Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Strathmore Pegmatites, Cape Cross Area, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 526
Youngest recorded age at locality: 466

mindat Locality ID: 28832
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28832.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Strathmore Pegmatites, Cape Cross Area, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Pegmatite SP14
Pegmatite SP48
Petalite Pegmatite

Latitude: 21°44'16"S
Longitude: 14°12'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.737777777778,14.200555555556

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.

Beryl	Columbite	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Zircon

Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Eucryptite ()*	Ferrisicklerite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Heterosite ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Montebrasite ()*
Petalite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Thorite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Be Ca F Fe H Li Mn Nb O P Si Sn Ta Th Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F H Li Mn O P Si Ta Th Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Columbite Fluorite None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite Pyroxene Rutile Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	526	466	1	86370	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	526	466	3	86370,86371,86372	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	526	466	3	86370,86371,86372	5171
Eucryptite ()*	Phenakite	LiAlSiO₄	526	466	1	86372	29
Ferrisicklerite ()*	Olivine	Li_1-x(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)(PO₄)	526	466	3	86370,86371,86372	108
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	526	466	0		9617
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	526	466	3	86370,86371,86372	204
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	526	466	0		148
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	526	466	0		155
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	526	466	0		200
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	526	466	1	86372	124
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	526	466	0		688
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	526	466	0		1006
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	526	466	0		939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	526	466	0		5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Scott-CGSN8_5-0003	mine

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
	Scott-CGSN8_5-0003	526	466	496±30	Rb-Sr	Age of intrusion		whole rock			Yes				25561	Uis Mine (Uis Myn), Uis (Groot Uis), Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia	Uis mine	Steven et al. (1993)		CGSN8_5	P. 10 Table 3

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