Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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Ref.: Ericksson, S.C. (1989) Phalaborwa: a saga of magmatism, metasomatism and miscibiolity. In: Carbonatites: Genesis and Evolution (K. Bell, editor). Unwin Hyman, London, U.K. (221-254).

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Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Mineral List:

Aegirine
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Analcime
Antigorite
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
Apophyllite-(KF)
Arfvedsonite
Baddeleyite
Baryte
'Bastnäsite'
Biotite
Bornite
Brucite
Calcite
Celestine
'Chabazite'
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chondrodite
Clinochlore
Covellite
Cubanite
Cuprite
Datolite
Diopside
Dolomite
Fluoborite
Fluorite

Galena
Geikielite
Gold
var: Electrum
'Heulandite'
Högbomite
Hydromagnesite
Hydrotalcite
Ilmenite
Iowaite
'K Feldspar'
Laumontite
Linnaeite
Mackinawite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Mesolite
Millerite
Mooihoekite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
Natrolite
Naumannite
'Olivine'
Pectolite
Pentlandite
Phlogopite
Pigeonite

Prehnite
Pseudobrookite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Saponite
Scolecite
'Serpentine Group'
Siegenite
Sphalerite
Stilbite-Ca
Strontianite
Talnakhite
Tetrahedrite
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorianite
var: Uranothorianite
Titanite
Ulvöspinel
Uraninite
Valleriite
Vermiculite
Violarite
Witherite
Xonotlite
Zirconolite
var: Niobozirconolite
Zirkelite

102 entries listed. 72 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region:


South Africa
Limpopo Province Phalaborwa Foskor Apatite pit
Guide mine
Loolekop Palabora mine

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