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Cuprite from
Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Malachite1 photo of Cuprite associated with Malachite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:104396
Long-form Identifier:1:3:104396:9
GUID (UUID V4):f2a0778b-2f84-49cd-91f7-3b24b8487a8a
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
90.2km (56.0 miles) Vaalhoek Mine, Pilgrim's Rest, Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
Posjnadcit< II:. langitc,Main S1ope. DmkMine. Gunnosloke.ComwallScoley sky blue drusc on killns...RefMine. Gwinear.C omwnll fa RWD C:indlc wax ltke growihs...Reference example Ml £8 9.MMine. GuMislakc.Com-.nll Quanz rich wAf...reference sample M £20 20.Cassitcriic \:ls,.Polberro Mine. St Agnes. Cornwall ,\nrncti\C lus1rous cquan1 c...specimen.Ml £25 22.Goctlu1c,Rcs1orrncl Royal Iron Mine. Lost,\lth1el.C omwall Rich bot')oidal i:oc1h11e
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phoscorite–carbonatite association at Phalaborwa, South Africa Lorenzo Milani 1 & Robert Bolhar 1 &...of the phoscorite–carbonatite association at Phalaborwa. We trace the behavior of the compatible elements...Witwatersrand, PVT Bag 3, Wits,, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa 2 Department of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch...Stellenbosch University, PVT Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa 3 Department of Earth Sciences, University...the Western Cape, PVT Bag X17, Bellville 7530, South Africa revealing an evolutionary trend of decreasing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 05:17 17 August 2017 of PALABORA Limpopo Province South Africa MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...Gauteng Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za A Figure 1. The abandoned Palabora open pit, photographed...bottom of the pit 300 meters below sea level. The Palabora* Igneous Complex (PIC) is located some 450 kilometers...kilometers northeast of Johannesburg in Limpopo Province, South Africa, just below the Tropic of Capricorn...and vermiculite from the complex. In 1956 the Palabora Mining Company was set up to develop the large
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Kyanite show intersecting textures. Diamantina District, Minas Gerais, Brasil. 84A6(a) 5 x 5 cm 5.00 Highly...grade 84A3(c) 15.00 7.50 White Kyanite Clover, South Carolina. Quartzite (6 x 9 cm) with pyrite grains...over the fore-section amethyst crystals. The Irai District, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. combination is a delight...hydroxyl-apatite with large niobian perovFaraday Mine (now Madawaska Mine), crystal specimens, these two were worthy...quartz matrix (4 .5 x 4.1 cm); type locality . Moss Mine, Nordmark, Sweden . Nice miniature (8 x 5 cm) of
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Park 2006 Gauteng, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za Desmond Sacco Johannesburg, South Africa All photos by the...Although the collection focuses primarily on the Tsumeb mine and the Kalahari manganese field, other “classic”...Onganja, Berg Aukas, Rosh Pinah, the Alto Ligonha district of Mozambique, the Goboboseb Mountains, and the...of the Congo. Despite this emphasis on southern Africa, there are also outstanding specimens from other...because this issue of Rocks & Minerals is celebrating Africa and its minerals, these will be featured here and
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with admixed Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Wales. Chocolate brown massive, with minor rock...rich greenish yellow with white Barytes Whitesmith Mine Strontian Scotland lx2 £10 17. SCAPOLITE translucent...collected in the J960's Bjordammen, near Kragero South Norway A) large 3x2 £20 B) lesser piece 2x2.5 £12...small magnetite crystals too. Palabora Pit Phalaborwa Transvaal South Africa large lx2 £12 25. RUIZITE fairly...sparse red-brown coating on 2x2 matrix Christmas Mine, Gila County Arizona USA £12 26. SPHALERITE lustrous
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Medal (gold) and gold-and-quartz specimen, Paymaster mine, Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Royal Ontario Museum...Brookite, Anatase, & Rutile from the Silver Link Mine, Ouray County, Ouray, Colorado, T. Rosemeyer, 327-30...Choice, R.B. Cook: Beryl, Variety Emerald, Chivor Mine, Chivor, Colombia, 332-34; Demantoid, Val Malenco...Fluorapatite, Inna Nala, near Fighar Village, Nagar District, Pakistan, 112-14; Microcline, Variety Amazonite...Park County, Colorado, 248-50; Pyrite, Park City District, Utah, 394-96; Rhodochrosite, Alma, Park County
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The Zoutpansberg Goldfields in the South African Republic Author(s): Fred. Jeppe Source: The Geographical...org/terms THE ZOUTPANSBERG GOLDFIELDS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC. 213 would know, I was speaking...ZOUTPANSBERG GOLDFIELDS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC.* By FRED. JEPPE. THE district of Zoutpansberg embraces...portion and about one-fifth of the whole of the South African Republic. Of this large territory, exceeding...cover about 3564 square miles. The district is bounded on the south by the Olifants River, on the east
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Zeolites and associated minerals from the Palabora mine, Transvaal....................................& R. S. W. Braithwaite The Lake George antimony mine, New Brunswick ..................... 263 by W. E...Kalahari m an g an ese field, C ape Province, South Africa. (See th e article in this issue, b eg in n...July-A ugust, 1991 in the collection from a specific mine, state or country, or all the gem beryls over 20...Europe and South America, $7.50/$8.00; by airmail to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, $8.50/$9
Catalog/List
an shale, some with Arsenopyrite (Bedford Consols Mine, Devon England) The size varies from lxl to lx2...C315 single 1/2 ins NATIVE ARSENIC rich (Kusa Mine, near ,Bau, lx2 f.5 •2x2 EIO crystal, across. ...of Chalcopyrite. (16 level, Sim.ms Lade, Geevor Mine ,Cornwall) size reflects the area of botryoidal...80 lxl f.9 platy qrey-brown 5mm f.2.50 coverage Mine, small crystals of brown Devon) copper coloured...Cornwall) f.4 2x2 f7 metallic (Pyrite like) No 2 Mine, Chibougamau, lem rock. (Mt micros w1th Unusual
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tectonics, magmatism, and mineralisation of the South African Precambrian shield is discussed. A geosynclinal...five times as long as the post-Precambrian. The South African shield appears highly suitable for investigations...preserved and well exposed. The Precambrian in southern Africa comprises a more or less continuous suite ofmetasediments...of more than 35,000 m. Furthermore, in southern Africa the earth's history, at least in outline, appears...mineralisation. There is hardly anywhere else in Africa an orogenic zone to which this applies. Recent
Book (edition)
OF OF SOUTH AFRICA MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF REPUBLIC OF THE SOUTH AFRICA...Second World War, and partly as a result of it, South Africa experienced vast industrial expansion. This...official ‘handbook on the mineral resources of South Africa, it has become necessary to revise, or rather...great diversity and magnitude of South African mineral deposits and local mining operations, the Economic...Chamber of Mines of South Africa with Mr G. H. Grange as co-ordinator, and the South, African mining industry;
Book (edition)
and/or malachite plus azurite; native copper and cuprite are less common in this suite. Right (center):...anisotropy strong, bluish grey orange to red Cuprite Hutchinsonite pseudospinel law 21 Samsonite... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...meteorites not known Azurite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Cuprite, Domeykite, Fe-oxides, Jasper, Malachite, native...with small specs of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna
Book
Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) Reg. No. 1953/000441/07 The Estuaries...Century City, 7441 PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa Visit www.randomstruik.co.za and join the Struik...published edition, 2015: Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing editor:...Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa Dr Lynnette Greyling Department of Geological...Town Private Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701 Cape Town, South Africa Note: The authors and the publishers cannot
Journal (issue)
the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Top right: Benitoite, 2 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, California...N‘Chwaning I mine, Kuruman, South Africa. Bottom right: Mimetite, 2.7 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia....Record: (1) Stephanite, Husky mine, Canada. (2) Wulfenite, Rowley mine, Arizona. (3) Diaspore twin, Pinarcik...Adelaide mine, Tasmania. (5) Andradite, Antetezambato, Madagascar. (6) Calcite, Mashamba West mine, Congo...(8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite, N’Chwaning II mine, South Africa. v This special supplement
Book
A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...ct RIGHT: Round brilliant-cut white diamonds, South Africa and Canada « 2.00 ct and 3.06 ct leaves the...for cutting other minerals. Tale, Mpumalanga, South Africa * 19 x 6 x 83cm Hardness 1 Hardness 4 Talc...Hardness 10 Quartz Diamond Diamond, Kimberley, South Africa * 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm | 19 MINERALS: PRODUCTS...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
country should he on view in the “city of gold.” South Africa is not well known for its institutional or statefunded...treasures of the earth. not only from South Africa but also from southern Africa as a whole and other regions...Mines and the Museum of the Geological Society of South Afiicil (Kennedy 1970). The Chamber of Mines collection...secretary and treasurer of the Geological Society of South Africu.) Several years later, in 1904, the collection...mammal-like reptiles from the famous Karoo region of South Africa, Cretaceous ammonites, Permian and Triassic
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EDITORIAL COVER PHOTO: Bayldonite. Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Globular aggregates to 0...Simon Camm· Michael Merry ------- 16 ------THE VAN MINE S.J.S. Hughes -------26 ------A JOURNEY THROUGH... MINERAL NOTES SIEGENITE FROM ERGLODD MINE, TALYBONT, DYFED, WALES RGLODD Mine is located 200 metres east of...sphalerite (Livingstone l'I al., 1976); in the South Wales Coalfield it is found in clay-ironstone nodules...(1985) Siegenite in clayironstone nodules from the South Wales Coalfield. Joumal of the Russell Society 1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magnetite, fuchsite, chalcopyrite, Ag-rich gold, cuprite, and late hematite. The Guaynopita porphyry copper...attributed to Cenozoic extensional events. The local sedimentary country rocks (Figure 1) constitute...chalcopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite, Ag-rich gold, cuprite, K-feldspar, some tremolite-actinolite and kaolinite...2011) crops out in an area of ~5 km2 about 5 km south of the IOCG Guaynopa deposits. It consists of quartz...at different scales of observation (regional and local) of both alkaline and calc-alkaline magmas within
Catalog/List
ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South Norway Rich fine grained...- -1111 ALMANDINE Epteland, Evje-lveland area, South Norway 164 BERYL Kolsva, Vastmanland Sweden Rich...ANALCITE Bratthagen, near Larvik South Norway 1086 CALCITE Landsverk, Evje, South Norway Unusual rich yellow...··•··· --- -- . 168 ANORTHOCLASE Ula, near Larvik, South Norway 129 CHROMITE Kemi Finland Feldspar group...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden
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dollars. Foreign Payments Remittance may be maae in local currency, without surcharge, to the following people:...Deepwood Crescent Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1N8 South Africa: Horst Windisch 30 Van Wouw Street Groenkloof...It seemed like old times to meet the bunch at the mine. Nothing had changed much. I met Bronkie and was...having a lot of trouble with the equipment at the mine. So much of the equipment he doesn’t know what it...morning I was up a little after 7:00 and to the mine a lit­ tle after 8:00. March suggested that I go
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2x2£15 ½"£5 1"£7 ANALCIME Orallhagcn, near Larvik South Norway Ojuela Mme, Mapimi, Mexico ADAMITE 1 0 98...Bay, Skye, Scotland AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 17 2 Rich mass of black crystal sections...ALBERTITE near Dingwall Scotland ANATASE Cuiba district, Gouveia Minas Gerais. Brazil 28 Quite rich black...lx2 £2 lxl£3 2x2£12 lx2£5 lxl £1 ----· Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minl10, Portugal...Andalucia Spain. Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal
Catalog/List
~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay, Scarborough Yorkshire...Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 1073 AMBL YGONITE Eitarama,Ruanda, Central Africa Rich mass of black...Quebec, Can 1098 ANALCITE Bratthagen, near Larvik South Norway Rich fibrous pale grey-brown mass. Unusual...- - --··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker...North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety)
Catalog/List
massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless... £6 BaCa .C0/3 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 975 ALTHAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway...x2 £ 1.50 2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting...Lepidocrocite. 3mm £3 FeO"OH Cl 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay, Scarborough Yorkshire A rare British mineral
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prices include Air Mail. CONTINENTAL EUROPE SOUTH AFRICA I & A Wolters Leeuwendaal 2, 3273 ХD Westmaus...(01864)1975 Horst Windinch P.O. Воx 17273 Groenkloof South Africa 0027 AMERICAN CONTINENT AUSTRALIA Mrs. J...C. van Loon. Diary of Events 4 2 6 Llywernog Mine and Museum S.J.S. Hughes. ADVERTISING Peter Briscoe...Briscoe 'Lloches' Job Lane, Mattersey, Doncaster. South Yorkshire. DN105HE Tel: (0777) 817593 5 8 2 For...'Golconda' Littleworth Lane, Rossington, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. 2 3 0 Sainte Marie-Aux-Mines Show
 
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