Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Maluti Mts., Mokhotlong District, Lesotho

mindat Locality ID: 49574
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49574.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maluti Mts., Mokhotlong District, Lesotho": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Letseng-La-Terae Mine (Letseng Mine; Lets'eng Mine)

Latitude: 29°'17"S
Longitude: 28°51'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.004722222222,28.860555555556

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.

Calcite	Diamond	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Pectolite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt

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 C Ca Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Diamond Natrolite Nickeline None Pectolite Pyroxene Rocksalt

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Crowningshieldite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Periclase ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	78078	27770
Crowningshieldite ()*	Nickeline	(Ni_0.9Fe_0.1)S	1	78078	1
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	78078	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	78078	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	78078	944
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	0		167
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	78078	1236
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	78078	363
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	78078	114

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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