Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fezile Dabi District, Free State, South Africa

mindat Locality ID: 244698
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244698.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fezile Dabi District, Free State, South Africa": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kroonstad
Sasolburg
Vredefort
Vredefort Impact Structure

Latitude: 27°12'36"S
Longitude: 27°34'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.21,27.568888888889

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.

Andalusite	Arcanite	Baryte	Beryl	Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Gypsum	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Zircon

Andalusite ()*	Baryte ()*	Clinoferrosilite ()*	Coesite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Letovicite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mascagnite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Stishovite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Cl Fe H K Mg N O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arcanite Baryte Beryl Clay Corundum Diamond Gypsum Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Staurolite Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	3	106057,106062,106064	1310
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	106060	11547
Clinoferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	1	106063	18
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	2	106062,106064	77
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	106064	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	106058,106064	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	2	106058,106059	697
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	106060	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	106064	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	3	106058,106062,106064	1507
Letovicite ()*	None	(NH₄)₃H(SO₄)₂	1	106060	18
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	106064	14899
Mascagnite ()*	Arcanite	(NH₄)₂(SO₄)	1	106060	61
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	106060,106064	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	106058,106059,106060	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	106064,106065	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	106064	5614
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	1	106060	105
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	106064	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	106064	978
Stishovite ()*	Rutile	SiO₂	2	106062,106064	26
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	106064	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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