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Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

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Aegirine
Afwillite
Åkermanite
Albite
Andradite
var: Hydroandradite
Ankerite
'Apatite'
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KOH)
Aragonite
Azurite
Banalsite
Baryte
Bementite
Birnessite
Bixbyite
Brandtite
Braunite
Braunite-II (TL)
Brucite
Bultfonteinite
Bustamite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Caryopilite
Celestine
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
Charlesite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Clinochlore
Clinochrysotile
Clinozoisite
Copper
Creedite
Cryptomelane
Cymrite
Datolite
Despujolsite
Diaspore
Diopside
Dolomite
Effenbergerite (TL)
Ephesite
Epidote
Ettringite
Feitknechtite
'Ferro-akermanite'
Ferrobustamite
Foshagite
Friedelite
Gageite
Gageite-2M
Galena
Gaudefroyite
Glaucochroite
Glauconite
Goethite
Gonyerite
Gowerite
Greenalite
Grossular
Groutite
Guidottiite (TL)
Gypsum
Hausmannite
Hematite
Hennomartinite (TL)
Henritermierite
Hibschite
Hollandite
Holtstamite (TL)
'Hydrogrossular'
Inesite
Jacobsite
Jennite
Johannsenite
Jouravskite
Kaolinite
Kentrolite
Kirschsteinite
Kornite (TL)
Kutnohorite
Lepidocrocite
Leucophoenicite
Lithiophorite
Lizardite
Magnesio-arfvedsonite
Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganipiemontite-(Sr) (TL)
Manganite
Manganvesuvianite (TL)
Manjiroite
Marcasite
Marokite
Minnesotaite
Mozartite
Natrolite
Nchwaningite (TL)
Neltnerite
Nontronite
Norrishite
Nsutite
Olmiite (TL)
Opal
Orientite
Orlymanite (TL)
Oyelite
Parsettensite
'Partridgeite'
Pectolite
Phlogopite
Piemontite
Piemontite-(Sr)
Poldervaartite (TL)
Portlandite
Prehnite
Pyrite
Pyrochroite
Pyrolusite
Pyrophanite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
var: Jasper
Ramsdellite
Ranciéite
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Richterite
Riebeckite
Ruizite
Saponite
Sérandite
'Serpentine Group'
Shigaite
Siderite
Sphalerite
Stevensite
Stilpnomelane
Sturmanite ? (TL)
Sugilite
Sussexite
Taikanite
Talc
Tephroite
Tetraferriannite
Thaumasite
Thomsonite-Ca
Titanite
Tobermorite
Todorokite
Tremolite
Tridymite
Vaterite
Vesuvianite
Vonbezingite (TL)
Vuagnatite
Wesselsite (TL)
Wollastonite
Xonotlite
Zoisite


191 entries listed. 153 valid minerals. 14 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).

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References

Wilson, W.E. & Dunn, P.J.(1978): Famous localities: The Kalahari manganese field. Mineralogical Record 9: 137-153

Econ Geol (1987) 82: 706-718

Cairncross, B. and R. Dixon (1995) Minerals of South Africa.

Cairncross, B., Beukes, N. and Gutzmer, J. (1997): The Manganese Adventure – The South African Manganese Fields. Associated Ore & Metal Corporation Limited, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa.

Econ Geol (1997) 92: 87-97

Spektakuläre Mineralien aus dem Kalahari Manganerzfeld Südafrika.
Gutzmer,J., Cairncross, B., Lapis Jgh 25, Nr 10 (okt 2000), pag 13-26.

Seltene Mineralien aus dem Kalahari Manganerzfeld Südafrika.
Gutzmer,J., Cairncross, B., Lapis Jgh 26, Nr 10 (okt 2001), pag 32-42.

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