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N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Olmiite
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Photo: Rob Lavinsky

Mineral List

Afwillite
Andradite
Apophyllite-(KOH)
Aragonite
Baryte
Bementite
Bixbyite
Braunite
'Braunite-II'
Brucite
Bultfonteinite
Bustamite
Calcite
Caryopilite
Celestine
Charlesite
'Chlorite Group'
Clinochlore
Creedite
Datolite
Diaspore
Diopside
Ettringite
Friedelite
Gageite
Galena
Gaudefroyite
Glauconite
Goethite
Gowerite
Grossular
var: Hibschite

Groutite
Guidottiite (TL)
Gypsum
Hausmannite
Hematite
Henritermierite
Inesite
Jacobsite
Jouravskite
Kutnohorite
Lepidocrocite
Leucophoenicite
Lizardite
Manganite
Manganvesuvianite (TL)
Marcasite
Marokite
Mozartite
Nchwaningite (TL)
Olmiite (TL)
Oyelite
Pectolite
Phlogopite
Poldervaartite
Portlandite
Prehnite
Pyrite
Pyrochroite
Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Richterite
Ruizite
Saponite
Shigaite
Sphalerite
Sturmanite
Sugilite
Sussexite
Tephroite
Thaumasite
Todorokite
Vesuvianite
Xonotlite


74 entries listed. 70 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.

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References

Hochleitner, R. (1986). Sturmanit und Ettringit aus den Kalahari-Manganfeldern. LAPIS 11 (10), 19-24.

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

Cairncross, B. (2004) Field Guide To Rocks & Minerals Of Southern Africa.

Bonazzi, P., Bindi, L., Medenbach, O., Pagano, R., Lampronti, Menchetti, S. (2007): Olmiite, CaMn[SiO3(OH)](OH), the Mn-dominant analogue of poldervaartite, a new mineral species from Kalahari manganese fields (Republic of South Africa), Mineralogical Magazine, 71, 193-291.

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