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Jan Gora Farm, Hantam Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africai
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 13' 13'' South , 19° 25' 44'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
-31.22032,19.42905
GeoHash:
G#: k6my6heb3
GRN:
S21E12
Type:
Prospect
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Calvinia8,146 (2012)43.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
412966
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:412966:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Jan Gora 440 farm located 37 km south of Loeriesfontein and north-west of Calvinia.

Iceland Spar occurrence is confined to the lower half of the sill and the sills intrude in the contact between diamictite of the Dwyka Group and shale of the Prince Albert Formation, (Cole, 2013).

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1 valid mineral.

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Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
ⓘvar. Iceland Spar5.AB.05CaCO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Cⓘ Calcite var. Iceland SparCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ Calcite var. Iceland SparCaCO3
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ Calcite var. Iceland SparCaCO3

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References

Cole, D. I. (2013) The Metallogeny Of The Calvinia Area. Council for Geoscience, South Africa
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