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Altaite from
Akanani prospects, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Altaite
Formula:PbTe
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Altaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Akanani prospects, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1269775
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1269775:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Altaite
5.1km (3.1 miles) ⓘZwartfontein Pit, Mogalakwena Mine, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘSandsloot Mine, Mogalakwena Mine, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘTurfspruit farm, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
29.8km (18.5 miles) ⓘTownlands, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
57.3km (35.6 miles) ⓘAurora project, Blouberg Local Municipality, Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
References
Van der Merwe, F. (2011). MLA-Based Mineralogical Investigation of PGE Mineralisation at Lonmin's Akanani Platinum Group Metal Project, Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex (Masters dissertation, University of Johannesburg).
Ramakoloi N, Viljoen F (2014) Mineral chemistry of PGE-bismuthotellurides in the Platreef, Akanani Prospect, Lonmin plcl. 21 st meeting of the International Mineralogical Association. p 106
Viljoen, F., Ramakoloi, N., Rose, D., & Reinke, C. (2015). Mineral Chemistry of (Pt, Pd)-Bismuthotelluride Minerals In the Platreef At Zwartfontein, Akanani Project, Northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53(6), 1109-1127.
Song, Yue; Li, Liang; Gao, Yuan; Luo, Yang (2025) Genesis and Evolution of the Qieliekeqi Siderite Deposit in the West Kunlun Orogen: Constraints from Geochemistry, Zircon U–Pb Geochronology, and Carbon–Oxygen Isotopes. Minerals, 15 (7). doi:10.3390/min15070699
 
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