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Outeniqua basin, African Platei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Outeniqua basin | Basin |
| African Plate | Tectonic Plate |
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View in Park Gqeberha, ca. 1892.
Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

View of Conservatory, ca. 1892.
Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

View of Beach Point Gqeberha, ca. 1892.
Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

View in Park Gqeberha, ca. 1892.
Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

View of Conservatory, ca. 1892.
Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

View of Beach Point Gqeberha, ca. 1892.
Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

View in Park Gqeberha, ca. 1892.
Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Type:
Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Port Elizabeth | 967,677 (2018) |
| Uitenhage | 228,912 (2012) |
| Knysna | 68,659 (2016) |
| Mossel Bay | 59,031 (2016) |
| Plettenberg Bay | 19,445 (2018) |
| Kirkwood | 10,148 (2012) |
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities2 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Fossils
There are 52 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
- Eastern Cape
- Pleistocene🐚 Algoa Bay area
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Gamtoos River
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Locality C [Alphard Gp]
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Port Elizabeth
- Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
- Cenozoic🐚 Alexandria Formation
- Cenozoic🐚 Aloes Siding
- Cenozoic🐚 Coega
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 KwaNobuhle Township outskirts
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Picnic Bush
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Port Elizabeth Brick and Tile Company quarry
- Cenozoic🐚 Railway cut 1 km north of Swartkops
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Sample 11463
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Sample 11464
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Sample 11465
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Sample 11993
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Sample 4920
- Quaternary🐚 Scott's Cave
- Cenozoic🐚 St. George's Strand
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Swartkops Brickfield Ophiuroid
- Cenozoic🐚 Trench at Motherwell
- Sarah Baartman District Municipality
- Eastern Cape
- Sarah Baartman District Municipality
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Dunbrody
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Geelhoutboom
- Quaternary🐚 Heuningneskrans Shelter
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Kirkwood Cliffs
- Mesozoic🐚 Kirkwood theropod
- Pleistocene🐚 Klasies River Mouth Main Site
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Loerie Station
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Sample 11468
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Sample 11974
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Sample 18588
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Sample 18589
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Sample 18590
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Sundays River
- Sarah Baartman District Municipality
- Western Cape
Localities in this Region
- Eastern Cape
- Western Cape
- Garden Route District Municipality
- Knysna Local Municipality
- Garden Route District Municipality
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To cite: Ralph, J., Von Bargen, D., Martynov, P., Zhang, J., Que, X., Prabhu, A., Morrison, S. M., Li, W., Chen, W., & Ma, X. (2025). Mindat.org: The open access mineralogy database to accelerate data-intensive geoscience research. American Mineralogist, 110(6), 833–844. doi:10.2138/am-2024-9486.
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Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa