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Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, South Africa

For references, see also Palabora mine.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Aegirine
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Analcime
Antigorite
'Apatite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Arfvedsonite
Baddeleyite
Baryte
'Bastnäsite'
Biotite
Bornite
Brucite
Calcite
Celestine
'Chabazite'
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chondrodite
Clinochlore
Covellite
Cubanite
Cuprite
Datolite
Diopside
Dolomite
Fluoborite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Galena
Geikielite
Gold
var: Electrum
'Heulandite'
Högbomite
Hydromagnesite
Hydrotalcite
Ilmenite
Iowaite
'K Feldspar'
Laumontite
Linnaeite
Mackinawite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Mesolite
Millerite
Mooihoekite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite

Natrolite
Naumannite
'Olivine'
Pectolite
Pentlandite
Phlogopite
Pigeonite
Prehnite
Pseudobrookite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Saponite
Scolecite
'Serpentine Group'
Siegenite
Sphalerite
Stilbite-Ca
Strontianite
Talnakhite
Tetrahedrite
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorianite
var: Uranothorianite
Titanite
Ulvöspinel
Uraninite
Valleriite
Vermiculite
Violarite
Witherite
Xonotlite
Zirconolite
var: Niobozirconolite
Zirkelite


88 entries listed. 72 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

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References

- Behmenberg, H.; Borchert, H.; Anger, G. (1966): Geology and mineral deposits of the Palabora complex in northern Transvaal. Zeitschrift für Erzbergbau und Metallhüttenwesen 19, 232-235.
- Heinrich, E. W. (1970): Palabora carbonatitic complex - a unique copper deposit. Canadian Mineralogist 10, 585-598.
- Ericksson, S.C. (1989) Phalaborwa: a saga of magmatism, metasomatism and miscibility. In: Carbonatites: Genesis and Evolution (K. Bell, editor). Unwin Hyman, London, U.K. (221-254).


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