| 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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(2018, December) Geobulletin Vol. 61 (4) Geological Society of South Africa |
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| Medical Geology 24 The Waterberg’s first platinum _mine_26 Thermal remote sensing for mineral and...Tanzania Mineral Scene 44 Ajoite from Messina Mine, South _Africa_The Geotraveller 46 Geology and Mining... Box 91230 Auckland Park 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa_Tel: +27 11 358 0028 e-mail: info@gssa.org.za...Geoscience Private Bag X112 Pretoria_South Africa 0001 Tel : + 27 (0) 12 841 1149 General...CORNER RUSTENBURG & CARLOW ROADS, MELVILLE, SOUTH AFRICA. Classifieds Front Cover: The Cradle of Humankind |
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Jacobsen, J. B. E., McCarthy, T. S., Laing, G. J. (1976) The copper-bearing breccia pipes of the Messina district South Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 11 (1) 33-45 doi:10.1007/bf00203093 |
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| Copper-Bearing Breccia Pipes of the Messina District South _Africa_J. B. E. Jacobsen and T. S. McCarthy...Johannesburg, South _Africa_G. J. Laing The Messina (Tvl.) Development Company (Pry.) Limited, Messina, South...South _Africa_The _Messina_Copper Mines comprise a group of breccia pipes, disseminated replacement andfissure...emplaced within high-grade metamorphic rocks of the _Limpopo_mobile belt. Breccia pipes as well as associated...gneiss, grading to an albitite, and finally to _zoisite_-quartz rock around the immediate brecciated contacts |
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Saggerson, E.P, Turner, L.M (1976) A review of the distribution of metamorphism in the ancient Rhodesian craton. Precambrian Research, 3 (1) 1-53 doi:10.1016/0301-9268(76)90002-4 |
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| Department of Geology, University of Natal, Durban (South Africa) (Received August 15, 1973, revision accepted...margin particularly within the Zambezi and the Limpopo belts. The distribution of the associated early...development were due to thermal highs centred on the Limpopo mobile belt and possibly the Zambezi belt. INTRODUCTION...of the international metamorphic map of southern _Africa_b a s e d o n t h e c o n c e p t o f m e t a m...post-Shamvaian. (4) The granites and granitic gneisses. (5) Limpopo Group metasediments. ANCIENT BASEMENT RELICS -- |
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Jacobsen, J. B. E., McCarthy, T. S. (1976) An unusual hydrothermal copper deposit at Messina, South Africa. Economic Geology, 71 (1) 117-130 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.71.1.117 |
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| An UnusualHydrothermal CopperDepositat Messina,South _Africa_J. B. E. JACOBSEN' ANDT. S. •{CCARTHY Abstract...ne passingthrough the Artonvilla mine. The orebodiesin the district include breccia pipes, fissure deposits...the latter being best developedin the Artonvilla mine, where four separatelodesare developed. The EmeryLodeis...prehistoric time. Since foldedmetasediments of the Limpopo Group. Table 1903, when the Messinacoppermine was...producingmines (Harper, sequence and lithologyaround Messina. Rocks in Campbell,Artonvilla,and Spence)havebeendevel- |
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ZEH, A., HOLLAND, T. J. B., KLEMD, R. (2005) Phase relationships in grunerite-garnet-bearing amphibolites in the system CFMASH, with applications to metamorphic rocks from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 23 (1) 1-17 doi:10.1111/j.1525-1314.2005.00554.x |
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| metamorphic rocks from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South _Africa_A. ZEH1, T. J. B. HOLLAND2 & R. KLEMD1...University, Geology Department, Johannesburg, South _Africa_ABSTRACT A petrogenetic grid in the model... clinopyroxene, chlorite, olivine, anorthite, zoisite and aluminosilicates, with quartz and H2O in excess...Klippen Complex within the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt. Agreement between calculated and observed...Ga. Key words: THERMOCALC; CFMASH; grunerite; Limpopo Belt; petrogenetic grid. INTRODUCTION Amphiboles |
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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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| 7 cm across, Khanong open pit, Sepon mine, Vilabouly district, Laos. Irv Brown specimen. TUCSON All...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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Sawkins, F. J., Rye, R. O. (1979) Additional geochemical data on the Messina copper deposits, Transvaal, South Africa. Economic Geology, 74 (3) 684-689 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.74.3.684 |
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| Chamberlin, R. M., 1974, Geology of the Council Rock_district_, Socorro Country, New Mexico: M.S. thesis, Nexv...Geology and ore deposits of the Magdalena mining district, New Mexico: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 200...thehighlydeformed, granulitegrade metamorphic rocks of the_Limpopo_Mobile The Messinacopperdepositshavebeenthe subject...deposits, villa mineat the easternextremityof the district,all of the samples.Basedlargelyon investigations...Minerals and Inclusion Fluids Location in Sample_Mine_• Generation• Mineral crystal a•80 b•80H2O 2 |
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McCarthy, T. S., Jacobsen, J. B. E. (1980) Additional geochemical data on the Messina copper deposits, Transvaal, South Africa; discussion. Economic Geology, 75 (3) 478-481 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.75.3.478 |
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| 4NSI/./t.4L,SOUTH.4FRIC.4--/! MESSIN.4 COPPER DEPOSITS, DISCUSSION Sir: The Messina copper deposits...isotopestudies. In the orebodiesat (1977) contained_Messina_,the early ore fluid reactionsinvolvedesilica- concludedthat...terpretation in a during the conversionof albite to zoisite (Jacobsen clusiondata simplyreflectslocal disequilibrium...1. A /ID vs /i•sOplot for late solutionsat the Messina positionsproducedduring ore fluid reaction. This...temperature. This is the inward retrogressive of the Messina orebodies,calculated on the basis of the reactionmodel |
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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 ...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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Lauf, Robert J. (2011) Collector's Guide to the Epidote Group. Rocks & Minerals, 86 (5) 444-457 doi:10.1080/00357529.2011.602297 |
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| of radioactive species and rare-earth minerals.Zoisite, the orthorhombic polymorph of clinozoisite, is...important gem mineral for faceting, and massive zoisite is a familiar lapidary material. It is included...involves a divalent ion on the normally the seller as zoisite, but XRD analysis confirmed that it and the trivalent...Mn2+CeV3+AlMn2+Si3O11O(OH) Monoclinic of this table will make_Zoisite_* Ca2Al3Si3O12(OH) Orthorhombic the logic of the... structure and composition as the monoclinic dimorph of zoisite, based on type material from GoM3 O4 O10 slerwand |
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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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Steinmann, G.; Wilckens, O. (1929) The Union of South Africa. Handbuch der Regionalen Geologie Vol. 7 (7a). Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung |
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| BONN VII. BAND. 7a. ABTEILUNG. THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA by A. W. ROGERS, A. L. HALL, P. A. WAGNER...der regionalen Geologic. (VII. 7a.) Union of South Africa. (Frontispiece) Plate Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung...Universitätsbuchhandlung, I. Heidelberg. The Union of South Africa. By A. W. Rogers, A. L. Hall, P. A. Wagner...staff of the of South Geological Survey of the description of the for- Africa has been written by...geology of a young country like the Union of South Africa is not known with a degree of detail comparable |
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Staritskiy, Yu. G. (1963) SOME FEATURES OF MAGMATISM AND METALLOGENY OF PLATFORM REGIONS. International Geology Review, 5 (4) 402-417 doi:10.1080/00206816309473786 |
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| them are established on the basi of data on the South African,Hindustani,North American and Siberian platform...this study: the South African, Hindustani, North American, and Siberian.SOUTH _AFRICA_In 1955 Bilibin...movements, by certain sediAfrican continent. South Africa is a typical mentary formations and magmatic...of the Bushveld complex and the Great Dike of South Africa immediately after deposition of the Transvaal...period of stabilization in South Africa. Sedimentation continued in the far south, in the socalled Cape geosyncline |
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Cook, Robert B. (2009) Mineral Oddities: Theme of the 2009 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show. Rocks & Minerals, 84 (1) 16-25 doi:10.3200/rmin.84.1.16-25 |
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| is the well-known pyrite “sun” from the Ziegler mine, Randolph County, Illinois. This 7.4-cm specimen...disROBERT B. COOK form or state, occurrence, trict, South Dakota (Jahns 1953); the tourmaline “telephone Department...provenance, and perhaps even poles” of the Cochran mine, Georgia; and the magnificent and Geography “who”—those...100-kilogram group of quartz crystals is from the Otjua mine, Namibia. Tony Kampf photo. Figure 3 (above). Giant...apatite and phlogopite crystals from the Renfrew district, Canada; and, of course, gigantic gypsum crystals |
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(2013) Minerals Newspaper - Issue 7. Minerals Newspaper 7. Spirifer |
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| MINERALS Red Lead Mine: J. Halpern specimen. J. Scovil photo. In this issue also: a new chapter J...Collector Interview series we interview well known_South_ African collector Bruce Cairncross. Bruce is a professor...26 Miner George Quist in front of the Red Lead mine portal after a long day of specimen extraction....the Red Lead mine, Tasmania, Australia. Thanks to a successful partnership between mine owner Shane Dohnt...and specimen mining company Collectors Edge, the_mine_ was reopened for specimen mining in 2013. The last |
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Cook, Robert B. (2002) Connoisseur's Choice: Epidote. Rocks & Minerals, 77 (5) 328-332 doi:10.1080/00357529.2002.9925655 |
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| together with a group of other minerals including zoisite, the allanites, and piemontite, is a dominant member...collect ed from veins exposed along State Highway 229 south of Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia. The U.S...Colorado localities as the Calumet iron mine, Turret district, Chaffee County (squat, dark green crystals...sites, including copper mines of the Seven Devils district, Adams County, where sharp lustrous crystals to...scheelite, and titanite at the Washington Metals mine at Cedonia, Stevens County. Epidote specimens have |
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Kutty, T.R.N., Anantha Iyer, G.V., Ramakrishnan, M., Verma, S.P. (1984) Geochemistry of meta-anorthosites from Holénarasipur, Karnataka, South India. Lithos, 17. 317-328 doi:10.1016/0024-4937(84)90028-8 |
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| meta-anorthosites from Hol6narasipur, Karnataka, South India T.R.N. KUTTY 1, G.V. ANANTHA IYER 1, M. RAMAKRISHNAN...metaanorthosites from Hol6narasipur, Karnataka, South India. Lithos, 17: 317-328. Geochemical and Rb-Sr...lithological relations near Rangenahalli.District, Karnataka State, South India, is described by Ramakrishnan...euhedral garnet (Fig. 2F), yellow green hornblende, zoisite and, occasionally, scapolite can be seen, together...complexes like Fiskenaesset (Windley et al., 1973), Limpopo (Barton et al., 1979; Hor et al., 1975) and Sittampundi |
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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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| 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...scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas...Morgenstern photo. Calcite, 5.8 cm, from the Mariposa mine, Terlingua; Roh Lavinsky (The Arkenstone) specimen |
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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...B13 Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description: |
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(2022, November) Refined Elegance - The Small Treasures of Mineralogy. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 53 (6.1) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Top right: Benitoite, 2 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, California...N‘Chwaning I mine, Kuruman, South Africa. Bottom right: Mimetite, 2.7 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia....Record: (1) Stephanite, Husky mine, Canada. (2) Wulfenite, Rowley mine, Arizona. (3) Diaspore twin, Pinarcik...Adelaide mine, Tasmania. (5) Andradite, Antetezambato, Madagascar. (6) Calcite, Mashamba West mine, Congo...(8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite, N’Chwaning II mine, South Africa. v This special supplement |
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Hunter, D. R. - Ed. (1981) Precambrian of The Southern Hemisphere - Developments in Precambrian Geology No. 2. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/s0166-2635(08)x7009-4 |
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| Geology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa uOttawa BRapy wwe ELSEVIER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING...rain forests of South America to the more arid regions of Australia and Southern Africa. The consequence...relationship between Smith-Hallam (1970) model. Africa, it seems probable that there was a these continents...of Australia and the Transvaal Basin of Southern Africa. Button (1976) suggests that the correspondence...envisages the closer juxta- position of Australia and Africa as in the Gondwanan reconstruction of Piper (1974) |
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(1961) Transactions of the Seventh Commonwealth Mining and Metallurgical Congress Vol. 1 - Papers and Discussions. South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. |
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| Papers and Discussions Volume I , I JOHANNESBURG_SOUTH_ AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY 1961..._Alli;!~ ~TALLUf>iYY. © Copyright 1961 by The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Ext'racts...it 9 DEC 196f Printed in t!te Republic of South Africa by Hortors Limited, Johannesburg V r. 1 The...and n1anagement of the gold mining industry in South _Africa_-C. B. ANDERSON . . . . . . . . . page r J...( 2. The economy of the Union of South _Africa_-W. J. BusSCI-IAU 9 -(!)_ i 3. An introduction to the |
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(1899) Mineralogical chemistry. Journal of the Chemical Society, Abstracts, 76. doi:10.1039/ca8997605492 |
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| phonolite from the Gold Dollar mine in Arequa Gulch, Cripple Creek district, Colorndo, The symmetry is monoclinic...New Cobaltiferous and Nickeliferous Minerah fiom_Messina_. By GIUSEPPELA VALLE(Real. Accad. dei Linc., 1898...(Abstr., 1891, 886) and afterwards a t the South Kecln Copper Mine, Houghton Go., Michigan (Abstr., 1894,...carefully purified material from the Stockslager mine on Granite Creek in Eldorado Co., California. By...Aberdeenshire. VII. Zoisite in quartz from Milltown, Glen Urquhart. VIII.Zoisite as large, grey crystals |
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(1975) The Journal of Gemmology Vol. 14 (7) Gem-A |
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| are ordinary beryl". ( M r Campbell's words, not mine). D r Taylor does not have a valid point when he...data of which are as follows: Tourmaline of S.W. Africa, cut, with "record" 8-shadow effect on the refractometer...the weight of stones that are to be reçut. For old-mine cuts with cushion-shaped outlines a n d for earlier...l e 1. G R A P H I T E IN TANZANITE Blue gem zoisite (tanzanite) was discovered in T a n z a n i a in...components. TABLE 2 O P T I C A L PROPERTIES OF ZOISITE(Reprinted from the American Mineralogist with |
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