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Calcite from
Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Sill
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1270745
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1270745:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘ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
5.9km (3.7 miles) ⓘ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
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘDe Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘKimberley Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
68.1km (42.3 miles) ⓘBlaauwkrantz, Siyancuma Local Municipality, Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
68.7km (42.7 miles) ⓘKoffiefontein Mine, Koffiefontein, Letsemeng Local Municipality, Xhariep District Municipality, Free State, South Africa
80.9km (50.3 miles) ⓘRovic Mine, Boshof, Tokologo Local Municipality, Lejweleputswa District Municipality, Free State, South Africa
References
Montgarri Castillo-Oliver, Andrea Giuliani, William Griffin, Suzanne O'Reilly, Russell Drysdale, Xiaoxiao Ling, Xian-Hua Li (2018) The origin of carbonates in the Benfontein kimberlite sills: an in situ C-O-Sr approach. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 127
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
 
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