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View of the Kimberley diamond mining area, in 1905.

Wesselton Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

View of the Kimberley diamond mining area, in 1905.

Wesselton Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

View of the Kimberley diamond mining area, in 1905.

Wesselton Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

View of the Kimberley diamond mining area, in 1905.

Wesselton Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

View of the Kimberley diamond mining area, in 1905.

Wesselton Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

View of the Kimberley diamond mining area, in 1905.

Wesselton Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

View of the Kimberley diamond mining area, in 1905.

Wesselton Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

View of the Kimberley diamond mining area, in 1905.

Wesselton Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Neighbouring regions:

Magareng Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Dikgatlong Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Siyancuma Local Municipality, Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Tokologo Local Municipality, Lejweleputswa District Municipality, Free State, South Africa

Letsemeng Local Municipality, Xhariep District Municipality, Free State, South Africa

Type:

Municipality

Largest Settlements:

Place	Population
Kimberley	142,089 (2012)
Ritchie	9,960 (2014)

Mindat Locality ID:

335642

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:335642:8

GUID (UUID V4):

Other/historical names associated with this locality:

Sol Plaatjie

Other Languages:

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French:

Sol Plaatje, Frances Baard, Cap-Nord, Afrique du Sud

German:

Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard, Nordkap, Südafrika

Italian:

Municipalità locale di Sol Plaatje, Municipalità distrettuale di Frances Baard, provincia del Capo Settentrionale, Sudafrica

Simplified Chinese:

索爾·普拉奇地方自治市, 弗朗西絲·巴爾德區自治市, 北開普省, 南非

Afrikaans:

Sol Plaatje Plaaslike Munisipaliteit, Frances Baard-distriksmunisipaliteit, Noord-Kaap, Suid-Afrika

Dutch:

Sol Plaatje, Frances Baard, Noord-Kaap, Zuid-Afrika

Faroese:

Sol Plaatje, Northern Cape, Suðurafrika

Japanese:

ソル・プラーチェ, 北ケープ州, 南アフリカ

Northern Sotho:

Mmušôgaê wa Sol Plaatje, Mmasepala Setereke tša Frances Baard, Kapa Leboa, Afrika Borwa

Novial:

Sol Plaatjie Komunie, Frances Baard Distrikte, Nord Kabe, Sud Afrika

Polish:

Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard, Prowincja Przylądkowa Północna, Republika Południowej Afryki

The Sol Plaatje Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Frances Baard District Municipality district of the Northern Cape province, South Africa, named after Sol T. Plaatje. It includes the diamond mining city of Kimberley.

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ⓘ Asbestos

ⓘ Diamond

Mineral List

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

ⓘ Afwillite (TL)

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'

ⓘ 'Ancylite'

ⓘ 'Apatite'

ⓘ Aphthitalite

ⓘ 'Apophyllite Group'

ⓘ Bultfonteinite (TL)

ⓘ 'Chrome-Spinel (of Dana)'

ⓘ Chromite

ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

ⓘ var. Stewartite (of Sutton)

ⓘ Diopside

ⓘ var. Chromium-bearing Diopside

ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

ⓘ Fluorapophyllite-(K)

ⓘ Hawthorneite (TL)

ⓘ Heazlewoodite

ⓘ Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

ⓘ 'Hypersthene'

ⓘ Ilmenite

ⓘ var. Magnesium and Chromium-bearing Ilmenite

ⓘ Lindsleyite (TL)

ⓘ Magnesioferrite

ⓘ Magnesite

ⓘ Magnetite

ⓘ Mathiasite (TL)

ⓘ 'Monazite Group'

ⓘ Monticellite

ⓘ Mountainite (TL)

ⓘ 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'

ⓘ Potassic-richterite

ⓘ var. Niobium- and Chromium-bearing Rutile

ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

ⓘ Tetraferriphlogopite

ⓘ 'UM1975-09-O:BaCrFeMgTiV'

79 valid minerals. 7 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

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ⓘ Afwillite (TL)

Formula: Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂] · 2H₂O

Type Locality:

References:

Parry, John, Wright, F. E. (1925) Afwillite, a new hydrous calcium silicate, from Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 20 (108) 277-286 doi:10.1180/minmag.1925.020.108.02

Clark, A. M. (1993) Hey's Mineral Index - Mineral Species, Varieties and Synonyms (3rd ed.). Natural History Museum.

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'

Formula: AB₂C₅(T₈O₂₂)W₂

Locality: Boshof Road dumps, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

Konzett, J., Wirth, R., Hauzenberger, C., & Whitehouse, M. (2013). Two episodes of fluid migration in the Kaapvaal Craton lithospheric mantle associated with Cretaceous kimberlite activity: evidence from a harzburgite containing a unique assemblage of metasomatic zirconium-phases. Lithos, 182, 165-184.

ⓘ 'Ancylite'

Locality: Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

Abersteiner, Adam, Kamenetsky, Vadim S., Goemann, Karsten, Giuliani, Andrea, Howarth, Geoffrey H., Castillo-Oliver, Montgarri, Thompson, Jay, Kamenetsky, Maya, Cherry, Alexander (2019) Composition and emplacement of the Benfontein kimberlite sill complex (Kimberley, South Africa): Textural, petrographic and melt inclusion constraints. Lithos, 324. 297-314 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2018.11.017

ⓘ 'Apatite'

Formula: Ca₅(PO₄)₃A

Localities:

Wesselton Mine (Wesselton Shaft), KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Aphthitalite

Formula: K₃Na(SO₄)₂

Locality: Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

Giuliani, A., Kamenetsky, V.S., Phillips, D., Kendrick, M.A., Wyatt, B.A., Goemann, K. (2012) Nature of alkali-carbonate fluids in the sub-continental lithospheric mantle. Geology, 40 (11) 967-970 doi:10.1130/g33221.1

Tarasov, A., Sharygin, I., Golovin, A., Dymshits, A., & Rezvukhin, D. (2021, April). Mineral assemblage within secondary crystallized melt inclusions in olivine of mantle xenoliths from the Bultfontein kimberlite pipe (Kaapvaal craton, South Africa). In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (pp. EGU21-4486).

Tarasov, AA (2022) Mineralogy Assemblage of Olivine-Hosted Secondary Melt Inclusions from Bultfontein Pipe (South Africa) and Constraints on the Primary Kimberlite Melt Composition. X International Siberian Early Career GeoScientists Conference: Proceedings of the Conference (13-17 June 2022, Novosibirsk, Russia)/ IGM SB RAS, IPPG SB RAS, NSU. – Novosibirsk: IPC NSU, 2022. - 228 p. - ISBN 978-5-4437-1337-3..

ⓘ 'Apophyllite Group'

Formula: AB₄[Si₈O₂₀]X · 8H₂O

Localities:

Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Kimberley Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Arcanite

Formula: K₂SO₄

References:

Giuliani, Andrea, Soltys, Ashton, Phillips, David, Kamenetsky, Vadim S., Maas, Roland, Goemann, Karsten, Woodhead, Jon D., Drysdale, Russell N., Griffin, William L. (2017) The final stages of kimberlite petrogenesis: Petrography, mineral chemistry, melt inclusions and Sr-C-O isotope geochemistry of the Bultfontein kimberlite (Kimberley, South Africa) Chemical Geology, 455. 342-356 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.10.011

ⓘ Armalcolite

Formula: MgTi⁴⁺₂O₅

Localities:

Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Baddeleyite

Formula: ZrO₂

Localities:

Boshof Road dumps, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Baryte

Formula: BaSO₄

Localities:

Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Bradleyite

Formula: Na₃Mg(CO₃)(PO₄)

References:

ⓘ Bultfonteinite (TL)

Formula: Ca₂(HSiO₄)F · H₂O

Localities:

Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Type Locality: Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Description: The mineral was first found by a miner named Cann in 1903 or 1904 on the 480-foot level of the Bultfontein mine at Kimberley. It occurred, associated with calcite, apophyllite, and natrolite, in a large 'horse' of dolerite and shale fragments enclosed in kimberlite, Parry et al (1932)

ⓘ Burkeite

Formula: Na₆(CO₃)(SO₄)₂

References:

ⓘ Calcite

Formula: CaCO₃

Localities:

Wesselton Mine (Wesselton Shaft), KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Kimberley Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Calzirtite

Formula: Ca₂Zr₅Ti₂O₁₆

Locality: Boshof Road dumps, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

ⓘ 'Carbonate'

References:

ⓘ ~~Cebollite~~

Formula: Ca₅Al₂(SiO₄)₃(OH)₄

Locality: De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa - erroneously reported

Description: Pectolite

References:

rruff.geo.arizona.edu (n.d.) http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/cebollite.pdf.

Kruger, F. J. (1982) The occurrence of cebollite in kimberlite and included zeolitized crustal xenoliths—a correction and discussion of the occurrence of pectolite. Mineralogical Magazine, 46 (339) 274-275 doi:10.1180/minmag.1982.046.339.18

✪ Celestine

Formula: SrSO₄

Colour: Blue

Description: Large crystals found in the bultfontein diamond pipe.

References:

Cairncross, Bruce (2004) Field Guide to Rocks & Minerals of Southern Africa. 288pp.

ⓘ 'Chrome-Spinel (of Dana)'

Localities:

ⓘ Chromite

Formula: Fe²⁺Cr³⁺₂O₄

Localities:

De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Wesselton Mine (Wesselton Shaft), KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

Localities:

Boshof Road dumps, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Wesselton Mine (Wesselton Shaft), KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Corundum

Formula: Al₂O₃

Locality: Wesselton Mine (Wesselton Shaft), KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

Mathias, M., Siebert, J. C., Rickwood, P. C. (1970) Some aspects of the mineralogy and petrology of ultramafic xenoliths in kimberlite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 26 (2) 75-123 doi:10.1007/bf00371259

ⓘ Crichtonite

Formula: Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈

Locality: Boshof Road dumps, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

ⓘ Cuspidine ?

Formula: Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄

References:

ⓘ Diamond

Formula: C

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Description: Occurs in kimberlite. Exceptional specimen in Smithsonian Istitution, NY single xx 5.14 x 5.1 cm [see Bancroft, Peter (1973) The World's Finest Minerals and Crystals].

ⓘ Diamond var. Stewartite (of Sutton)

Formula: C

Locality: Kimberley Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

J. H. Sutton, 1911. Nature, London, vol. lxxxvii, p. 550

ⓘ Diopside

Formula: CaMgSi₂O₆

Localities:

Boshof Road dumps, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Kimberley Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Diopside var. Chromium-bearing Diopside

Formula: Ca(Mg,Cr)Si₂O₆

Localities:

Kimberley Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Dolomite

Formula: CaMg(CO₃)₂

Localities:

Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Eitelite

Formula: Na₂Mg(CO₃)₂

References:

ⓘ Enstatite

Formula: Mg₂Si₂O₆

Localities:

De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Wesselton Mine (Wesselton Shaft), KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Kampfersdam Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Fairchildite

Formula: K₂Ca(CO₃)₂

References:

ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

ⓘ Fluorapophyllite-(K)

Formula: KCa₄(Si₈O₂₀)(F,OH) · 8H₂O

Localities:

Kimberley Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Fluorite

Formula: CaF₂

References:

ⓘ Freudenbergite

Formula: Na₂(Ti,Fe)₈O₁₆

References:

ⓘ Galena

Formula: PbS

Locality: Boshof Road dumps, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

ⓘ 'Garnet Group'

Formula: X₃Z₂(SiO₄)₃

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ Geikielite

Formula: MgTiO₃

Locality: Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

rruff.geo.arizona.edu (n.d.) http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/geikielite.pdf.

ⓘ Glagolevite

Formula: Na(Mg,Al)₆(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH,O)₈

Locality: Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

ⓘ Glauberite

Formula: Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂

References:

ⓘ Gregoryite

Formula: (Na₂,K₂,Ca)CO₃

References:

ⓘ Halite

Formula: NaCl

References:

ⓘ Hawthorneite (TL)

Formula: BaMgTi₃Cr₄Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂O₁₉

Type Locality:

References:

Amer.Min.(1989), 74, 668-675

Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa. p.1-290.

ⓘ Heazlewoodite

Formula: Ni₃S₂

Localities:

ⓘ Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

Formula: KCa₄(Si₈O₂₀)(OH,F) · 8H₂O

Locality: Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

Rouse, Roland C., Peacor, Donald R., Dunn, Pete J. (1978) Hydroxyapophyllite, a new mineral, and a redefinition of the apophyllite group. II. Crystal structure. American Mineralogist, 63 (1-2). 196-202

ⓘ 'Hypersthene'

Formula: (Mg,Fe)SiO₃

References:

ⓘ Ilmenite

Formula: Fe²⁺TiO₃

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ Ilmenite var. Magnesium and Chromium-bearing Ilmenite

Formula: (Fe²⁺,Mg)(Ti,Cr)O₃

Locality: De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

Anthony, John W., Bideaux, Richard A., Bladh, Kenneth W., Nichols, Monte C. - Eds. (2016) Handbook of Mineralogy. https://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/

ⓘ Ilmenite var. Picroilmenite

Formula: (Fe²⁺,Mg)TiO₃

References:

ⓘ Kalsilite

Formula: KAlSiO₄

References:

ⓘ Kinoshitalite

Formula: (Ba,K)(Mg,Mn²⁺,Al)₃(Al₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH)₂

Locality: De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

Soltys, A., Giuliani, A., & Phillips, D. (2018). Crystallisation sequence and magma evolution of the De Beers dyke (Kimberley, South Africa). Mineralogy and Petrology, 1-16.

ⓘ Kogarkoite

Formula: Na₃(SO₄)F

References:

ⓘ Lindsleyite (TL)

Formula: (Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈

Localities:

Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Magnesioferrite

Formula: MgFe³⁺₂O₄

References:

ⓘ Magnesite

Formula: MgCO₃

References:

ⓘ Magnetite

Formula: Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄

Localities:

Boshof Road dumps, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Mathiasite (TL)

Formula: (Mg,Cr,Fe,Ca,K)₂(Ti,Zr,Cr,Fe)₅O₁₂

Localities:

Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ 'Monazite Group'

Formula: REE(PO₄)

Locality: De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

Soltys, A., Giuliani, A., & Phillips, D. (2018). Crystallisation sequence and magma evolution of the De Beers dyke (Kimberley, South Africa). Mineralogy and Petrology, 1-16.

ⓘ Monticellite

Formula: CaMg(SiO₄)

Localities:

De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Mountainite (TL)

Formula: KNa₂Ca₂[Si₈O₁₉(OH)] · 6H₂O

Type Locality:

References:

Gard, J. A., Taylor, H. F. W., Chalmers, R. A. (1957) An investigation of two new minerals: rhodesite and mountainite. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 31 (239). 611-623 doi:10.1180/minmag.1957.31.239.02

ⓘ Nahcolite

Formula: NaHCO₃

References:

ⓘ Natrite

Formula: Na₂CO₃

References:

ⓘ Natrolite

Formula: Na₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀ · 2H₂O

References:

Parry, John, Williams, Alpiieus F., Wright, F. E. (1932) On bultfonteinite, a new fluorine-bearing hydrous calcium silicate from South Africa. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 23 (138) 145-162 doi:10.1180/minmag.1932.023.138.01

Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa. p.1-290.

ⓘ Nepheline

Formula: Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)

Locality: Boshof Road dumps, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

ⓘ Northupite

Formula: Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl

References:

ⓘ Nyerereite

Formula: Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂

References:

ⓘ 'Olivine Group'

Formula: M₂SiO₄

Localities:

Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Omphacite

Formula: (Na_aCa_bFe²⁺_cMg_d)(Al_eFe³⁺_fFe²⁺_gMg_h)Si₂O₆

Locality: Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

Handbook of Mineralogy (http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/omphacite.pdf)

ⓘ 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'

Localities:

ⓘ Pectolite

Formula: NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)

Localities:

Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Pentlandite

Formula: (Ni_xFe_y)_Σ9S₈

Localities:

ⓘ Perovskite

Formula: CaTiO₃

Localities:

ⓘ Phlogopite

Formula: KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Plagioclase'

Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈

Locality: Clarkton Mine, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

ⓘ Potassic-richterite

Formula: K(CaNa)Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂

Localities:

Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Priderite

Formula: K(Ti⁴⁺₇Fe³⁺)O₁₆

Localities:

ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS₂

Locality: Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa. p.1-290.

ⓘ 'Pyrochlore Group'

Formula: A₂Nb₂(O,OH)₆Z

Localities:

Boshof Road dumps, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Pyrope

Formula: Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃

Localities:

ⓘ 'Pyroxene Group'

Formula: ADSi₂O₆

References:

Griffin, W.L, Jensen, B.B., Misra, S.N. (1971) Anomalously elongated rutile in eclogite-facies pyroxene and garnet. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift [Norwegian Journal of Geology], 51 (2). 177-185

ⓘ Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe_1-xS

Localities:

ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO₂

Localities:

Nooitgedacht (66), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Quartz var. Agate

Formula: SiO₂

Locality: Nooitgedacht (66), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

de Witt, M.C.J. (2004) The diamondiferous sediments on the farm Nooitgedacht (66), Kimberley South Africa. South African Journal of Geology, 107(4), 477-488.

ⓘ Quartz var. Carnelian

Formula: SiO₂

Locality: Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa. p.1-290.

ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony

Formula: SiO₂

Localities:

Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Nooitgedacht (66), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Rhodesite (TL)

Formula: KHCa₂Si₈O₁₉ · 5H₂O

Type Locality:

References:

Mountain, E. D. (1957) Rhodesite, a new mineral from the Bultfontein mine, Kimberley. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 31 (239). 607-610 doi:10.1180/minmag.1957.31.239.01

Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa. p.1-290.

ⓘ Richterite

Formula: Na(CaNa)Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂

Localities:

ⓘ Rutile

Formula: TiO₂

Localities:

Boshof Road dumps, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Rutile var. Niobium- and Chromium-bearing Rutile

Formula: (Ti,Nb,Cr)O₂

Locality: De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

Anthony, John W., Bideaux, Richard A., Bladh, Kenneth W., Nichols, Monte C. - Eds. (2016) Handbook of Mineralogy. https://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/

ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

Formula: D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄

Localities:

Wesselton Mine (Wesselton Shaft), KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Boshof Road dumps, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Shortite

Formula: Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃

References:

ⓘ Spinel

Formula: MgAl₂O₄

Localities:

Wesselton Mine (Wesselton Shaft), KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Boshof Road dumps, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Spinel var. Pleonaste

Formula: (Mg,Fe)Al₂O₄

Localities:

Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Srilankite

Formula: TiO₂

Locality: Boshof Road dumps, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

ⓘ Sylvite

Formula: KCl

References:

ⓘ Tazheranite

Formula: (Zr,Ti,Ca)(O,◻)₂

Locality: Boshof Road dumps, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

ⓘ Tetraferriphlogopite

Formula: KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂

References:

ⓘ Thénardite

Formula: Na₂SO₄

References:

ⓘ Titanite

Formula: CaTiO(SiO₄)

Localities:

ⓘ Tychite

Formula: Na₆Mg₂(CO₃)₄(SO₄)

References:

ⓘ Ulvöspinel

Formula: TiFe²⁺₂O₄

Localities:

ⓘ 'UM1975-09-O:BaCrFeMgTiV'

Formula: (Fe,Mg,Ba,Ca)₃Cr₃VTi₇O₂₃ or (Ba,Ca)(Fe₅Mg₃)(Cr₇V₄Ti₂₀)O₆₆ ?

Locality: De Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

Haggerty, S.E. (1975): The chemistry and genesis of opaque minerals in kimberlites. Phys. Chem. Earth: 9: 295-307

Abulgazina, S.D., Kuzentsova, E.I., Slyusarev, A.P. (1975): Composition of two bismuth copper sulfosalts from skarn deposits of the Sayak group. Doklady Akad. Nauk SSSR: 222: 183-185 (in Russian). (Ab. in: Fleischer, M., Pabst, A., Cabri, L.J. (1976): New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 61: 1055)

ⓘ Witherite

Formula: BaCO₃

References:

ⓘ Zemkorite

Formula: Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂

References:

ⓘ Zircon

Formula: Zr(SiO₄)

Locality: Boshof Road dumps, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

References:

ⓘ Zirconolite

Formula: CaZrTi₂O₇

References:

Gallery:

Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂] · 2H₂Oⓘ Afwillite (TL)

Afwillite

Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Afwillite

Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Afwillite

Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Afwillite

Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Afwillite

Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Afwillite

Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Ca₂(HSiO₄)F · H₂Oⓘ Bultfonteinite (TL)

Bultfonteinite, etc.

Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Bultfonteinite, etc.

Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Bultfonteinite, etc.

Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

CaCO₃ⓘ Calcite

Calcite, etc.

Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Calcite, etc.

Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Calcite, etc.

Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Cⓘ Diamond

Diamond

Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Diamond

Kimberley Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Diamond

Kimberley Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Diamond

Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Diamond

Kimberley Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Diamond

Kimberley Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Diamond

Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Diamond

Kimberley Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Na₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀ · 2H₂Oⓘ Natrolite

Natrolite

Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Natrolite

Wesselton Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Natrolite

Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Natrolite

Wesselton Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Natrolite

Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Natrolite

Wesselton Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)ⓘ Pectolite

Pectolite

Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Pectolite

Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Pectolite

Dutoitspan Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Diamond	1.CB.10a	C
ⓘ	var. Stewartite (of Sutton)	1.CB.10a	C
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Heazlewoodite	2.BB.05	Ni₃S₂
ⓘ	Pentlandite	2.BB.15	(Ni_xFe_y)_Σ9S₈
ⓘ	Pyrrhotite	2.CC.10	Fe_1-xS
ⓘ	Galena	2.CD.10	PbS
ⓘ	Pyrite	2.EB.05a	FeS₂
Group 3 - Halides
ⓘ	Halite	3.AA.20	NaCl
ⓘ	Sylvite	3.AA.20	KCl
ⓘ	Fluorite	3.AB.25	CaF₂
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	'Pyrochlore Group'	4.00.	A₂Nb₂(O,OH)₆Z
ⓘ	Chromite	4.BB.05	Fe²⁺Cr³⁺₂O₄
ⓘ	Magnesioferrite	4.BB.05	MgFe³⁺₂O₄
ⓘ	Magnetite	4.BB.05	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄
ⓘ	Spinel	4.BB.05	MgAl₂O₄
ⓘ	Ulvöspinel	4.BB.05	TiFe²⁺₂O₄
ⓘ	Spinel var. Pleonaste	4.BB.05	(Mg,Fe)Al₂O₄
ⓘ	Corundum	4.CB.05	Al₂O₃
ⓘ	Geikielite	4.CB.05	MgTiO₃
ⓘ	Ilmenite	4.CB.05	Fe²⁺TiO₃
ⓘ	var. Picroilmenite	4.CB.05	(Fe²⁺,Mg)TiO₃
ⓘ	var. Magnesium and Chromium-bearing Ilmenite	4.CB.05	(Fe²⁺,Mg)(Ti,Cr)O₃
ⓘ	Armalcolite	4.CB.15	MgTi⁴⁺₂O₅
ⓘ	Freudenbergite	4.CC.10	Na₂(Ti,Fe)₈O₁₆
ⓘ	Perovskite	4.CC.30	CaTiO₃
ⓘ	Crichtonite	4.CC.40	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈
ⓘ	Lindsleyite (TL)	4.CC.40	(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈
ⓘ	Mathiasite (TL)	4.CC.40	(Mg,Cr,Fe,Ca,K)₂(Ti,Zr,Cr,Fe)₅O₁₂
ⓘ	Hawthorneite (TL)	4.CC.45	BaMgTi₃Cr₄Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂O₁₉
ⓘ	Quartz var. Agate	4.DA.05	SiO₂
ⓘ	var. Chalcedony	4.DA.05	SiO₂
ⓘ		4.DA.05	SiO₂
ⓘ	var. Carnelian	4.DA.05	SiO₂
ⓘ	Rutile	4.DB.05	TiO₂
ⓘ	var. Niobium- and Chromium-bearing Rutile	4.DB.05	(Ti,Nb,Cr)O₂
ⓘ	Srilankite	4.DB.25	TiO₂
ⓘ	Baddeleyite	4.DE.35	ZrO₂
ⓘ	Zirconolite	4.DH.30	CaZrTi₂O₇
ⓘ	Priderite	4.DK.05b	K(Ti⁴⁺₇Fe³⁺)O₁₆
ⓘ	Calzirtite	4.DL.10	Ca₂Zr₅Ti₂O₁₆
ⓘ	Tazheranite	4.DL.10	(Zr,Ti,Ca)(O,◻)₂
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘ	Natrite	5.AA.10	Na₂CO₃
ⓘ	Gregoryite	5.AA.10	(Na₂,K₂,Ca)CO₃
ⓘ	Nahcolite	5.AA.15	NaHCO₃
ⓘ	Calcite	5.AB.05	CaCO₃
ⓘ	Magnesite	5.AB.05	MgCO₃
ⓘ	Dolomite	5.AB.10	CaMg(CO₃)₂
ⓘ	Witherite	5.AB.15	BaCO₃
ⓘ	Eitelite	5.AC.05	Na₂Mg(CO₃)₂
ⓘ	Nyerereite	5.AC.10	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂
ⓘ	Zemkorite	5.AC.10	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂
ⓘ	Fairchildite	5.AC.20	K₂Ca(CO₃)₂
ⓘ	Shortite	5.AC.25	Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃
ⓘ	Northupite	5.BF.05	Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl
ⓘ	Tychite	5.BF.05	Na₆Mg₂(CO₃)₄(SO₄)
ⓘ	Bradleyite	5.BF.10	Na₃Mg(CO₃)(PO₄)
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘ	Aphthitalite	7.AC.35	K₃Na(SO₄)₂
ⓘ	Arcanite	7.AD.05	K₂SO₄
ⓘ	Glauberite	7.AD.25	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂
ⓘ	Thénardite	7.AD.25	Na₂SO₄
ⓘ	Baryte	7.AD.35	BaSO₄
ⓘ	Celestine	7.AD.35	SrSO₄
ⓘ	Kogarkoite	7.BD.15	Na₃(SO₄)F
ⓘ	Burkeite	7.BD.25	Na₆(CO₃)(SO₄)₂
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘ	Monticellite	9.AC.10	CaMg(SiO₄)
ⓘ	Pyrope	9.AD.25	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
ⓘ	Zircon	9.AD.30	Zr(SiO₄)
ⓘ	Titanite	9.AG.15	CaTiO(SiO₄)
ⓘ	Afwillite (TL)	9.AG.75	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂] · 2H₂O
ⓘ	Bultfonteinite (TL)	9.AG.80	Ca₂(HSiO₄)F · H₂O
ⓘ	Cebollite ?	9.BB.10	Ca₅Al₂(SiO₄)₃(OH)₄
ⓘ	Cuspidine ?	9.BE.17	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄
ⓘ	Enstatite	9.DA.05	Mg₂Si₂O₆
ⓘ	Diopside var. Chromium-bearing Diopside	9.DA.15	Ca(Mg,Cr)Si₂O₆
ⓘ		9.DA.15	CaMgSi₂O₆
ⓘ	Omphacite	9.DA.20	(Na_aCa_bFe²⁺_cMg_d)(Al_eFe³⁺_fFe²⁺_gMg_h)Si₂O₆
ⓘ	Richterite	9.DE.20	Na(CaNa)Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
ⓘ	Potassic-richterite	9.DE.20	K(CaNa)Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
ⓘ	Pectolite	9.DG.05	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)
ⓘ	Fluorapophyllite-(K)	9.EA.15	KCa₄(Si₈O₂₀)(F,OH) · 8H₂O
ⓘ	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)	9.EA.15	KCa₄(Si₈O₂₀)(OH,F) · 8H₂O
ⓘ	Rhodesite (TL)	9.EB.05	KHCa₂Si₈O₁₉ · 5H₂O
ⓘ	Phlogopite	9.EC.20	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
ⓘ	Tetraferriphlogopite	9.EC.20	KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂
ⓘ	Kinoshitalite	9.EC.35	(Ba,K)(Mg,Mn²⁺,Al)₃(Al₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH)₂
ⓘ	Glagolevite	9.EC.55	Na(Mg,Al)₆(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH,O)₈
ⓘ	Kalsilite	9.FA.05	KAlSiO₄
ⓘ	Nepheline	9.FA.05	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)
ⓘ	Natrolite	9.GA.05	Na₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀ · 2H₂O
ⓘ	Mountainite (TL)	9.GG.10	KNa₂Ca₂[Si₈O₁₉(OH)] · 6H₂O
Unclassified
ⓘ	'Amphibole Supergroup'	-	AB₂C₅(T₈O₂₂)W₂
ⓘ	'Apophyllite Group'	-	AB₄[Si₈O₂₀]X · 8H₂O
ⓘ	'Hypersthene'	-	(Mg,Fe)SiO₃
ⓘ	'Monazite Group'	-	REE(PO₄)
ⓘ	'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'	-
ⓘ	'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'	-
ⓘ	'Ancylite'	-
ⓘ	'Plagioclase'	-	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈
ⓘ	'Pyroxene Group'	-	ADSi₂O₆
ⓘ	'Chrome-Spinel (of Dana)'	-
ⓘ	'Garnet Group'	-	X₃Z₂(SiO₄)₃
ⓘ	'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'	-
ⓘ	'Serpentine Subgroup'	-	D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄
ⓘ	'Apatite'	-	Ca₅(PO₄)₃A
ⓘ	'Olivine Group'	-	M₂SiO₄
ⓘ	'UM1975-09-O:BaCrFeMgTiV'	-	(Fe,Mg,Ba,Ca)₃Cr₃VTi₇O₂₃ or (Ba,Ca)(Fe₅Mg₃)(Cr₇V₄Ti₂₀)O₆₆ ?
ⓘ	'Carbonate'	-

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂] · 2H₂O
H	ⓘ Apophyllite Group	AB₄[Si₈O₂₀]X · 8H₂O
H	ⓘ Bultfonteinite	Ca₂(HSiO₄)F · H₂O
H	ⓘ Cebollite	Ca₅Al₂(SiO₄)₃(OH)₄
H	ⓘ Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈
H	ⓘ Fluorapophyllite-(K)	KCa₄(Si₈O₂₀)(F,OH) · 8H₂O
H	ⓘ Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)	KCa₄(Si₈O₂₀)(OH,F) · 8H₂O
H	ⓘ Kinoshitalite	(Ba,K)(Mg,Mn²⁺,Al)₃(Al₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH)₂
H	ⓘ Mountainite	KNa₂Ca₂[Si₈O₁₉(OH)] · 6H₂O
H	ⓘ Nahcolite	NaHCO₃
H	ⓘ Natrolite	Na₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀ · 2H₂O
H	ⓘ Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)
H	ⓘ Phlogopite	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
H	ⓘ Pyrochlore Group	A₂Nb₂(O,OH)₆Z
H	ⓘ Rhodesite	KHCa₂Si₈O₁₉ · 5H₂O
H	ⓘ Richterite	Na(CaNa)Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
H	ⓘ Tetraferriphlogopite	KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂
H	ⓘ Potassic-richterite	K(CaNa)Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
H	ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup	D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄
H	ⓘ Glagolevite	Na(Mg,Al)₆(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH,O)₈
C	Carbon
C	ⓘ Bradleyite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)(PO₄)
C	ⓘ Burkeite	Na₆(CO₃)(SO₄)₂
C	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
C	ⓘ Diamond	C
C	ⓘ Dolomite	CaMg(CO₃)₂
C	ⓘ Eitelite	Na₂Mg(CO₃)₂
C	ⓘ Fairchildite	K₂Ca(CO₃)₂
C	ⓘ Magnesite	MgCO₃
C	ⓘ Nahcolite	NaHCO₃
C	ⓘ Natrite	Na₂CO₃
C	ⓘ Northupite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl
C	ⓘ Nyerereite	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂
C	ⓘ Shortite	Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃
C	ⓘ Diamond var. Stewartite (of Sutton)	C
C	ⓘ Tychite	Na₆Mg₂(CO₃)₄(SO₄)
C	ⓘ Witherite	BaCO₃
C	ⓘ Zemkorite	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂
C	ⓘ Gregoryite	(Na₂,K₂,Ca)CO₃
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂] · 2H₂O
O	ⓘ Quartz var. Agate	SiO₂
O	ⓘ Amphibole Supergroup	AB₂C₅(T₈O₂₂)W₂
O	ⓘ Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂
O	ⓘ Apophyllite Group	AB₄[Si₈O₂₀]X · 8H₂O
O	ⓘ Arcanite	K₂SO₄
O	ⓘ Armalcolite	MgTi₂⁴⁺O₅
O	ⓘ Baddeleyite	ZrO₂
O	ⓘ Baryte	BaSO₄
O	ⓘ Bradleyite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)(PO₄)
O	ⓘ Bultfonteinite	Ca₂(HSiO₄)F · H₂O
O	ⓘ Burkeite	Na₆(CO₃)(SO₄)₂
O	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
O	ⓘ Calzirtite	Ca₂Zr₅Ti₂O₁₆
O	ⓘ Cebollite	Ca₅Al₂(SiO₄)₃(OH)₄
O	ⓘ Celestine	SrSO₄
O	ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony	SiO₂
O	ⓘ Diopside var. Chromium-bearing Diopside	Ca(Mg,Cr)Si₂O₆
O	ⓘ Chromite	Fe²⁺Cr₂³⁺O₄
O	ⓘ Corundum	Al₂O₃
O	ⓘ Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈
O	ⓘ Cuspidine	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄
O	ⓘ Diopside	CaMgSi₂O₆
O	ⓘ Dolomite	CaMg(CO₃)₂
O	ⓘ Eitelite	Na₂Mg(CO₃)₂
O	ⓘ Enstatite	Mg₂Si₂O₆
O	ⓘ Fairchildite	K₂Ca(CO₃)₂
O	ⓘ Fluorapophyllite-(K)	KCa₄(Si₈O₂₀)(F,OH) · 8H₂O
O	ⓘ Freudenbergite	Na₂(Ti,Fe)₈O₁₆
O	ⓘ Geikielite	MgTiO₃
O	ⓘ Glauberite	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂
O	ⓘ Hawthorneite	BaMgTi₃Cr₄Fe₂²⁺Fe₂³⁺O₁₉
O	ⓘ Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)	KCa₄(Si₈O₂₀)(OH,F) · 8H₂O
O	ⓘ Hypersthene	(Mg,Fe)SiO₃
O	ⓘ Ilmenite	Fe²⁺TiO₃
O	ⓘ Kalsilite	KAlSiO₄
O	ⓘ Kogarkoite	Na₃(SO₄)F
O	ⓘ Kinoshitalite	(Ba,K)(Mg,Mn²⁺,Al)₃(Al₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH)₂
O	ⓘ Lindsleyite	(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈
O	ⓘ Magnesite	MgCO₃
O	ⓘ Magnesioferrite	MgFe₂³⁺O₄
O	ⓘ Magnetite	Fe²⁺Fe₂³⁺O₄
O	ⓘ Mathiasite	(Mg,Cr,Fe,Ca,K)₂(Ti,Zr,Cr,Fe)₅O₁₂
O	ⓘ Monazite Group	REE(PO₄)
O	ⓘ Monticellite	CaMg(SiO₄)
O	ⓘ Mountainite	KNa₂Ca₂[Si₈O₁₉(OH)] · 6H₂O
O	ⓘ Nahcolite	NaHCO₃
O	ⓘ Natrite	Na₂CO₃
O	ⓘ Nepheline	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)
O	ⓘ Northupite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl
O	ⓘ Nyerereite	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂
O	ⓘ Natrolite	Na₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀ · 2H₂O
O	ⓘ Omphacite	(Na_aCa_bFe_c²⁺Mg_d)(Al_eFe_f³⁺Fe_g²⁺Mg_h)Si₂O₆
O	ⓘ Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)
O	ⓘ Perovskite	CaTiO₃
O	ⓘ Phlogopite	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
O	ⓘ Priderite	K(Ti₇⁴⁺Fe³⁺)O₁₆
O	ⓘ Pyrochlore Group	A₂Nb₂(O,OH)₆Z
O	ⓘ Pyrope	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
O	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
O	ⓘ Rhodesite	KHCa₂Si₈O₁₉ · 5H₂O
O	ⓘ Richterite	Na(CaNa)Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
O	ⓘ Rutile	TiO₂
O	ⓘ Shortite	Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃
O	ⓘ Spinel	MgAl₂O₄
O	ⓘ Srilankite	TiO₂
O	ⓘ Tazheranite	(Zr,Ti,Ca)(O,◻)₂
O	ⓘ Tetraferriphlogopite	KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂
O	ⓘ Thénardite	Na₂SO₄
O	ⓘ Titanite	CaTiO(SiO₄)
O	ⓘ Tychite	Na₆Mg₂(CO₃)₄(SO₄)
O	ⓘ Ulvöspinel	TiFe₂²⁺O₄
O	ⓘ Witherite	BaCO₃
O	ⓘ Zemkorite	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂
O	ⓘ Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)
O	ⓘ Zirconolite	CaZrTi₂O₇
O	ⓘ Spinel var. Pleonaste	(Mg,Fe)Al₂O₄
O	ⓘ Gregoryite	(Na₂,K₂,Ca)CO₃
O	ⓘ Potassic-richterite	K(CaNa)Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
O	ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
O	ⓘ Plagioclase	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈
O	ⓘ Quartz var. Carnelian	SiO₂
O	ⓘ Pyroxene Group	ADSi₂O₆
O	ⓘ Garnet Group	X₃Z₂(SiO₄)₃
O	ⓘ Ilmenite var. Picroilmenite	(Fe²⁺,Mg)TiO₃
O	ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup	D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄
O	ⓘ Glagolevite	Na(Mg,Al)₆(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH,O)₈
O	ⓘ Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃A
O	ⓘ Olivine Group	M₂SiO₄
O	ⓘ Rutile var. Niobium- and Chromium-bearing Rutile	(Ti,Nb,Cr)O₂
O	ⓘ Ilmenite var. Magnesium and Chromium-bearing Ilmenite	(Fe²⁺,Mg)(Ti,Cr)O₃
O	ⓘ UM1975-09-O:BaCrFeMgTiV	(Fe,Mg,Ba,Ca)₃Cr₃VTi₇O₂₃ or (Ba,Ca)(Fe₅Mg₃)(Cr₇V₄Ti₂₀)O₆₆ ?
F	Fluorine
F	ⓘ Bultfonteinite	Ca₂(HSiO₄)F · H₂O
F	ⓘ Cuspidine	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄
F	ⓘ Fluorapophyllite-(K)	KCa₄(Si₈O₂₀)(F,OH) · 8H₂O
F	ⓘ Fluorite	CaF₂
F	ⓘ Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)	KCa₄(Si₈O₂₀)(OH,F) · 8H₂O
F	ⓘ Kogarkoite	Na₃(SO₄)F
Na	Sodium
Na	ⓘ Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂
Na	ⓘ Bradleyite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)(PO₄)
Na	ⓘ Burkeite	Na₆(CO₃)(SO₄)₂
Na	ⓘ Eitelite	Na₂Mg(CO₃)₂
Na	ⓘ Freudenbergite	Na₂(Ti,Fe)₈O₁₆
Na	ⓘ Glauberite	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂
Na	ⓘ Halite	NaCl
Na	ⓘ Kogarkoite	Na₃(SO₄)F
Na	ⓘ Mountainite	KNa₂Ca₂[Si₈O₁₉(OH)] · 6H₂O
Na	ⓘ Nahcolite	NaHCO₃
Na	ⓘ Natrite	Na₂CO₃
Na	ⓘ Nepheline	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)
Na	ⓘ Northupite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl
Na	ⓘ Nyerereite	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂
Na	ⓘ Natrolite	Na₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀ · 2H₂O
Na	ⓘ Omphacite	(Na_aCa_bFe_c²⁺Mg_d)(Al_eFe_f³⁺Fe_g²⁺Mg_h)Si₂O₆
Na	ⓘ Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)
Na	ⓘ Richterite	Na(CaNa)Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Na	ⓘ Shortite	Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃
Na	ⓘ Thénardite	Na₂SO₄
Na	ⓘ Tychite	Na₆Mg₂(CO₃)₄(SO₄)
Na	ⓘ Zemkorite	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂
Na	ⓘ Gregoryite	(Na₂,K₂,Ca)CO₃
Na	ⓘ Potassic-richterite	K(CaNa)Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Na	ⓘ Plagioclase	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈
Na	ⓘ Glagolevite	Na(Mg,Al)₆(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH,O)₈
Mg	Magnesium
Mg	ⓘ Armalcolite	MgTi₂⁴⁺O₅
Mg	ⓘ Bradleyite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)(PO₄)
Mg	ⓘ Diopside var. Chromium-bearing Diopside	Ca(Mg,Cr)Si₂O₆
Mg	ⓘ Diopside	CaMgSi₂O₆
Mg	ⓘ Dolomite	CaMg(CO₃)₂
Mg	ⓘ Eitelite	Na₂Mg(CO₃)₂
Mg	ⓘ Enstatite	Mg₂Si₂O₆
Mg	ⓘ Geikielite	MgTiO₃
Mg	ⓘ Hawthorneite	BaMgTi₃Cr₄Fe₂²⁺Fe₂³⁺O₁₉
Mg	ⓘ Hypersthene	(Mg,Fe)SiO₃
Mg	ⓘ Kinoshitalite	(Ba,K)(Mg,Mn²⁺,Al)₃(Al₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH)₂
Mg	ⓘ Lindsleyite	(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈
Mg	ⓘ Magnesite	MgCO₃
Mg	ⓘ Magnesioferrite	MgFe₂³⁺O₄
Mg	ⓘ Mathiasite	(Mg,Cr,Fe,Ca,K)₂(Ti,Zr,Cr,Fe)₅O₁₂
Mg	ⓘ Monticellite	CaMg(SiO₄)
Mg	ⓘ Northupite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl
Mg	ⓘ Omphacite	(Na_aCa_bFe_c²⁺Mg_d)(Al_eFe_f³⁺Fe_g²⁺Mg_h)Si₂O₆
Mg	ⓘ Phlogopite	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Mg	ⓘ Pyrope	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
Mg	ⓘ Richterite	Na(CaNa)Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Mg	ⓘ Spinel	MgAl₂O₄
Mg	ⓘ Tetraferriphlogopite	KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂
Mg	ⓘ Tychite	Na₆Mg₂(CO₃)₄(SO₄)
Mg	ⓘ Spinel var. Pleonaste	(Mg,Fe)Al₂O₄
Mg	ⓘ Potassic-richterite	K(CaNa)Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Mg	ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Mg	ⓘ Ilmenite var. Picroilmenite	(Fe²⁺,Mg)TiO₃
Mg	ⓘ Glagolevite	Na(Mg,Al)₆(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH,O)₈
Mg	ⓘ Ilmenite var. Magnesium and Chromium-bearing Ilmenite	(Fe²⁺,Mg)(Ti,Cr)O₃
Mg	ⓘ UM1975-09-O:BaCrFeMgTiV	(Fe,Mg,Ba,Ca)₃Cr₃VTi₇O₂₃ or (Ba,Ca)(Fe₅Mg₃)(Cr₇V₄Ti₂₀)O₆₆ ?
Al	Aluminium
Al	ⓘ Cebollite	Ca₅Al₂(SiO₄)₃(OH)₄
Al	ⓘ Corundum	Al₂O₃
Al	ⓘ Kalsilite	KAlSiO₄
Al	ⓘ Kinoshitalite	(Ba,K)(Mg,Mn²⁺,Al)₃(Al₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH)₂
Al	ⓘ Nepheline	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)
Al	ⓘ Natrolite	Na₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀ · 2H₂O
Al	ⓘ Omphacite	(Na_aCa_bFe_c²⁺Mg_d)(Al_eFe_f³⁺Fe_g²⁺Mg_h)Si₂O₆
Al	ⓘ Phlogopite	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Al	ⓘ Pyrope	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
Al	ⓘ Spinel	MgAl₂O₄
Al	ⓘ Spinel var. Pleonaste	(Mg,Fe)Al₂O₄
Al	ⓘ Plagioclase	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈
Al	ⓘ Glagolevite	Na(Mg,Al)₆(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH,O)₈
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂] · 2H₂O
Si	ⓘ Quartz var. Agate	SiO₂
Si	ⓘ Apophyllite Group	AB₄[Si₈O₂₀]X · 8H₂O
Si	ⓘ Bultfonteinite	Ca₂(HSiO₄)F · H₂O
Si	ⓘ Cebollite	Ca₅Al₂(SiO₄)₃(OH)₄
Si	ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony	SiO₂
Si	ⓘ Diopside var. Chromium-bearing Diopside	Ca(Mg,Cr)Si₂O₆
Si	ⓘ Cuspidine	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄
Si	ⓘ Diopside	CaMgSi₂O₆
Si	ⓘ Enstatite	Mg₂Si₂O₆
Si	ⓘ Fluorapophyllite-(K)	KCa₄(Si₈O₂₀)(F,OH) · 8H₂O
Si	ⓘ Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)	KCa₄(Si₈O₂₀)(OH,F) · 8H₂O
Si	ⓘ Hypersthene	(Mg,Fe)SiO₃
Si	ⓘ Kalsilite	KAlSiO₄
Si	ⓘ Kinoshitalite	(Ba,K)(Mg,Mn²⁺,Al)₃(Al₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH)₂
Si	ⓘ Monticellite	CaMg(SiO₄)
Si	ⓘ Mountainite	KNa₂Ca₂[Si₈O₁₉(OH)] · 6H₂O
Si	ⓘ Nepheline	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)
Si	ⓘ Natrolite	Na₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀ · 2H₂O
Si	ⓘ Omphacite	(Na_aCa_bFe_c²⁺Mg_d)(Al_eFe_f³⁺Fe_g²⁺Mg_h)Si₂O₆
Si	ⓘ Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)
Si	ⓘ Phlogopite	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Si	ⓘ Pyrope	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
Si	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
Si	ⓘ Rhodesite	KHCa₂Si₈O₁₉ · 5H₂O
Si	ⓘ Richterite	Na(CaNa)Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Si	ⓘ Tetraferriphlogopite	KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂
Si	ⓘ Titanite	CaTiO(SiO₄)
Si	ⓘ Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)
Si	ⓘ Potassic-richterite	K(CaNa)Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Si	ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Si	ⓘ Plagioclase	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈
Si	ⓘ Quartz var. Carnelian	SiO₂
Si	ⓘ Pyroxene Group	ADSi₂O₆
Si	ⓘ Garnet Group	X₃Z₂(SiO₄)₃
Si	ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup	D₃[Si₂O₅](OH)₄
Si	ⓘ Glagolevite	Na(Mg,Al)₆(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH,O)₈
Si	ⓘ Olivine Group	M₂SiO₄
P	Phosphorus
P	ⓘ Bradleyite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)(PO₄)
P	ⓘ Monazite Group	REE(PO₄)
P	ⓘ Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃A
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂
S	ⓘ Arcanite	K₂SO₄
S	ⓘ Baryte	BaSO₄
S	ⓘ Burkeite	Na₆(CO₃)(SO₄)₂
S	ⓘ Celestine	SrSO₄
S	ⓘ Galena	PbS
S	ⓘ Glauberite	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂
S	ⓘ Heazlewoodite	Ni₃S₂
S	ⓘ Kogarkoite	Na₃(SO₄)F
S	ⓘ Pentlandite	(Ni_xFe_y)_Σ9S₈
S	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂
S	ⓘ Pyrrhotite	Fe_1-xS
S	ⓘ Thénardite	Na₂SO₄
S	ⓘ Tychite	Na₆Mg₂(CO₃)₄(SO₄)
Cl	Chlorine
Cl	ⓘ Halite	NaCl
Cl	ⓘ Northupite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl
Cl	ⓘ Sylvite	KCl
K	Potassium
K	ⓘ Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂
K	ⓘ Arcanite	K₂SO₄
K	ⓘ Fairchildite	K₂Ca(CO₃)₂
K	ⓘ Fluorapophyllite-(K)	KCa₄(Si₈O₂₀)(F,OH) · 8H₂O
K	ⓘ Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)	KCa₄(Si₈O₂₀)(OH,F) · 8H₂O
K	ⓘ Kalsilite	KAlSiO₄
K	ⓘ Kinoshitalite	(Ba,K)(Mg,Mn²⁺,Al)₃(Al₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH)₂
K	ⓘ Mathiasite	(Mg,Cr,Fe,Ca,K)₂(Ti,Zr,Cr,Fe)₅O₁₂
K	ⓘ Mountainite	KNa₂Ca₂[Si₈O₁₉(OH)] · 6H₂O
K	ⓘ Nepheline	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)
K	ⓘ Phlogopite	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
K	ⓘ Priderite	K(Ti₇⁴⁺Fe³⁺)O₁₆
K	ⓘ Rhodesite	KHCa₂Si₈O₁₉ · 5H₂O
K	ⓘ Sylvite	KCl
K	ⓘ Tetraferriphlogopite	KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂
K	ⓘ Gregoryite	(Na₂,K₂,Ca)CO₃
K	ⓘ Potassic-richterite	K(CaNa)Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂] · 2H₂O
Ca	ⓘ Bultfonteinite	Ca₂(HSiO₄)F · H₂O
Ca	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
Ca	ⓘ Calzirtite	Ca₂Zr₅Ti₂O₁₆
Ca	ⓘ Cebollite	Ca₅Al₂(SiO₄)₃(OH)₄
Ca	ⓘ Diopside var. Chromium-bearing Diopside	Ca(Mg,Cr)Si₂O₆
Ca	ⓘ Cuspidine	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄
Ca	ⓘ Diopside	CaMgSi₂O₆
Ca	ⓘ Dolomite	CaMg(CO₃)₂
Ca	ⓘ Fairchildite	K₂Ca(CO₃)₂
Ca	ⓘ Fluorapophyllite-(K)	KCa₄(Si₈O₂₀)(F,OH) · 8H₂O
Ca	ⓘ Fluorite	CaF₂
Ca	ⓘ Glauberite	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂
Ca	ⓘ Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)	KCa₄(Si₈O₂₀)(OH,F) · 8H₂O
Ca	ⓘ Lindsleyite	(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈
Ca	ⓘ Mathiasite	(Mg,Cr,Fe,Ca,K)₂(Ti,Zr,Cr,Fe)₅O₁₂
Ca	ⓘ Monticellite	CaMg(SiO₄)
Ca	ⓘ Mountainite	KNa₂Ca₂[Si₈O₁₉(OH)] · 6H₂O
Ca	ⓘ Nyerereite	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂
Ca	ⓘ Omphacite	(Na_aCa_bFe_c²⁺Mg_d)(Al_eFe_f³⁺Fe_g²⁺Mg_h)Si₂O₆
Ca	ⓘ Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)
Ca	ⓘ Perovskite	CaTiO₃
Ca	ⓘ Rhodesite	KHCa₂Si₈O₁₉ · 5H₂O
Ca	ⓘ Richterite	Na(CaNa)Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Ca	ⓘ Shortite	Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃
Ca	ⓘ Tazheranite	(Zr,Ti,Ca)(O,◻)₂
Ca	ⓘ Titanite	CaTiO(SiO₄)
Ca	ⓘ Zemkorite	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂
Ca	ⓘ Zirconolite	CaZrTi₂O₇
Ca	ⓘ Gregoryite	(Na₂,K₂,Ca)CO₃
Ca	ⓘ Potassic-richterite	K(CaNa)Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Ca	ⓘ Plagioclase	(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈
Ca	ⓘ Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃A
Ca	ⓘ UM1975-09-O:BaCrFeMgTiV	(Fe,Mg,Ba,Ca)₃Cr₃VTi₇O₂₃ or (Ba,Ca)(Fe₅Mg₃)(Cr₇V₄Ti₂₀)O₆₆ ?
Ti	Titanium
Ti	ⓘ Armalcolite	MgTi₂⁴⁺O₅
Ti	ⓘ Calzirtite	Ca₂Zr₅Ti₂O₁₆
Ti	ⓘ Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈
Ti	ⓘ Freudenbergite	Na₂(Ti,Fe)₈O₁₆
Ti	ⓘ Geikielite	MgTiO₃
Ti	ⓘ Hawthorneite	BaMgTi₃Cr₄Fe₂²⁺Fe₂³⁺O₁₉
Ti	ⓘ Ilmenite	Fe²⁺TiO₃
Ti	ⓘ Lindsleyite	(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈
Ti	ⓘ Mathiasite	(Mg,Cr,Fe,Ca,K)₂(Ti,Zr,Cr,Fe)₅O₁₂
Ti	ⓘ Perovskite	CaTiO₃
Ti	ⓘ Priderite	K(Ti₇⁴⁺Fe³⁺)O₁₆
Ti	ⓘ Rutile	TiO₂
Ti	ⓘ Srilankite	TiO₂
Ti	ⓘ Tazheranite	(Zr,Ti,Ca)(O,◻)₂
Ti	ⓘ Titanite	CaTiO(SiO₄)
Ti	ⓘ Ulvöspinel	TiFe₂²⁺O₄
Ti	ⓘ Zirconolite	CaZrTi₂O₇
Ti	ⓘ Ilmenite var. Picroilmenite	(Fe²⁺,Mg)TiO₃
Ti	ⓘ Rutile var. Niobium- and Chromium-bearing Rutile	(Ti,Nb,Cr)O₂
Ti	ⓘ Ilmenite var. Magnesium and Chromium-bearing Ilmenite	(Fe²⁺,Mg)(Ti,Cr)O₃
Ti	ⓘ UM1975-09-O:BaCrFeMgTiV	(Fe,Mg,Ba,Ca)₃Cr₃VTi₇O₂₃ or (Ba,Ca)(Fe₅Mg₃)(Cr₇V₄Ti₂₀)O₆₆ ?
V	Vanadium
V	ⓘ Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈
V	ⓘ UM1975-09-O:BaCrFeMgTiV	(Fe,Mg,Ba,Ca)₃Cr₃VTi₇O₂₃ or (Ba,Ca)(Fe₅Mg₃)(Cr₇V₄Ti₂₀)O₆₆ ?
Cr	Chromium
Cr	ⓘ Diopside var. Chromium-bearing Diopside	Ca(Mg,Cr)Si₂O₆
Cr	ⓘ Chromite	Fe²⁺Cr₂³⁺O₄
Cr	ⓘ Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈
Cr	ⓘ Hawthorneite	BaMgTi₃Cr₄Fe₂²⁺Fe₂³⁺O₁₉
Cr	ⓘ Lindsleyite	(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈
Cr	ⓘ Mathiasite	(Mg,Cr,Fe,Ca,K)₂(Ti,Zr,Cr,Fe)₅O₁₂
Cr	ⓘ Rutile var. Niobium- and Chromium-bearing Rutile	(Ti,Nb,Cr)O₂
Cr	ⓘ Ilmenite var. Magnesium and Chromium-bearing Ilmenite	(Fe²⁺,Mg)(Ti,Cr)O₃
Cr	ⓘ UM1975-09-O:BaCrFeMgTiV	(Fe,Mg,Ba,Ca)₃Cr₃VTi₇O₂₃ or (Ba,Ca)(Fe₅Mg₃)(Cr₇V₄Ti₂₀)O₆₆ ?
Mn	Manganese
Mn	ⓘ Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈
Mn	ⓘ Kinoshitalite	(Ba,K)(Mg,Mn²⁺,Al)₃(Al₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH)₂
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Chromite	Fe²⁺Cr₂³⁺O₄
Fe	ⓘ Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈
Fe	ⓘ Freudenbergite	Na₂(Ti,Fe)₈O₁₆
Fe	ⓘ Hawthorneite	BaMgTi₃Cr₄Fe₂²⁺Fe₂³⁺O₁₉
Fe	ⓘ Hypersthene	(Mg,Fe)SiO₃
Fe	ⓘ Ilmenite	Fe²⁺TiO₃
Fe	ⓘ Lindsleyite	(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈
Fe	ⓘ Magnesioferrite	MgFe₂³⁺O₄
Fe	ⓘ Magnetite	Fe²⁺Fe₂³⁺O₄
Fe	ⓘ Mathiasite	(Mg,Cr,Fe,Ca,K)₂(Ti,Zr,Cr,Fe)₅O₁₂
Fe	ⓘ Omphacite	(Na_aCa_bFe_c²⁺Mg_d)(Al_eFe_f³⁺Fe_g²⁺Mg_h)Si₂O₆
Fe	ⓘ Pentlandite	(Ni_xFe_y)_Σ9S₈
Fe	ⓘ Priderite	K(Ti₇⁴⁺Fe³⁺)O₁₆
Fe	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂
Fe	ⓘ Pyrrhotite	Fe_1-xS
Fe	ⓘ Tetraferriphlogopite	KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂
Fe	ⓘ Ulvöspinel	TiFe₂²⁺O₄
Fe	ⓘ Spinel var. Pleonaste	(Mg,Fe)Al₂O₄
Fe	ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Fe	ⓘ Ilmenite var. Picroilmenite	(Fe²⁺,Mg)TiO₃
Fe	ⓘ Ilmenite var. Magnesium and Chromium-bearing Ilmenite	(Fe²⁺,Mg)(Ti,Cr)O₃
Fe	ⓘ UM1975-09-O:BaCrFeMgTiV	(Fe,Mg,Ba,Ca)₃Cr₃VTi₇O₂₃ or (Ba,Ca)(Fe₅Mg₃)(Cr₇V₄Ti₂₀)O₆₆ ?
Ni	Nickel
Ni	ⓘ Heazlewoodite	Ni₃S₂
Ni	ⓘ Pentlandite	(Ni_xFe_y)_Σ9S₈
Sr	Strontium
Sr	ⓘ Celestine	SrSO₄
Sr	ⓘ Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈
Sr	ⓘ Lindsleyite	(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈
Y	Yttrium
Y	ⓘ Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈
Zr	Zirconium
Zr	ⓘ Baddeleyite	ZrO₂
Zr	ⓘ Calzirtite	Ca₂Zr₅Ti₂O₁₆
Zr	ⓘ Lindsleyite	(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈
Zr	ⓘ Mathiasite	(Mg,Cr,Fe,Ca,K)₂(Ti,Zr,Cr,Fe)₅O₁₂
Zr	ⓘ Tazheranite	(Zr,Ti,Ca)(O,◻)₂
Zr	ⓘ Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)
Zr	ⓘ Zirconolite	CaZrTi₂O₇
Nb	Niobium
Nb	ⓘ Pyrochlore Group	A₂Nb₂(O,OH)₆Z
Nb	ⓘ Rutile var. Niobium- and Chromium-bearing Rutile	(Ti,Nb,Cr)O₂
Ba	Barium
Ba	ⓘ Baryte	BaSO₄
Ba	ⓘ Hawthorneite	BaMgTi₃Cr₄Fe₂²⁺Fe₂³⁺O₁₉
Ba	ⓘ Kinoshitalite	(Ba,K)(Mg,Mn²⁺,Al)₃(Al₂Si₂O₁₀)(OH)₂
Ba	ⓘ Lindsleyite	(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈
Ba	ⓘ Witherite	BaCO₃
Ba	ⓘ UM1975-09-O:BaCrFeMgTiV	(Fe,Mg,Ba,Ca)₃Cr₃VTi₇O₂₃ or (Ba,Ca)(Fe₅Mg₃)(Cr₇V₄Ti₂₀)O₆₆ ?
Pb	Lead
Pb	ⓘ Galena	PbS
U	Uranium
U	ⓘ Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈

Fossils

There are 4 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences

Youngest Fossil Listed

254 Ma (Permian)

Oldest Fossil Listed

290 Ma (Permian)

Stratigraphic Units

Unit	No. Occurrences	Age
Ecca - Whitehill	2	279.3 - 272.3 Ma (Permian)

Fossils from Region

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Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Mesosaurus genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Mesosauridae : *Mesosaurus*	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Mesosauridae family	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Mesosauridae	290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian
Dicynodontia unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Dicynodontia	259.9 - 254.17 Ma Permian
Cistecephalus microrhinus species	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Cistecephalidae : Cistecephalus : *Cistecephalus microrhinus*	259.9 - 254.17 Ma Permian

Fossil Localities

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South Africa

Northern Cape
- Frances Baard District Municipality
  - Permian🐚 Kimberley
  - Permian🐚 Kimberley Diamond Mine
  - Permian🐚 Koppieskraal

Other Databases

Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Plaatje_Local_Municipality
Wikidata ID:	Q965471

Localities in this Region

South Africa

Northern Cape
- Frances Baard District Municipality
  - Sol Plaatje Local Municipality
    - Clarkton Mine
    - ⭔Kimberley

South Africa

Northern Cape
- Frances Baard District Municipality
  - Sol Plaatje Local Municipality
    - Kimberley

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

AfricaContinent

African PlateTectonic Plate

Kalahari Craton
- Kaapvaal CratonCraton
Karoo basinBasin

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