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Biotite from
Mooihoek Farm 255 KT, Burgersfort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mooihoek Farm 255 KT, Burgersfort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:847676
Long-form Identifier:1:3:847676:0
GUID (UUID V4):d17301af-8bcc-4de9-b978-d043ab59b5d8
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘAnnesly andalusite mine, Burgersfort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
23.3km (14.5 miles) ⓘOnverwacht Mine, Steelpoort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘHavercroft andalusite mine, Burgersfort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
47.3km (29.4 miles) ⓘHelena Chrome Mine, Steelpoort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
53.3km (33.1 miles) ⓘSpitskop Alkaline Igneous Complex, Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
58.1km (36.1 miles) ⓘBooysendal North Mine, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
84.4km (52.4 miles) ⓘCobra pit, Gravelotte Emerald Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
References
Rudashevsky, N. S., Avdontsev, S. N., & Dneprovskaya, M. B. (1992). Evolution of PGE mineralization in hortonolitic dunites of the Mooihoek and Onverwacht pipes, Bushveld Complex. Mineralogy and Petrology, 47(1), 37-54.
 
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