| Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za AJOITE Messina Mine, Musina, Limpopo Province, South Africa I t...originating from the Messina mine in South Africa. (Note that the town where the mine existed was originally...originally named Messina but was renamed Musina after the 1994 political dispensation in South Africa. The registered...registered mine name remains Messina.) Since the early 1950s, the Messina mine has produced spectacular...original type-locality specimens from the New Cornelia mine, Pima County, Arizona, in the United States have |
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Meulenbeld, Paul M. P. B., Grote, Wiebke, Verryn, Sabine (2014) The Albert Silver Mine and Trippkeite Occurrence, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Rocks & Minerals, 89 (5) 416-423 doi:10.1080/00357529.2014.926177 |
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| Locality map of the Albert Silver mine, Mpumalanga, South Africa, prepared by William Besse. Downloaded... The ALBERT Silver Mine and TRIPPKEITE Occurrence Mpumalanga South Africa Figure 3. Plan of the...the underground workings at the Albert Silver mine based on Van Zijl (1965), prepared by William Besse...Department of Water Affairs PO Box 1745 Bela Bela, South Africa meulenbeldp@dwa.gov.za Department of Geology...Pretoria Private Bag X20 Hatfield, Pretoria 0028 South Africa wiebke.grote@up.ac.za XRD Analytical & Consulting |
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(2016) Berezovsk, Russia!. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 47 (4) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| net Famous Mineral Localities: The Berezovsk District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia .....................quartz in the Artonvilla mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa .........................know, we supplied a DVD on the famous Pederneira mine with the May-June issue. This DVD is a supplement...staff of the British Museum (Natural History) in South Kensington on October 1, 1957, as Assistant Scientific... and he was in constant demand as a speaker at local clubs and societies. Three of his most popular talks--delivered |
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(1991) May - June 1991. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 22 (3) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| 0026-4628 ‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada ..............................J. P. Cassedanne & L. Barreto The Messina mining district, South A frica .............................Valley Road Watsonville, California 95076 The Outlaw mine has long been known as an occurrence o f rare and...benjaminite, fo r which it is the type locality. The mine has been idle fo r more than 60 years, and because...More than 30 minerals have been identified from the mine and studies continue on the sulfosalt mineralogy |
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Pohwat, Paul W. (2014) Connoisseur's Choice: Bornite, Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan. Rocks & Minerals, 89 (6) 530-537 doi:10.1080/00357529.2014.949171 |
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| Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Bornite Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan S ...micromounters, Weed (1912) noted that in the Parrot mine the bornite ore has small cavities, 1/16 to ¼ inch...enargite than a true pseudomorph. The Bristol copper mine, located near the town of Bristol in Hartford County...bornite, 7 cm across, from the Pennance Consold mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England. Specimens of this quality...crystallized, have been afforded by the Bristol, Conn. _mine_” (Shepard 1852, p. 306). The Bristol deposit is |
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(2015, October 15th) The Rainbow of Africa Gem & Mineral Collection. Heritage Nature & Science Auction 5236. Heritage Auctions |
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| RAINBOW OF AFRICA GEM & MINERAL COLLECTION Front Cover: Gems from the Rainbow of Africa Collection... Heritage Signature® Auction #5236 The Rainbow of Africa Collection Gems & Minerals October 15, 2015 | New...Signature® Internet Session 2 Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 (HERITAGELive...RAINBOW OF AFRICA COLLECTION You have in front of you our presentation of the Rainbow of Africa Collection:...The mineral riches of Africa are not the only things making up the Rainbow of Africa Collection. For the |
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(2020) Montreal Mine!. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 51 (3) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| M ontreal Mine! L L The Mineralogical Record MAY–JUNE 2020 • VOLUME 51 • NUMBER 3 • $25 & Wayne...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAY–JUNE 2020 Articles The Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin ........................... 487 COVER: BARITE, 6.5 cm, from the Montreal mine. David and Karen DeBruin collection, ex Muscatine...cm on vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Collected...world-class realgar specimens from the Royal Reward mine, Green River Gorge, King County, Washington. The |
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(2020) Mineral Collections in Texas III. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 51 (6.1) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler |
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Scovil, Jeffrey A. (2016) Tucson (Dis)Plays the Blues: A Pictorial. Rocks & Minerals, 91 (1) 18-27 doi:10.1080/00357529.2016.1099129 |
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| Azurite with malachite, 7 cm across, Khanong open pit, Sepon mine, Vilabouly district, Laos. Irv Brown...pseudoboleite, 1.1 cm high, Amelia mine, Santa Rosalia, Boleo district, Baja California, Mexico. Irv Brown...(above). Aurichalcite, field of view 7.6 cm, 79 mine, Dripping Springs, Pinal County, Arizona. John Cesar...specimen. Figure 10. Baryte, 12.3 cm high, Ouichane mine, Nador, Segangane, Morocco. Spirifer specimen. ... Figure 11. Topaz, 12.7 cm high, Xanda mine, Lavra da Ilha, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Eric Long specimen |
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(2023, June) Geobulletin Vol. 66 (2) Geological Society of South Africa doi:10.25131/geobulletin.66.2 |
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| BULLETIN ~ JUNE 2023 Ekati, Canada’s first diamond mine, Northwest Territories. Copyright © Arctic Canadian... Geoffrey Howarth, University of Cape Town, South Africa 2. Large Type-II Diamonds: Genesis and Transport...ROADS, MELVILLE, SOUTH AFRICA. P.O. Box 91230 Auckland Park 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa Tel: +27 11 358...issue volume are R350.00 for South Africa. Overseas and rest of Africa, R350 plus postage. Surface mail...Geobulletin is published by the Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA) and appears quarterly during March, June |
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Laughton, C. A. - Ed. (1968) Annotated Bibliography and Index of the Geology of Botswana to 1966. Geological Survey Department, Republic of Botswana. |
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| that the former part of the Territory lying to the south of the Molopo River, known as Bechuanaland or British...part of the Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa, is not included. The compiler would gratefully...Afr. Proceedings of the Geological Society of South Africa. Johannesburg. Proc.Rhod.sci.Ass. Proceedings... Leeds. S.Afr.J.Sci. South African Journal of Science. Johannesburg. South African Mining and Engineering...Engineering Journal. Johannesburg. South African Mining and Engineering Yearbook. Johannesburg. S.Afr.Min |
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Macintosh, E. K. (1983) Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones of Southern Africa - A Collector's Guide (2nd ed.) Struik Publishers, Cape Town. |
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| Southern Africa a Collector’s Guide ■ Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones of Southern Africa & — - ... T ~ '' .rats en&nes L of Southern Africa A Collector’s Guide - Struik Publishers (an operating... vanadinite pp. 6-7, gold p. 73, azurite and malachite p. 86; A.C.G. Hutchings, Cape Town, clear quartz...typical accessory mineral from the world famous Tsumeb mine Overleaf: Crystalline incrustations of vanadinite...suggestions and advice. Author’s Preface Southern Africa has much to offer the amateur geologist, whatever |
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Bowell, Rob, Cook, Robert B. (2009) Connoisseur's Choice: Shattuckite Kunene District Kaokoveld, Namibia. Rocks & Minerals, 84 (6) 544-550 doi:10.1080/00357520903272231 |
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| Shattuckite Rocks & Minerals 2009.84:544-550. Kunene District Kaokoveld, Namibia M any collectors choose to...associated minerals include chrysocolla, ajoite, malachite, quartz, and hematite. It is unknown in the eastern...locality, the Shattuck or Shattuck-Denn mine at Bisbee, Warren district, Cochise County, after which the mineral...mineral in named (Schaller 1915). The mine itself was developed by one of the Bisbee copper kings, Lemuel...Bisbee shattuckite occurs as pseudomorphs after malachite and as small blue spherules associated with chrysocolla |
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(2014) Mineral Collections in Texas (A Supplement to the Sept-Oct issue) The Mineralogical Record Vol. 45 (5.1) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| Kunzite-Gary and Rosemany White collection, page 295; _Malachite_-Don and Laura Aaron collection, page 11. (rniddle...204; Cerussite-Joe Budd collection, page 63; _Malachite_-Tim & Holly Smith collection, page 244. (right...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than |
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Cairncross, Bruce, Mccarthy, Terence (2015) Understanding Minerals & Crystals. Penguin Random House South Africa. |
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| Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) Reg. No. 1953/000441/07 The Estuaries...Century City, 7441 PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa Visit www.randomstruik.co.za and join the Struik...published edition, 2015: Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing editor:...Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa Dr Lynnette Greyling Department of Geological...Town Private Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701 Cape Town, South Africa Note: The authors and the publishers cannot |
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Cairncross, Bruce (2001) The Geological Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa. Rocks & Minerals, 76 (2) 120-127 doi:10.1080/00357520109603206 |
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| country should he on view in the “city of gold.” South Africa is not well known for its institutional or statefunded...treasures of the earth. not only from South Africa but also from southern Africa as a whole and other regions...Mines and the Museum of the Geological Society of South Afiicil (Kennedy 1970). The Chamber of Mines collection...secretary and treasurer of the Geological Society of South Africu.) Several years later, in 1904, the collection...mammal-like reptiles from the famous Karoo region of South Africa, Cretaceous ammonites, Permian and Triassic |
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Cairncross, Bruce, Mccarthy, Terence (2015) Understanding Minerals & Crystals. Penguin Random House South Africa. |
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| Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) 1953/000441/07 Reg. No. The Estuaries...Century City, 7441 PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa Visit www.randomstruik.co.za and join the Struik...published edition, 2015: Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing...Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa Dr Lynnette Greyling Department of Geological...Town Private Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701 Cape Town, South Africa Note: The authors and the publishers cannot |
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Chukanov, Nikita V. (2014) Infrared spectra of mineral species Vol. 1 - Springer Geochemistry/Mineralogy. Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7128-4 |
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| alteration of different kinds of stacking of layers, local defects, etc.). For this reason, the interpretation...Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...freedom per unit cell and qi and qj are deviations of local coordinates (i.e. lengths of chemical bonds and...frequencies of normal vibrations are determined by local force parameters of these bonds (see, e.g. Loghinov...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description: |
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Cline, Walter (1937) Mining and Metallurgy in Negro Africa. George Banta Publishing Company, Menasha, WI. |
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| undertaken in laboratories and museums and in Negro Africa studies which alone can give us real conclusions...a special research project. A student of Negro Africa is particularand of the ly aware both of archaeology...literature. No anthropologist who does not specialize in Africa can name half a dozen excavated sites except the...neither to know nor to care about any other part of Africa than the one in which he is located. — — On...discovery of metals or their first importation to Negro Africa. Such research will undoubtedly swing the balance |
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Pagano, Renato, Pezzotta, Federico, Pratesi, Giovanni (2010) Cristalli: The Adalberto Giazotto Collection on Exhibition in Florence. Rocks & Minerals, 85 (3) 230-241 doi:10.1080/00357521003727215 |
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| 2006–2007, Giazotto worked with the foundation of a local bank, Cassa di Risparmio di Pisa, to explore the...pseudohexagonal twinned crystals, 23 × 20 cm, Cianciana mine, Agrigento, Italy. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 5...crystal group, 50 × 50 cm, from the Anahi mine, La Gaiba district, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Adalberto...aggregate of red crystals, 13 × 10 cm, Dolores Tercera mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapò, Atacama, Chile. Adalberto...and green elbaite crystals, 35 × 15 cm, Pederneira mine, São José de Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Adalberto |
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Baldock, J. W., Hepworth, J. V., Marengwa, B. S. (1976) Gold, base metals, and diamonds in Botswana. Economic Geology, 71 (1) 139-156 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.71.1.139 |
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| have been proved at Pikwe and Selebi within the Limpopo mobile belt. Two medium-sizednickel-copperdepositsare...more-or-less linear metamorphic belts, the ancient Limpopo belt in eastern Botswana and the much later Damaran...km Archean cratons through stabilizationof the Limpopo belt and by cratonizationof the Irumide/ Phanerozoic(Karroo)...Namaqua-Natalbelts. p Proterozoic/Lr Phanerozaic ) The Limpopo mobile belt, separatingthe RhoProterozoic platform...(AKI: Orapa diamondmine; NC 4 Pikwe nickel-copper mine; Cu 6 Ngwako Pan copperoccurrence). lite facies) |
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Cook, Robert B. (2002) Connoisseur's Choice: Azurite: Tsumeb, Namibia, and Touissit, Oujda, Morocco. Rocks & Minerals, 77 (1) 40-43 doi:10.1080/00357529.2002.9926655 |
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| having the formula Cu,(OH),(CO,),. Pseudomorphs of malachite after azurite are common, although the converse...depth. It is almost invariably associated with malachite and commonly with a variety of iron oxides and...Namibia, exhibiting partial replacement by velvety malachite. Michel Derly specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Creek and Phoenixville, Pennsylvania; the Pontiac mine, Halifax County, Virginia; Franklin and Sterling...spherical aggregates sprinkled on and within boxwork malachite; spherical to rosettelike aggregates of crystals |
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Cook, Robert B. (2001) Connoisseur's Choice: Malachite : Shaba Region, Democratic Republic of Congo. Rocks & Minerals, 76 (5) 326-330 doi:10.1080/00357520109603236 |
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| un executive editor of Rocks & Minerals, al. Malachite is also well known as loosely coherent aggregates...excellent review article on the morphology of malachite, which includes a comprehensive discussion of...in-depth treatment of this aspect of malachite mineralogy. Malachite is basic copper carbonate with the...copper in the mineral’s structure is uncertain. Malachite pseudomorphs after a variety of minerals have...known are malachite after azurite, copper, and cuprite; less commonly reported are malachite after atacamite |
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Coetzee, C. B. - Ed. (1976) Mineral Resources of the Republic of South Africa (5th ed.) Department of Mines, Pretoria. |
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| OF OF SOUTH AFRICA MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF REPUBLIC OF THE SOUTH AFRICA...Second World War, and partly as a result of it, South Africa experienced vast industrial expansion. This...official ‘handbook on the mineral resources of South Africa, it has become necessary to revise, or rather...great diversity and magnitude of South African mineral deposits and local mining operations, the Economic...Chamber of Mines of South Africa with Mr G. H. Grange as co-ordinator, and the South, African mining industry; |
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Clopton, E. L., Wilson, W. E. (1996) The Mineralogical Record Index - Volumes I - XXV 1970 - 1994. Mineralogical Record Inc. |
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| On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma |
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