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Calcite from
Wolkberg Cave, Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality, Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wolkberg Cave, Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality, Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1222199
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1222199:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
67.0km (41.6 miles) ⓘZandrivierspoort Fe deposit, Pietersburg greenstone belt, Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
73.4km (45.6 miles) ⓘMagnet Heights carbonatite, Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
73.4km (45.6 miles) ⓘGravelotte, Murchison Range, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
73.9km (45.9 miles) ⓘMurchison Mine, Consolidated Murchison Mines, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
76.9km (47.8 miles) ⓘFicus Cave, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
77.0km (47.8 miles) ⓘBeta shaft, Alpha-Gravelotte Mine, Consolidated Murchison Mines, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
77.0km (47.8 miles) ⓘMalati Pump mine, Murchison Range, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
79.9km (49.7 miles) ⓘEcho Caves, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
82.0km (51.0 miles) ⓘAthens-Weigel Mine, Consolidated Murchison Mines, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
86.7km (53.9 miles) ⓘAmatava Farm, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
References
Martini, J.; Kavalieris, I. (1978) Mineralogy of the Transvaal caves. Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa, 81. 47-54
Holzkämper, S., Holmgren, K., Lee-Thorp, J., Talma, S., Mangini, A., & Partridge, T. (2009). Late pleistocene stalagmite growth in Wolkberg cave, South Africa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 282(1-4), 212-221.
 
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