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Calcite from
Hillside Quarry, Stavoren-Mute Fides, Marble Hall, Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hillside Quarry, Stavoren-Mute Fides, Marble Hall, Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:68459
Long-form Identifier:1:3:68459:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
22.9km (14.3 miles) ⓘMarble Hall, Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
52.7km (32.8 miles) ⓘSpitskop Alkaline Igneous Complex, Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
57.6km (35.8 miles) ⓘHoutenbeck, Groblersdal, Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
61.6km (38.3 miles) ⓘMagnet Heights carbonatite, Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
70.6km (43.9 miles) ⓘFicus Cave, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
77.6km (48.2 miles) ⓘAmatava Farm, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
78.2km (48.6 miles) ⓘBuffalo Fluorspar Mine, Mookgophong, Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
80.6km (50.1 miles) ⓘUitloop Farm, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
83.5km (51.9 miles) ⓘBooysendal North Mine, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
87.0km (54.1 miles) ⓘFlatreef deposit, Turfspruit farm, Mokopane, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
References
King, Vandall T., Robinson, George W. (1989) What's New in Minerals? - Sixteenth Annual Rochester Academy of Science Mineralogical Symposium. The Mineralogical Record, 20 (5) 387-399
 
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