| Locality type: | Sill |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Perovskite |
| Formula: | CaTiO3 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Perovskite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Benfontein sills, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 604126 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:604126:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Perovskite |
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| 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 |
| 68.7km (42.7 miles) | ⓘKoffiefontein Mine, Koffiefontein, Letsemeng Local Municipality, Xhariep District Municipality, Free State, South Africa |
| References |
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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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