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Hotazel mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Rhodochrosite
Hotazel mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Photo: Crater Rock Museum
The Hotazel outlier is situated in a graben to the east of Black Rock and contains a very high grade ore (60 to 70 per cent average). Hausmannite with lesser amounts of other minerals and a very low carbonate component are the main constituents of the Hotazel supergrade ores.

Mineral List

Baryte
Bixbyite
Braunite
Calcite
Chalcophanite
Cryptomelane
Cymrite
Epidote
Ettringite
Gypsum
Hausmannite
Hollandite
Jacobsite
Lepidocrocite
Manganite
Nsutite
Opal
Piemontite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
Ramsdellite
Ranciéite
Rhodochrosite
Sussexite
Todorokite


25 entries listed. 24 valid minerals.

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References

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.

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