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Pyrophyllite from
Khorixas, Kunene Region, Namibia


Locality type:Constituency
Classification
Species:Pyrophyllite
Formula:Al2Si4O10(OH)2
Comments:Dark brown with cream coloured silt fragments. Ornamental use.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrophyllite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Khorixas, Kunene Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:856216
Long-form Identifier:1:3:856216:6
GUID (UUID V4):c16d45c3-a02f-450e-9e8b-bd4317c34a19
References
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Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and the Diamonds 44 49 241 254 272 275... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits...__ Republic of Namibia The President State House W°Ntdhoek FOREWORD Namibia is endowed with an...from near and far. Fine mineral specimen from Namibia are displayed in all the famous natural science
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REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA - MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAMIBIA FIRST...ENERGY Of the several hundred minerals present in Namibia, around sixty have been exploited. some, such as...base metals and industrial minerals have helped Namibia rank amongst the top five mining countries in Africa...terms of production and reserves. In this context, Namibia is a major producer of copper, lead, zinc, cadmium...unpublished. It is evident that mineral exploration in Namibia, as elsewhere. has changed from serendipitous discoveries
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.,,., ..,,.... w + ..... . ·. .... . - Namibia Zauberwelt edler Steine und Kristalle ooa Dieses...Erdgeschichte 8 Zur Geschichte des Bergbaus in Namibia 17 Der Brandberg und die Mineralfunde in seiner...Die Typlokalität des Namibit 97 Spessartin vom Kunene-Fluß, Kaokoveld 100 102 108 Edelstein-Turmaline...110 Auf Turmalinsuche in Namibia Die Demantoide von Tubussis in Zentral-Namibia 112 116 Sodalith von...bei Rössing l 19 Zeolithe vom Grootbergpaß in Namibia Kamphaugit-(Y) von der Rössing-Mine 120 124 126
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Hakos Mountains in the central Damara Orogen in Namibia; BEHR and HORN (1982) report crystals to 50 meter...Hakos-Bergen im zentralen Teil des Damara Orogens in Namibia beobachtet; sie erreichen einer Mitteilung von...and others discuss inclusions in quartz from this region. Alpine type parageneses are also known from North...BUKANOV 1995). Mit Einschlüssen in Quarzen dieser Region befasst sich u.a. SKOBEL (1996). Alpinotype Paragenesen...Width7mm. 16 17 Oben. Amethyst. Brandberg- West, Namibia. Platte senkrecht c geschnitten, mit sektorieller
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Lhngban is in the western part of the Bergslagen region. Bezmertnovite, error for Bezsmertnovite (~e3cMepTnoanx)...sulphide ores from the Oktyabr deposit, Noril'sk region, Siberia, together with sperrylite, polarite, etc...(qbepporinKen~itaaTnna). From the Koryak-Kamchatka region, NE USSR, as steel-grey metallic aggregates of...rounded grains from borehole core from the Vuonnemiok region, SE Khibin alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, USSR...Petr. Mitt. 61, 7. Dark green platy crystals from Khorixas (= Wel-Witschia), SW Africa, are monoclinic, a
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localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing...clefts are found fairly commonly throughout this region, such that only a handful of notable finds during...medium-submetallic luster (Jahn et al., 2003). NAMIBIA [SOUTH-WEST AFRICA] Erongo Mountains, Damaraland...about 20 other quartz mines are operated in the region of the Subpolar Urals, northwest of Saranpaul,
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(mantovani@usp.br) R.McG. Miller PO Box 11222, Windhoek, Namibia (rmmiller@mweb.com.na) A. Misi Centro de Pesquisa...2004 in São Paulo (Brazil), 2005 in Windhoek (Namibia), 2006 in Punta del Este (Uruguay), 2007 in Stellenbosch...and Numees (Frimmel et al., 2002) formations of Namibia and the Jacadigo Group and Puga Formation of the...thermally subsiding basins, such as in northern Namibia, South Australia and northwestern Canada. The so-called...problematic fossil Otavia in middle Cryogenian rocks in Namibia as a sponge (Brain et al., 2001, 2003, 2008) and
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abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country...by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided...United States or of the Upper Silesian historical region in Poland, where the importance of ore-bearing...Kunlun Mts., near Hotan, Xinjiang Uygur Autom. region, China, also at Fengtien, Taiwan. Green at Ospinskoye...vitreous, Agalmarolire ➔ a massi\'evarietyof pyrophyllite. mainlyon cleavage. Cleavage {110} and {lIO}
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seen in aragonite (light and dark orange). (A þ D) Region A exhibiting polycrystalline calcite within the...calcite overgrowth crystal in the inset. (B þ E) Region B with a crack running through the crystal with...observed in the outer parts of the fracture. (C þ F) Region C shows calcite crystals (light blue color) extending...orientation of the reaction front in that particular region. The crystallographic directionality of the apatite...and altered parts as well as from the interface region showed that the crystallographic orientation of
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Huantaya(*), Chanarcillo(*), and Chanca, Chile; Tsumeb, Namibia. BM DI:96, R:313, P&J:71, ABI:475. 1.1.1.3 Copper...Broken Hill mine, Zambia; Onganja mining district, Namibia. Andacolla, near Coquimbo, and Chuquicamata, Chile;...nm); weakly anisotropic. Bolshoi Anyui R.., Kolyma region, Russia, in gold-bearing alluvium. sm MZ 11(4):88(1989)...VHNjo9 = 260. R = 55.3 (540 nm). Magnetic. Kumak region, Southern Ural Mts., Russia, in quartz veins with...VHNjo9 = 900. R = 58.8 (540 nm). Magnetic. Kumak region, Southern Ural Mts., Russia, in quartz veins with
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Kara-oba Mo-W deposit), Betpakdala desert. Karaganda region, central Kazakhstan. 56. 635, ZV.\.fO 99(3), 333-339...Akhtenskoe deposit. near Magnitka village. Zlatoust region. south Urals, Rus ia. 75, 93 I. /At,:s, ser. gcol...intrusion. Tscpochcchniy intrusive. dikc 08-255, Vil region. Siberia, Russia. 65, 205. ZVMO ll3. 210--215 lead...Slllimanlte. form a • ri with Kanonalte. Andalusia region. Spain A.ndalusitegroup O Andersonite. 1 a:Ca(UO:)(CO...compare Cakloandyrobertsite, Tsumcbmine.Tsumcb,Namibia,MR 30, 181-186 Angelalle.Cu,AgPbBiS,.mon.,Angelamine
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grey in reflected light. Alekseev mine, Sutamskii region, Stanovoi Range, USSR. H= 2.3, Djjj=?, D(;=7.80...Zn)(As04)2*H20, S Mon. Resinous/adamantine yellow. Tsumeb, Namibia; also Clara mine (Grube Clara), Wolfach, Schwarzwald...57, VIIB 11b. Keller & Dunn, 1982. Am. Tsumeb, Namibia. Min. 68(1983), 280 (Abst.). Arsenic, As, E...CuPb2(As04)(S04)(0H), [g] Mon. Translucent green. Tsumeb, Namibia. H=?, Djjj= 6.46, Dg= 6.392, VIIB 14. Vesignie...yellow-green. Asis farm, Kombat mine, Otavi (E), Namibia. H= 3.5, Djjj=?, D^= 8.041, IIIC 06. Rouse et ah
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discovery locality, at the Alekseev mine, Sutamskii region, Stanovoi Range, Russia. Lipovetskil, A.G. et al...after its discovery locality, in the Andalusia region, Spain. Delaméthene, J.C. (1798):J.de Phys. 46...(1978): Am. Mineral. 63, 424. Named after the Aragon region, Spain, where pseudohexagonal twinned crystal forms...composition: arsenic plus brackebuschite. Tsumeb, Namibia. Abraham, K. et al. (1978): Neues Jahrb. Mineral...composition: arsenic plus descloisite. Tsumeb, Namibia. Keller, P. & Dunn, P.J. (1982): Mineral. Rec.
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cm1 is called the fingerprint region. Usually IR spectrum in this region contains very complicated series...overlapping bands. The importance of the fingerprint region is that each mineral species produces a different...500 to 800 cm1 can be considered as “fingerprint region” sensitive to the composition and the topological...see Fig. 1.9), but generally IR spectrum in this region is characteristic of all these minerals. In IR...olivenite from Tsumeb, Namibia (1); Zn-enriched olivenite from Tsumeb, Namibia (2); Zn-enriched olivenite
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Arizona; (lower right, center) mimetite, Tsurneb, Namibia, (lower, right) gold, Amazonas, Brazil All specimens...Bolivia; Czechoslovakia; Norway; Germany; Tsumeb; Namibia; Chaiiarcillo, Chile; and Broken Hill, New South...Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; at Tsumeb, Namibia; and at Laurium, Greece. Other occurrences are...skarn, in the Solvech fluorite deposit, Karagandin region, Kazakhstan, USSR. SELECTED REFERENCE: Shpanov...sulfide-quartz veins in the Alekseev mine, Sutamskii region, Stanovoi Range, USSR, associated with galena,
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Enigmatic Alluvial Sapphires from the Orosmayo Region, Jujuy Province, Northwest Argentina: Insights...on another occurrence of sapphires in the same region of the South Urals occurring in anorthosites (kyshtymites)...evolution of alluvial sapphires from the Orosmayo region (Jujuy Province, NW Argentina) and importantly...Enigmatic Alluvial Sapphires from the Orosmayo Region, Jujuy Province, Northwest Argentina: Insights...Simpsonite and the Northern Brazilian pegmatite region. Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 1945, 56, 505–514. [CrossRef]
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been shown to be an Al silicate, later named pyrophyllite. However. an analysis by H. Wackenrodcr ( 1... Unnecessary varietal name. (TL) L1ke Superior region. Alasanitc. error for alazanite. Znp. Vses. Min...thorianite with up to 1 2 wt.% PbO. (TL) Aidan region. eastern Siberi:i. US S R . Named for locality...[PDF 29-765 1. (TL) Alekseev deposit. Sutemskii region, St:inovoi range. USSR. Named for locality. Alexandrite...yellowish green chalcedony from (TL) Death Valley region. California. USA. Amberite. error for amhritc
 
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