| 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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Cairncross, Bruce (2022) Minerals & Gemstones of Southern Africa. Struik Nature. 320 pp. |
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| GEMSTONES of Southern Africa Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, southern Mozambique and...Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) Reg. No. 1953/000441/07 The Estuaries...Crescent, Century City, 7441 South Africa PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa Visitwww.penguinrandomhouse...published edition, 2022: Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing editor:...included with blue ajoite, 6.2 cm - Messina No. 5 shaft, South Africa - Bruce Cairncross specimen and photo; |
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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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(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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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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Windley, B F, Bishop, F C, Smith, J V (1981) Metamorphosed Layered Igneous Complexes in Archean Granulite-Gneiss Belts. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 9. 175-196 doi:10.1146/annurev.ea.09.050181.001135 |
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| belt of northwest Scotland and the Limpopo belt of southern Africa (Table 1) are in different sub-belts...Malagasy Sakeny Boulanger 1959_Limpopo_, southern Africa Messina layered intrusion Hor et al1975,...1974, J. D. Sills et ai, in preparation_Limpopo_, southern _Africa_Neshuro complex and Chingwa-Ma-Karorro...1973), Labrador (Bridgwater et al 1975), and the Limpopo belt (Barton et al 1977b). Metamorphic ages are:...West Greenland 3.6 to 3.8 Ga B.P., Labrador 3.6, Limpopo 3.86 ± 0.12; younger gneisses, West Green land |
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du Plessis, G., Jonck, G. J., Kruger, R. (1997) Potential low-grade iron ore deposits in metamorphosed banded iron formations, Northern Province, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 32 (4) 362-370 doi:10.1007/s001260050102 |
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| metamorphosed banded iron formations, Northern Province, South _Africa_Received: 4 July 1996 / Accepted: 7 January...ore would be quite unique in a South African context as South _Africa_is well endowed with high-grade...the largest integrated steel manufacturer in South Africa, employs a 40-year raw materials resource plan...0001, South _Africa_G.J. Jonck Pilot Plant, Iscor Ltd, PO Box 450, Pretoria 0001, South _Africa_Sishen...potential of low-grade iron ore occurrences in South Africa. This was to ensure reserves in the long term |
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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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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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McCarthy, T. S., Jacobsen, J. B. E. (1976) The mineralizing fluids at the Artonvilla copper deposit; an example of a silica-deficient, alkaline hydrothermal system. Economic Geology, 71 (1) 131-138 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.71.1.131 |
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| replacementcopperorebodiesknown as the Artonvilla mine, Messina,South Africa. Gangue and ore minerals exhibit a distinct...albite-epidote-chlorite-specularite-born- ite-chalcocite to _goethite_-prehnite-albite-chlorite-chalcocite-native copperassemblages...magma. Introduction to speculariteand finally _goethite_-bearingassemI•r a previouspaper the nature of...in depth. The orebody copper deposit, Artonvilla mine, was described is not exposed on surface and, apart...inclusions nature of its source. in quartz from Messina (F. J. Sawkins,pers. comA fluid of this composition |
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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, 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 PO Box...(Oxbow Crescent), Century City, 7441 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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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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Barton, E.S, Armstrong, R.A, Cornell, D.H, Welke, H.J (1986) Feasibility of total-rock PbPb dating of metamorphosed banded iron formation; The Marydale Group, southern Africa. Chemical Geology: Isotope Geoscience section, 59. 255-271 doi:10.1016/0168-9622(86)90075-8 |
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| BANDED IRON FORMATION; THE MARYDALE GROUP, SOUTHERN _AFRICA_E.S. BARTONl, R.A. ARMSTRONGl, ‘Bernard D.H. CORNELL2...2001 (South Africa) ‘Department of Geology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch 7600 (South Africa)...detailed investigation of the Marydale Group, southern Africa, follows a preliminary study (Cornell and Barton...to the many banded iron formations in southern Africa. A second objective was to establish a reliable... possibly in a shallow-water environment, with local disconformity on the underlying metabasalts. Further |
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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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Hyrsl, J., Niedermayr, G. (2003) Geheimnisvolle Welt: Einschlüsse in Quarz. [Magic World: Inclusions in Quartz]. Bode Verlang GmbH. |
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| negative Kristalle") aus der Emerald & Hiddenite Mine im Alexander County, North Carolina/USA. Aus der...negative crystals") from the Emerald & Hiddenite Mine, Alexander County, North Carolina/USA. From the...type parageneses are also known from North and South America. In North America particularly from the...carry quartz with „oil" inclusions. For a long time local collectors designated them „smoky quartz" as the...(Skapolith?) in Rauchquarz aus der Emerald & Hiddenite Mine, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA. Starky, pseudomorph |
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Pracejus, Bernhard - Ed. (2014) The Ore Minerals Under the Microscope (2nd ed.) Elsevier. doi:10.1016/c2012-0-01360-9 |
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| Lithiophorite distinct, bluish greys yellow, red, brown_Goethite_strong, orange to brown Vonsenite strong, orange... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...grey); North Mine(North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New _South_Wales, Australia;...vein in jasper (red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey...argentite reaction rim (greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL |
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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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(1983) May - June 1983. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 14 (3) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| editor. Foreign Payments Remittance may be made in local_currency, without surcharge, to the following people:...Deepwood Crescent Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1N8_South Africa: Horst Windisch 30 Van Wouw Street Groenkloof.....157 by C. Albertini Sellaite from the Brumado mine ..................................................expanding vista. On arrival at the American Nettie mine the superintendent, Mr. Kunz, permitted us to visit...into the valley, whence a road led to the Bachelor mine in Red Canon. Two members of the party, who were |
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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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Di Bella, Marcella, Pirajno, Franco, Sabatino, Giuseppe, Quartieri, Simona, Barbieri, Roberto, Cavalazzi, Barbara, Ferretti, Annalisa, Danovaro, Roberto, Romeo, Teresa, Andaloro, Franco, Esposito, Valentina, Scotti, Gianfranco, Tripodo, Alessandro, Italiano, Francesco (2021) Rolling Ironstones from Earth and Mars: Terrestrial Hydrothermal Ooids as a Potential Analogue of Martian Spherules. Minerals, 11 (5) 460 doi:10.3390/min11050460 |
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| Terra (MIFT), Università di Messina, Viale Stagno d’Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy; gsabatino@unime.it... Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg 2006, South _Africa_Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Ambientali...Laboratorio di Milazzo, Via dei Mille 44, 98057 Messina, Italy; gianfranco.scotti@isprambiente.it Istituto...Blueberry; iron grains; hydrothermal system; haematite; goethite; Mars; Panarea Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland...explored the surface of Mars with the aim to assess _local_aqueous environments, and with the specific goal |
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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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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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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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