| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Hawthorneite | 8 |
| Pargasite | 8 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fayalite-Forsterite Series data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view 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 |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 240085 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:240085:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fayalite-Forsterite Series |
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| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘDutoitspan 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 |
| 3.6km (2.2 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 |
| 3.6km (2.3 miles) | ⓘDe Beers Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| 4.6km (2.9 miles) | ⓘKimberley Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| 5.9km (3.7 miles) | ⓘBenfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| 10.6km (6.6 miles) | ⓘKampfersdam Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| 64.1km (39.8 miles) | ⓘFrank Smith Mine, Windsorton, Dikgatlong Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| 64.3km (40.0 miles) | ⓘNewlands Mine, Barkly West, Dikgatlong Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| 74.5km (46.3 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 |
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Giuliani, A., Kamenetsky, V.S., Phillips, D., Kendrick, M.A., Wyatt, B.A., Goemann, K. (2012) Nature of alkali-carbonate fluids in the sub-continental lithospheric mantle. Geology, 40 (11) 967-970 doi:10.1130/g33221.1 Giuliani, Andrea, Soltys, Ashton, Phillips, David, Kamenetsky, Vadim S., Maas, Roland, Goemann, Karsten, Woodhead, Jon D., Drysdale, Russell N., Griffin, William L. (2017) The final stages of kimberlite petrogenesis: Petrography, mineral chemistry, melt inclusions and Sr-C-O isotope geochemistry of the Bultfontein kimberlite (Kimberley, South Africa) Chemical Geology, 455. 342-356 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.10.011 |
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