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Djerfisherite from
Frank Smith Mine, Windsorton, Dikgatlong Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Djerfisherite
Formula:K6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Djerfisherite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Frank Smith Mine, Windsorton, Dikgatlong Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:846380
Long-form Identifier:1:3:846380:7
GUID (UUID V4):10cce6aa-cd0f-4933-8f88-8fceff0e355c
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA:... COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA Scientific Editor R.D. Dixon Linguistic and...Council for Geoscience (Geological Survey of South Africa), 280 Pretoria Street, Silverton, Pretoria or........................... 69 5.1 Overview of South African Occurrences ..............................LAYEREDSUITE,BUSHVELDCOMPLEX.... 111 MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA: TYPE-MINERAL SPECIES AND TYPE-MINERAL NAMES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
clinopyroxene-ilmenite intergrowth from the Frank Smith kimberlite diatremes. The mineral occurs as ovoid...core. 1. Introduction A K-bearing sulphide, djerfisherite, has been identified from several meteorites...Ni)24S2a. Another potassic sulphide, also termed djerfisherite, has been described from the Talnakh copper...University of Patras, Patras, Greece. with djerfisherite in the Khobina massif, U.S.S.R. [24] In this...sulphide from the Frank Smith diamond mine near Barkley West, Cape Province, South Africa. At this locality
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Eur. J. Mineral. 2007, 19, 51ā€“63 Djerfisherite in the Udachnaya-East pipe kimberlites (Sakha-Yakutia...Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia Abstract: Djerfisherite, an unusual potassium- and chlorine-bearing...monticellite kimberlite djerfisherite is a common groundmass mineral. Djerfisherite is also present as a...sulphates and Fe-Ni-sulphides in melt inclusions. Djerfisherite in the lherzolite xenolith is mainly interstitial...compositional variations in Fe, Ni and Cu are common in djerfisherite from different occurrences of the Udachnaya-East
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(2012) 247ā€“261 www.elsevier.com/locate/rgg Djerfisherite in xenoliths of sheared peridotite in the Udachnaya-East...April 2011; accepted 15 July 2011 Abstract Djerfisherite, a Cl-bearing potassium sulfide (K6Na(Fe,Ni...study of the composition and morphology of djerfisherite from a representative collection (22 samples)...Udachnaya-East kimberlite pipe (Yakutia). Four types of djerfisherite were distinguished in the mantle rocks on the...rock-forming minerals of the xenoliths. Along with djerfisherite, the inclusions contained silicates, oxides
Book (volume)
S. R. Hart, I. D. MacGregor, R. H. Mitchell, D. Smith, J. Ro Smyth, H. Go Wilshire The MantleSample...development since the First Kimberlite Conference, held in Cape Town in 1973, has come in the interpretation of...Diamond-Graphite Ecologite From the Roberts Victor Mine, C. J. Hatton and John J. Gurney .................Granulites and Eclogites From Lesotho, Southern Africa, W. L. Griffin, D. A. Carswell, and P. H. Nixon...Garnet Harzburgite XenolithsFrom the Premier Mine, South Africa, R. V. Danchin ........................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
K-feldspar, plagioclase, spinel, sodalite and djerfisherite. Garnet grains are zoned, with a relatively...orthopyroxene and low-pressure minerals (sodalite and djerfisherite) likely result from metasomatic reaction at...non-serpentinized kimberliteinin Udachnaya-East open-pit mine [79,80]. It is a medium-grained eclogite with a...a massive structure and a granoblastic texture mine [79,80]. It is a medium-grained eclogite with a massive...S1B). Sulfides (pentlandite, pyrrhotite and djerfisherite) occur in the intergranular space as 0.2ā€“2 mm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1007/s00410-018-1540-8 (2019) 174:8 ORIGINAL PAPER Djerfisherite in kimberlites and their xenoliths: implications...Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019 Abstract Djerfisherite Ā­(K6(Fe,Ni,Cu)25S26Cl) occurs as an accessory...phase in diamonds and kimberlitic minerals. Djerfisherite typically occurs as replacement of pre-existing...and genesis of djerfisherite in kimberlites and their entrained xenoliths. Djerfisherite has extremely...appears to be no distinct compositional range of djerfisherite indicative of a particular setting (i.e. kimberlites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
infiltration of the host kimberlite magma, when djerfisherite crystallized around older Fe-Ni-sulfides. On...which is likely related to the formation of the local greenstone belts in a continental rift setting....GEOLOGICAL SETTING Somerset Island is located in the northern extension of the Queen Maud Block (Schultz et...tectonic zone, and from the Hearne craton to the south-east by the Snowbird tectonic zone (e.g 4 Hoffman...intrusion of granodioritic plutons recorded in the south Rae (Lecheminant and Roddick, 1991). The Archean
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
co-variations among Group I kimberlites from Siberia, South Africa and Canada (Price et al., 2000; Vasilenko et...ā€œnodulesā€ were recovered from āˆ¼470ā€“500 m depths of the mine. Kimberlites in our study are dark massive rocks...the field defined by most group-I kimberlites (Smith, 1983; Fraser et al., 1985; Weis and Demaiffe, 1985)...common type-I (Mitchell, 1989) or group-I (Smith, 1983; Smith et al., 1985) kimberlite. However, the studied...Udachnaya-East pipe. The assumed depth of their origin in the mine pit is āˆ¼500 m. The nodules vary in size from a few
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pages 1683ā€“1693, 2014 Characteristics of djerfisherite from fluid-rich, metasomatized alkaline intrusive...Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, U.K. Abstract Djerfisherite is a K-Cl-bearing sulfide that is present in...chemistry of two terrestrial occurrences of djerfisherite (from the IlĆ­maussaq and Khibina alkaline igneous...suites) and three extraterrestrial examples of djerfisherite have been determined and combined with petrographic...modes of djerfisherite formation. High Fe/Cu is characteristic of extraterrestrial djerfisherite and low
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
10.1007/s00410-013-0898-x ORIGINAL PAPER Djerfisherite: nebular source of refractory potassium Denton...Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 Abstract Djerfisherite is an important carrier of potassium in highly...this EOS to calculate the thermal stability of djerfisherite coexisting in equilibrium with a cooling vapor...match those found in enstatite chondrites, with djerfisherite condensing above 1,000 K in C-IDP dust-enriched...OFM Research, Redmond, WA, USA Introduction Djerfisherite is an accessory mineral in ultra-alkalic terrestrial
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
abundant to accessory rasvumite, KFe2S3, and djerfisherite, K6Na0ā€“1(Fe,Ni,Cu)24S26Cl, which have been previously...or is associated with djerfisherite in a rim around pyrrhotite. Djerfisherite is the omnipresent sulfide...crystallization was found: pyrrhotite ! rasvumite ! djerfisherite, reflecting an increase in the activity of Cl...W increase by an order of magnitude. Unlike djerfisherite in the kimberlite groundmass, that in the chloride...evolved kimberlitic melt. Keywords: rasvumite, djerfisherite, chloride clasts, carbonatite, kimberlite, rubidium
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Japan, Nunivak Island in Alaska, and southern Africa occur as globular grains within silicate minerals...southern Africa include: a diopside megacryst (sample DBCā€“FS) from the Frank Smith mine, South Africa (Clarke...sulfide, including pyrrhotite, pentlandite, and djerfisherite, K 6 (Cu,Fe, Ni)25S26Cl; a coarse-grained, granular...nodule from the Bultfontein Floors, Kimberley, South Africa (sample DBCā€“47); a coarsegrained, granular,...values lower than the primitive mantle, the Frank Smith discrete nodule matches primitive mantle, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vol. 50, no. 3, 179ā€“184, 2000 Nickel-bearing Djerfisherite in Gehlenite-Spurrite Skarn at Kushiro, Hiroshima...Yoshihiro NAKAMUTA* and Katsuo KASE** Abstract: Djerfisherite occurs intimately intergrown with troilite and... The mode of occurrence indicates that the djerfisherite formed in the culminated stage of the contact...conditions are responsible for the formation of djerfisherite in the potassium-rich chemical environments...skarn at Kushiro, Tojo, Hiroshima Prefecture, djerfisherite was found for the first terrestrial occurrence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
et al. [44];ettheir 2. Polymineralic diamondmine, mine, Slave craton, Canada (modified after Bussweiler...[32] Monastery kimberlite, Kaapvaal craton, South Africa ol Ti-rich phl, ol, spl, ilm, grt; + sulfide-rich...accessory minerals: ol, tetraferri-phl, mgt, djerfisherite 5.7āˆ’7.3 GPa, 1230āˆ’1360 ā—¦ C Howarth and BĆ¼ttner...[45] Monastery kimberlite, Kaapvaal craton, South Africa ol cc, phl, spl (low Al & Cr), prv, srp, fresh/devitrified...carbonates, srp, K-Cl-S-bearing Mg-Fe-silicate, djerfisherite no estimate Mineral abbreviations: ap = apatite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ā­[K6Fe24S26(Cl,S)] (Yakovenchuk et al. 2003), djerfisherite Ā­[K6Na1āˆ’x(Fe, Cu, Ni)24+xS26Cl] (Fuchs 1966;...in which it was present in association with djerfisherite and rasvumite and the size of its crystals reached...boundaries of pyrrhotite, cubanite (Ā­ CuFe 2S 3) and djerfisherite (Sokolova et al. 1970). It was later found in...interestingā€”rasvumite exists there in association with djerfisherite and pyrrhotite, forming substitutional rims...Humboldt County, California, associated with djerfisherite, rasvumite, pyrrhotite and erdite Ā­(NaFe2S3Ā·H2O)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, 683006 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia South Ural Federal Research Center of Mineralogy and Geoecology...daartemyev@gmail.com (D.A.A.) Geological Department, South Ural State University, 76, Lenin Avenue, 454080...of crack-filling Fe-K sulfides (rasvumite, djerfisherite, and bartonite). Keywords: contact metamorphism;...bank of Figure map sampling siteand (A)south andoutcrop south outcrop photos (Bā€“E) the the Kochumdek...ofand thelow-grade Kochumdek river floodplain (from south to north). Scattered blocks of recrystallized marly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonate inclusions (and rare inclusions of djerfisherite) have been preserved due to the resistance of...syenites - carbonatites; the carbonatites occur in northern (3 km 2) and southern (5 km 2) units (Kapustin...Na-rich carbonate inclusions (see Table 2); 9. Djerfisherite inclusion in perovskite, elemental analysis...reflected by the presence of inclusions of djerfisherite. The overall lack of halide and sulphate solid...and the origin of potassic sulphides at the Frank Smith mine. In: Boyd FR, Meyer HOA (eds) Kimberlites
Book
Mitchell, A. Nicolas, D.J. Powell, A.M. Reid, J.V. Smith, N.V. Sobolev, W.E. Stephens, and P.J. Wyllie. In...John Gurney and Joe Smith with whose research groups at the universities of Cape Town and Chicago I have...collaboration. Much of my fieldwork in southern Africa has been carried out with the cooperation and assistance...7.3 2.8 2.9 Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Africa . . . . . . .... . . . . Central Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . East Africa. . . . . . . . . .
Book
Hawthorne, Bram Janse, Mal McCallum, Barbara Scott Smith, Simon Shee, Mike Skinner, Bruce Wyatt, and Peter............................... 126 5.3.3.2. West Africa ........................................... 126...15. 6.6.3 .1. Diverse South African Kimberlites (Dawson and Smith 1975, Smith et al. 1978) . . . . .......................... 6.6.3.5. Orroroo (Scott Smith et al. 1984) ......................... 6.6.3.6....Greenland (Emeleus and Andrews 1975, Scott 1981, Scott Smith et al. 1983) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magma; the mica pyroxenite metasomites (Dawson & Smith, absence of hydrous phases suggests thai the dominant...agglomerates that are thickest on the western and northern slopes of the volcano (Dawson, KEY WORD& xenoliths;...and others contain a high proportion of mica, northern Tanzania is the world's only active carbo- olivine...LENGAI PLUTONIC XENOLITHS adapted from Exley & Smith (1982) and Jones & Wyllie (1984). Preliminary wavelength...(metaiomatized uppermantle peridotitej); data from Dawjon & Smith (19924). A1 2 O 3 ( > 3 w t % ) and TiO 2 ( > 1
Book
e SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL KIMBERLITE CONFERENCE Cape Town, April 1998 EXTENDED ABSTRACTS All extended...responsibility for authorsā€™ errors and omissions. SOUTH AFRICA SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL KIMBERLITE CONFERENCE...Survey of South Africa) SouthemEra Resources Ltd SOCIETY SPONSORS Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA)...a Phanerozoic subduction regime in eastern New South Wales, Australia. Mantle Dynamics beneath Mongolia:...growth of Archean cratons: a case study from west Africa. The vertical distribution of indicator minerals
Book
(Novosibirsk) International Treasurer: H.O.Meyer (USA) Local Treasurer: 0 AKozmenko (Novosibirsk) Members: V...S.G. Read G.H. 52 Smith Chris B. 106,266 317,460 105,413,541,606 541 Smith Craig B. 55,188,308...Stepashko A.A. 581 Schulze D.J. 52,546 Scott-Smith B.H. 317,543 Sekerin A.P. 377,492 StolzJ. 339...associated alkalic basaltic rocks from Pishin District, Pakistan.4 Reasons of variations of individual...lamproites and kimberlites of the Kola peninsula and Northern Karelia.............28 Experimental study of fluid
Report (issue)
Geochemistry and formation at low temperatures. ACANTHITE. Smith, Mineral. Pa. 18-19 (1978). Occurrence in Pa. ADAMITE... 43, 389-395 (1979). Probe analyses (11) from northern England. ALLOCLASITh. Besson and Picot, Notes...4b;. X-ray data, rnarcasite-like. ALLOCLASITE. Smith, Mineral. Pa. 20-21 (1978). Occurrence in Pa. X-ray...72 (OH)18.92, from Kagoshima Pref. DTA. ALUNITE. Smith, Mineral. Pa. 22-23 (1978). Occurrence in Pa. ALUNITE...Volcanol. 41, 513-528 (1978). Probe analyses (3), Northern Taiwan. AMPHIBOLE. Chen, Proc. Geol. Soc. China
Book
discovery of these rocks in the Orange Free State of South Africa. The name is not a new one: In 1928, Percy Wagner...Skinner, Patricia Sheahan, Simon Shee, Barbara Scott Smith, Andy Spriggs, Ken Tainton, Larry Taylor, Nikolai...provided by Henry Meyer, Barbara Scott Smith, lain Downie, Craig Smith, Alan Edgar, and Howard Coopersmith...3. Boshof District . . . 1.8.3.1. Roberts Victor 1.8.3.2. New Elands 1.8.4. Winburg District ... 1.8.5...Kroonstad District .. 1.8.6. Swartruggens District. 1.8.7. Dokolwayo .. 1.8.8. Prieska District 1.8.9. Summary
 
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