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Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

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Mineral List:
  		•  Afwillite (TL)
    Ca
     
    3
    		[HSiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Dutoitspan Mine, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
    Reference: [Min.Mag.(1925) 20, 277-285; Clark, 1993 - "Hey's Mineral Index, 3rd Edition"]
    Site Photo
    Dutoitspan Mine, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
     
  		•  'Apophyllite'
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Apophyllite-(KF)
    KCa
     
    4
    		[(F,OH)|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    20
    		] · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Minerals of South Africa]
  		•  Apophyllite-(KOH)
    KCa
     
    4
    		[(OH,F)|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    20
    		] · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [American Mineralogist, Volume 63, pages 196-202, 1978]
  		•  Armalcolite
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)Ti
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    Reference: [J. W. Anthony et al.: Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. 3 (1997), 22]
  		•  Baddeleyite
    ZrO
     
    2
    Reference: [MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE, JUNE 1984, VOL. 48, PP. 257-61]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [S.E. Haggerty, J.R. Smyth, A.J. Erlank, R.S. Rickard, R.V. Danchin: Amer. Mineral. 68:494-505 (1983)]
  		•  Bultfonteinite
    Ca
     
    2
    		[F|HSiO
     
    4
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Minerals of South Africa]
    Site Photo
    Bultfontein Mine, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Cebollite
    Ca
     
    5
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    12
    		(OH)
     
    4
    		 or near
    Reference: [http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/cebollite.pdf.]
  		•  'Chalcedony
    var: Carnelian'
    Reference: [Minerals of South Africa]
  		•  Chromite
    FeCr
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Field, M., Stiefenhofer, J., Robey, J., and Kurszlaukis, S. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 34, 33-75.]
  		•  'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
    Reference: [Field, M., Stiefenhofer, J., Robey, J., and Kurszlaukis, S. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 34, 33-75.]
  		•  Corundum
    Al
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Mathias, M., Siebert, J.C., and Rickwood, P.C. (1970): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 26, 75-123.]
  		•  Diamond
    C
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
    © Jacques VALVERDE
  		•  Diamond
    var: Stewartite (of Sutton)
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Diopside
    CaMg[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [S.E. Haggerty, J.R. Smyth, A.J. Erlank, R.S. Rickard, R.V. Danchin: Amer. Mineral. 68:494-505 (1983)]
  		•  Diopside
    var: Chromian Diopside
    (Ca,Cr)MgSi
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [S.E. Haggerty, J.R. Smyth, A.J. Erlank, R.S. Rickard, R.V. Danchin: Amer. Mineral. 68:494-505 (1983)]
  		•  Enstatite
    Mg
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Field, M., Stiefenhofer, J., Robey, J., and Kurszlaukis, S. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 34, 33-75.]
  		•  'Garnet Group'
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)
    Reference: [Mathias, M., Siebert, J.C., and Rickwood, P.C. (1970): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 26, 75-123.]
  		•  Geikielite
    MgTiO
     
    3
    Reference: [http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/geikielite.pdf.]
  		•  Hawthorneite (TL)
    BaMgTi
     
    3
    		Cr
     
    4
    		Fe
     
    4
    		O
     
    19
    Type Locality: Bultfontein Mine, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
    Reference: [Amer.Min.(1989), 74, 668-675; Minerals of South Africa]
  		•  Hypersthene
    (Fe,Mg)SiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Mathias, M., Siebert, J.C., and Rickwood, P.C. (1970): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 26, 75-123.]
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Mathias, M., Siebert, J.C., and Rickwood, P.C. (1970): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 26, 75-123.]
  		•  Lindsleyite (TL)
    (Ba,Sr)(Ti,Zr,Fe,Cr)
     
    21
    		O
     
    38
    Type Locality: Bultfontein Mine, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
    Reference: [S.E. Haggerty, J.R. Smyth, A.J. Erlank, R.S. Rickard, R.V. Danchin: Amer. Mineral. 68:494-505 (1983)]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE, JUNE 1984, VOL. 48, PP. 257-61]
  		•  Mathiasite (TL)
    K(Ti,Cr,Fe,Mg,Zr)
     
    21
    		O
     
    38
    Type Locality: Bultfontein Mine, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
    Reference: [S.E. Haggerty, J.R. Smyth, A.J. Erlank, R.S. Rickard, R.V. Danchin: Amer. Mineral. 68:494-505 (1983)]
  		•  Monticellite
    CaMg[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Field, M., Stiefenhofer, J., Robey, J., and Kurszlaukis, S. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 34, 33-75.]
  		•  Natrolite
    Na
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Minerals of South Africa]
  		•  'Olivine'
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Mathias, M., Siebert, J.C., and Rickwood, P.C. (1970): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 26, 75-123.]
    Site Photo
    Kimberley Mine, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
    © Jasun McAvoy
  		•  Perovskite
    CaTiO
     
    3
    Reference: [S.E. Haggerty, J.R. Smyth, A.J. Erlank, R.S. Rickard, R.V. Danchin: Amer. Mineral. 68:494-505 (1983)]
  		•  Phlogopite
    KMg
     
    3
    		[(OH,F)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Field, M., Stiefenhofer, J., Robey, J., and Kurszlaukis, S. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 34, 33-75.]
  		•  Potassicrichterite
    K[CaNa][Mg
     
    5
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [S.E. Haggerty, J.R. Smyth, A.J. Erlank, R.S. Rickard, R.V. Danchin: Amer. Mineral. 68:494-505 (1983)]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Minerals of South Africa]
  		•  Rhodesite
    KHCa
     
    2
    		Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    19
    		·5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Minerals of South Africa]
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [J. W. Anthony et al.: Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. 3 (1997), 22]
  		•  Spinel
    MgAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [S.E. Haggerty, J.R. Smyth, A.J. Erlank, R.S. Rickard, R.V. Danchin: Amer. Mineral. 68:494-505 (1983)]
  		•  Spinel
    var: Chromspinel
    Mg(Al,Cr
    3+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [S.E. Haggerty, J.R. Smyth, A.J. Erlank, R.S. Rickard, R.V. Danchin: Amer. Mineral. 68:494-505 (1983)]
  		•  Titanite
    CaTi[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [S.E. Haggerty, J.R. Smyth, A.J. Erlank, R.S. Rickard, R.V. Danchin: Amer. Mineral. 68:494-505 (1983)]


    38 entries listed. 27 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals).

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    • Northern Cape Province
      • Kimberley

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