| 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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(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...sequenceof complexly foldedmetasediments of the Limpopo Group. Table 1 showsa broad outline of the regional...regional stratigraphic sequence and lithologyaround Messina. Rocks in the immediatevicinityof the minesrevealgranulite |
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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...Arsenato-Borates 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...copper deposit, Artonvilla mine, was described to speculariteand finally _goethite_-bearingassemblagesin the...inclusions nature of its source. in quartz from Messina (F. J. Sawkins,pers. comA fluid of this composition...aluminosilicates, and probablyaluminateions,as well mine. Country rock limestonesare includedwithin as doubly |
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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) 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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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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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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(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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Pracejus, Bernhard - Ed. (2014) The Ore Minerals Under the Microscope (2nd ed.) Elsevier. doi:10.1016/c2012-0-01360-9 |
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| Valleriite Lithiophorite 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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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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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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(2023, December) Lapis Vol. 48 (12) Christian Weise Verlag GmbH |
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| Ein spanischer „Superfluorit" aus der La Viesca Mine im Revier La Collada, Asturien. Fund 2007/8. Die...Typlokalität der beiden Mineralien, der New Cornelia Mine, werden häufiger frei entwickelte Kristalle gefunden...gute Ausbildung vorausgesetzt. Im Gebiet der Messina Mine in Südafrika kommen Ajoit und Papagoit als Einschlüsse...Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, im Pirna Co., Arizona ist Typlokalität des Minerals. Die Ajo Mine gehört...zu den typischen Lagerstätten des Typs Aus der _Limpopo_-Region in Südafrika kommen blaue Quarze mit Papagoit |
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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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| Azurite, shattuckite, chrysocolla, chalcoalumite, goethite, and cuprite pseudomorphs after malachite have...or interesting localities include the Loudville mine, Hanipshire County, Massachusetts; Chimney Rock...County, and New Brunswick, New Jersey; the Jones mine in Berks County, and Phoenixville and French Creek...Gossan Lead district in Carroll and Grayson Counties, and mines of the Virgilina district, Charlotte County...Counties, Michigan, and the well-known Flanibeau mine, Rusk County, Wisconsin, massive sulfide deposit |
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(2021, September) Mexico IX. The Mineralogical Record Vol. 52 (5) The Mineralogical Record, Inc. |
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| Azurite with malachite, 5.4 cm, from the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico. Fine Minerals International...minerals of Mexico is devoted entirely to the Milpillas mine, a relatively new locality which has yielded a virtually...quantities. We published a preliminary report on the mine by Tom Moore and Marcus Origlieri back in 2008,...and went underground with the miners. Since the mine has now shut down permanently, we are taking this... San Pedro Corralitos, Amatitlan, San Francisco mine Mexico V.· (2008, vol.39, no.6) History, Milpillas |
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