599617
Gold  (*)CopperAu110675930554
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)1106759111
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110675912537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11067591066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1106759633
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O110675999
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211067601898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110675939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110676061156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs21106759317
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31106759531


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