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North West Province, South Africa

Western Platinum Mine, Rustenburg District, Western Bushveld Complex, North West Province, South Africa

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Actinolite
Aegirine
Aenigmatite
Albite
var: Andesine
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Allanite-(La)
Altaite
Analcime
Anatase
Ancylite-(Ce)
Andalusite
Andradite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Annite
Anorthite
'Apatite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
Ardealite
Arfvedsonite
Arsenopyrite
Astrophyllite
Atokite
Augite
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Baddeleyite
Bafertisite
Banalsite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Baryte
'Bastnäsite'
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bastnäsite-(La)
Belovite-(Ce)
Beryl
var: Emerald
Beudantite
'Biotite'
'var: Manganophyllite'
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bixbyite
Bornite
Braggite
Braunite
Britholite-(Ce)
Brushite
Bunsenite
Calcite
Caledonite
Cancrinite
Carminite
Catapleiite
Celestine
Cerite-(Ce)
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Cheralite
'Cheralite-(Ce)'
Chevkinite-(Ce)
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chrysocolla
Clausthalite
Clinochlore
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Cobaltite
Coffinite

Collinsite
'Columbite'
'Columbite Group'
Columbite-(Mn)
Cooperite (TL)
Copper
Coronadite
Covellite
Crocoite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cuprite
Cyanotrichite
Delafossite
Descloizite
Diamond
Diaspore
Digenite
Diopside
Dioptase
Dolomite
Doyleite
Dravite
Dyscrasite
Ecandrewsite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Epidote
Epistilbite
Epsomite
Erlichmanite
Eudialyte
Fayalite
'Feldspar Group'
Fergusonite-(Ce)
Fergusonite-(Y)
Ferro-katophorite
Fersmite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Fluorstrophite
Fornacite
Forsterite
Froodite
Galena
Gasparite-(Ce)
Gearksutite
Gersdorffite
Geversite
Glaucodot
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Grossular
var: Hibschite
Gypsum
Hastingsite
Hausmannite
Haycockite
Hedenbergite
Hejtmanite
Helvine
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hetaerolite
'Heulandite'
Hilairite
'Hornblende'
Huttonite
Hydrozincite
Illite
Ilmenite
Ilvaite
Irarsite
Isoferroplatinum

Jarosite
'Joséite'
'Joséite-B'
Kentbrooksite
Kotulskite
Krennerite
Kupletskite
Kyanite
Lamprophyllite
Laumontite
Laurite
Låvenite
Leucite
Liebenbergite
'Limonite'
Linarite
Löllingite
Loparite-(Ce)
var: Nioboloparite
Lorenzenite
Mackinawite
Magnesio-arfvedsonite
Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Majorite
Malachite
Maldonite
'Manganese Oxides'
Maslovite
Massicot
Meionite
Merenskyite (TL)
'Mica Group'
Michenerite
Microcline
Millerite
Mimetite
Minium
Minnesotaite
Molybdenite
Monazite-(La)
Moncheite
Mooihoekite
Morenosite
Mosandrite
Mottramite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Natrolite
Nepheline
Nickeline
Niggliite
Niobophyllite
Olekminskite
Olivenite
'Olivine'
Opal
Orpiment
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Parakeldyshite
Parisite-(Ce)
'Partridgeite'
Pectolite
Pentlandite
Perovskite
'Perthite'
Pharmacosiderite
Phlogopite
Platinum
Plumbogummite
Plumbojarosite

Prehnite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
'Pyrobitumen'
Pyrochlore Group
'Pyrochlore Supergroup
var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)'
Pyrochroite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Carnelian
var: Chalcedony
Retzian-(Ce)
Rhodochrosite
Riebeckite
Riebeckite Group
var: Crocidolite
Rinkite
Rosasite
Ruarsite
Rustenburgite (TL)
Rutile
Safflorite
Sanidine
Sasaite
Scorodite
Sérandite
Siderite
Silver
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Sodalite
Sperrylite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
Stibiopalladinite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Strengite
Stronalsite
Strontianite
Sudburyite
Sulphur
Sylvite
Tetrahedrite
Thorianite
Thorite
Titanite
Todorokite
Tremolite
Trevorite
Tučekite
'UM1991-06-E:AuCu'
'Uranpyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)'
Uvarovite
Vanadinite
Vauquelinite
Vysotskite
Wadeite
Willemseite
Wulfenite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zeunerite
Zircon
Zircophyllite

295 entries listed. 249 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

South Africa

North West Province
- Bafokeng District
  - Bafokeng/Wildebeest Mine
- Bloemhof (Bloemhof District)
- Bulhoek (Bulhoekkop)
- Carolina District
  - Kindergoed Farm
- Christiana
- Deelkraal
  - Deelkraal Mine
- Groot Marico
  - Kleinfortein Mine
- Kalahari Goldridge Mine
- Kleinfonteinspruit
- Kruidfontein
- Lichtenburg
- Little Marico River
- Marico District
  - Abjaters Cave
  - Bokkraal Farm
  - Doornhoek Mine
  - Edendale Lead Mine
  - Genadendal
  - Kafferskraal Farm
  - Leeuwbosch Lead Mine
  - Marico Fluorspar Mine
  - Otteskoop
  - Roodekopjesfontein Farm
  - Witkop Farm
    - Witkop Fluorspar Mine
  - Witrand Farm
  - Zeerust
    - Unnamed lead deposit
- Morokweng Impact Structure
- Nooitgedacht sinkholes
- Oberholzer
  - Apocalypse pothole
- Olifantspoort
  - Olifantspoort Mine
- Ottosdal
  - Gestoptefontein Farm
- Ottoshoop
- Potchefstroom
  - Machavie Gold Mine
  - Roodekraal Farm
    - Unnamed prospect
- Reivilo
  - Pering Mine
- Schweizer-Reneke
  - Uitvalskop
- Spitskop
- Swartruggens
  - Helam Mine
- Vaalkopspruit
- Ventersdorp
  - Blue Lagoon Cave
  - Boons Cave
- Vryburg
  - Pomfret Mine
- Western Bushveld Complex
  - Boulder Bed
  - Brits District

South Africa

North West Province

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