Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bushveld Complex, South Africa

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2058
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2058

mindat Locality ID: 26589
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26589.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bushveld Complex, South Africa": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Auricupride	Baddeleyite	Bowieite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Isomertieite	Nickeline	None	Perovskite
Potarite	Pyrite	Rutile	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Ullmannite	Zircon

Anorthite ()*	Arsenopalladinite ()*	Atokite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Bowieite ()*
Braggite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cooperite ()*	Ferronickelplatinum ()*	Gold ()*
Hollingworthite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Keithconnite ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Laurite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mertieite-II ()*
Miassite ()*	Platinum ()*	Rutile ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Tulameenite ()*	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 As Au Bi Ca Cr Cu Fe Ir Ni O Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi Ca Cr Cu Fe Ir Ni O Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Baddeleyite Bowieite Copper Corundum Feldspar Isomertieite Nickeline None Perovskite
Potarite Pyrite Rutile Spinel Stillwaterite Ullmannite Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2058	2058	1036
Arsenopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	2058	2058	31
Atokite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Sn	2058	2058	29
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	2058	2058	238
Bowieite ()*	Bowieite	Rh₂S₃	2058	2058	33
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	2058	2058	101
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2058	2058	3902
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	2058	2058	124
Ferronickelplatinum ()*	Potarite	Pt₂FeNi	2058	2058	13
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2058	2058	30554
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	2058	2058	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2058	2058	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	2058	2058	154
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	2058	2058	48
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	2058	2058	40
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	2058	2058	116
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	2058	2058	226
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	2058	2058	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2058	2058	14899
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	2058	2058	44
Miassite ()*	None	Rh₁₇S₁₅	2058	2058	10
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	2058	2058	485
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2058	2058	5614
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2058	2058	337
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	2058	2058	75
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	2058	2058	66
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe	2058	2058	48
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2058	2058	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00085	2058	2058										Atheneite	Hg	26589	Bushveld Complex, South Africa		Melcher et al. (2005); Scoates and Friedman (2008); Olsson et al. (2010)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100102	Bushveld Complex, South Africa	https://rruff.info/R100102

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