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Marcasite from
Brandberg West Mine, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brandberg West Mine, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:906027
Long-form Identifier:1:3:906027:2
GUID (UUID V4):f069c401-6aaf-418e-b87f-7d4b0f399bf9
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AiAiba / farm Anibib 136 8 Grosse Spitzkoppe, Erongo 9 , .,/, loringa tree . Khomas Highland...station Garub near Aus Nature conservation, Erongo 16 Welwitschia, Goboboseb Mountains 17 ....The EarlyGermanGeologistsand Entrepreneursin South West Africa The People- Mineralogists,Geologistsand Collectors...Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand Escarpment The Spitzkoppen The Erongo Mountains...Nauchas-Gamsberg-Hakos Area West and South of Rehoboth The Central and South-CentralDeposits Onganja Mine and Surrounding
Report (issue)
amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia Scott Rudolph collection, Jeff Scovil photo...Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5 cm tall Kakamunurle Mine, Kar0r, Tamil Nadu, India Bill Larson collection...Bottom: Quartz variety amethyst, 6.7 cm tall Wattika Mine, Murzinka, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Russia Peter Lyckberg...important amethyst source emerged in the Auvergne region in south-central France, approximately corresponding...lapidary amethyst during that period. The first mine was opened at Valz-sous-Chateauneuf in the middle
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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unpublished.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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papers and 19 geological maps in Western Australia, Namibia and Greenland. Throughout his career, which has...Nova Scotia, Canada . 4.3.9 The Brandberg West Greisen Vein Systems, Namibia . . 4.3.10 The Kalguta Mo-W-Be-Bi.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5.1 Navachab, Namibia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Cu Deposits of the Matchless Amphibolite Belt, Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7...Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag-V Deposits of the Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tectonic alkaline magmatism in Saudi Arabia and West Africa. For the remainder ol the Phanerozoic, folding...carhonatites with oversaturated magmatism such as in Namibia. Angola, and the East African rift system. Despite...Phanerozoic Cameron Niger Nigeria Sudan Saudi Arabia Namibia 1. Introduction Most of the African continent...Phanerozoic in Saudi Arabia (Drysdall et ul. 1986) and West Africa (Liegeois et al, this volume). Recent detailed...1986). Thus the most important feature of this region is the sequential development of granitic rock
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Experimental Mineralogy, RAS, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region 142432, Russia Chemical Sciences Division, Oak...metal Hematite Magnetite FeO (wüstite) Pyrite Marcasite Troilite Fe3S 50 Mössbauer-derived from Housley...Russia. Iron is distributed among pyrite (76%), marcasite (14%) and an unidentified phase (presumably arsenopyrite...26 K for marcasite. The temperature dependence of the iron b-factor for pyrite and marcasite are presented...2004). Along with pyrite, the sample contains marcasite (14 mass%) and about 10 mass% of an unidentified
Report (issue)
category ........ Estimated cumulative and annual mine production of tungsten contained in ore and concentrate—...also recovered from placer deposits. Most current mine production of tungsten is from vein/ stockwork,...accounted for over three-fourths of the world’s mine production of tungsten. China alone produced about...the governments of the United States, Canada, and West Germany. It was subsequently joined by South Africa...production of ferrotungsten ceased in France and West Germany, because it could be imported more cheaply
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magmatism of the eastern margin of the Atlantic (Namibia, Angola) or the western African kimberlites do...both parts, one and two. The second part discusses West-African magmatism associated with the early opening...of the processes operating in the mantle beneath West Africa is also illustrated in this second part and...Northeastern Africa .............................. 4.3 West Central Africa .............................. 5...Physical, Petrographic and Chemical Features of South West Ugandan Quaternary Volcanism ... 9.1 Physical..
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Africa 194 3.5.2. The Damaraland alkaline province, Namibia 198 3.5.3. Carbonatites 199 3.5.4. Kimberlites...metamorphism in the Central Zone ofthe Damara Orogen, Namibia 6.3.2. Anorogenic metamorphism in the eastern Pyrenees...that metals, oxides and silicate dominated in the region between Mercury and the asteroid belt. Details...crystallographic axes will aceeierate in the given region, thereby providing another way of mapping out hot...other of the above cases dominating in a given region. More recently, measurements of crustal Poisson's
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systematically present the geology of each country, region and continent on Earth. Each book aims to provide...require when beginning investigations in a particular area and are encouraged to include as much information...(Gariep Belt) cropping out in the western borders of Namibia and South Africa. They were split up in the Mesozoic...concerning the tectonic and geodynamic evolution of this region during the Precambrian. Major tectonometamorphic...Ediacaran-Ordovician after McWilliams (1981). Equal area projection, reconstruction after Smith and Hallam
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10523 Pergamon of Canada Ltd., 207 Queen's Quay West, Toronto 1 Pergamon Press (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., 19...places of extreme differentiation (e.g., at the Frood Mine and at Insizwa) bismuth and tellurium minerals are... The peculiar bornite occurrences in the Ookiep area, Cape Province, are on one hand typical transition...(1940). 12 T H E ORE MINERALS FIG. 4 80 X Mouat Mine, Stillwater Valley, Montana RAMDOHR From a border...("solutions", "melts", and " v a p o r s ' " in this region are not sharply distinguishable). However, this
Report (volume)
pentaborate sheet structure from the Tuzla salt mine, Bosnia and Hercegovina. Am Mineral 79:562-569 Beukes...new hydrous calcium borate, from the Death Valley region, California. Am Mineral 44:911-919 Erd RC, McAllister...new hydrous calcium borate from the Death Valley region, California. Am Mineral 46:560-571 Erd RC, Morgan...(1989) Mineralogy and paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona District, San Diego County, California...member of the mica group, from the Little Three mine pegmatite, Ramona District, San Diego County, California
Report (volume)
NEODYINIIUIML . «.52,.nc0ccnenigacdaeanicaseeeMennt ae area erat a easins 620 README ALY 2655s Sen insects eb...pentaborate sheet structure from the Tuzla salt mine, Bosnia and Hercegovina. Am Mineral 79:562-569 Beukes...hydrous calcium borate, from the Death Valley —~ region, California. Am Mineral 44:911-919 Erd RC, McAllister...new hydrous calcium borate from the Death Valley region, California. Am Mineral 46:560-571 Erd RC, Morgan...Mineralogy and paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona District, San Diego County, California
Report (issue)
northern Lesotho. Right in the heart of this desolate area, at Letseng-la-Terai, nestles the world’s highest-lying...highest-lying diamond pipe. Commissioning Letseng mine at 10 500 feet during the last two years has called...Whatever you're mining, wherever you're mining, mine it on Bridgestones Bridgestones — for all the variables...Operating conditions differ enormously from mine to mine. Not only are there variations in the kind of...Whatever you’re mining, wherever you’re mining, mine it on Bridgestones. iaaseinn Money — BRIDGE STONE
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The surface area of the planet is 510 x 10 6 km 2 ( 197 x 10 6 square miles), and of this area 29 per cent...the continuents are added, the total continental area is nearly 35 per cent. Surface relief is varied:...Fig. 1.2 1 o' Map of submarine canyons off the west coast of California. depth result in the rock-material...of iron and nickel. Surrounding the core is the region known as the mantle (Fig. 1.3) and overlying that...thrown upwards. The intensity at points within the area affected can be marked on a map, and lines of equal
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quite a perfect sphere. The planet has a surface area of 510 x 10 6 km 2, of which some 29 per cent is...shelf which surrounds the continents, the total land area is nearly 35 per cent of the whole surface. In other...124°20' Fig. 1.2 Map of submarine canyons off the West coast of California. At depths greater than about...mainly of iron. Surrounding this heavy core is the region known as the mantle (Fig. 1.3); and overlying that...circum-Pacific belt, and about 22 per cent in the Alpine area. Many smaller shocks also occur in zones of submarine
 
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