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


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Zirkeliteā“˜1 photo of Biotite associated with Zirkelite at this locality.
Bruciteā“˜1 photo of Biotite associated with Brucite at this locality.
Diopsideā“˜1 photo of Biotite associated with Diopside at this locality.
Phlogopiteā“˜1 photo of Biotite associated with Phlogopite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite 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:13085
Long-form Identifier:1:3:13085:1
GUID (UUID V4):c1b7b5f6-3e73-4c38-adde-8e551022d746
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
7.7km (4.8 miles) ā“˜Guide Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
49.6km (30.8 miles) ā“˜Cobra pit, Gravelotte Emerald Mine, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
89.3km (55.5 miles) ā“˜Shongoni deposit, Giyani Greenstone Belt, Greater Giyani Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
96.7km (60.1 miles) ā“˜Franke Mine, Giyani Greenstone Belt, Greater Giyani Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
99.4km (61.8 miles) ā“˜Annesly andalusite mine, Burgersfort, Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of mica and apatite from the Palabora Carbonatite complex, South Africa R. Johannes Giebel, Michael...of mica and apatite from the Palabora Carbonatite complex, South Africa. Lithos (2018), https://doi.org/10...of mica and apatite from the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa R. Johannes Giebela, b,* , Michael...-Mandela-Drive, Bloemfont ein 9300, SC a PT Markla South Africa Department of Applied Geology and Geohazards...fenites) of the Loolekop deposit, Palabora Carbonatite Complex (South Africa). Mica in pyroxenites and fenites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
associations, as exemplified by the Phalaborwa Complex, South Africa Lorenzo Milani 1 & Robert Bolhar...and carbonatite rocks of the Palaeoproterozoic Phalaborwa Complex. Textural and compositional characterization...Witwatersrand, PVT Bag 3, Wits, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa 2 Department of Earth Sciences, University...the Western Cape, PVT Bag X17, Bellville 7530, South Africa 3 Department of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch...Stellenbosch University, PVT Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa 4 GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam Telegrafenberg
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elements in Cu-sulfides from the Loolekop pipe, Phalaborwa: implications for ore-forming processes Loic...mineralization within the Loolekop pipe of the Phalaborwa Igneous Complex has been extensively studied...dispersed bornite with chalcopyrite exsolution and local traces of chalcocite and covellite related to fluid...Carbonatite-phoscorite series . Cu-sulfides . LA-ICP-MS . PGE . Phalaborwa Introduction Editorial handling: W. D. Maier...Witwatersrand, Braamfontein, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa 2 Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphides from the 2.06 Ga Phalaborwa phoscorite-carbonatite Complex, South Africa Robert Bolhar a,āˆ— , Martin...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa d Department of Geology, University of Maryland...Oxidation Event sulphur isotopes lead isotopes Phalaborwa Complex sub-continental lithospheric mantle magmatic...and carbonatites of the ca. 2.06 Ga Phalaborwa Complex in South Africa. Additionally, sulphide mineral separates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Porgera, Cripple Creek, Ladolam, Olympic Dam and Phalaborwa examples, are judged to diverge appreciably from...Canyon, New Mexico Foley Ridge and Annie Creek, South Dakota Auā€“Cu Monzodiorite-quartz monzonite porphyry...trachyte porphyry intrusions in the Black Hills of South Dakota, United States, may also be assigned to the...Dam, all containing >20 million oz Au, and the Phalaborwa copper deposit are prime examples (Table 2)....epithermal category, or Olympic Dam and perhaps even Phalaborwa (Groves and Vielreicher 2001) to the iron oxide-copper-gold
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
controlling apatite formation in the Phalaborwa Complex (South Africa) based on combined cathodoluminescence...Nature 2020 Abstract The Phalaborwa world-class phosphate deposit (South Africa) is hosted by a Paleoproterozoic...the Witwatersrand, PO Wits, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa 3 Etienne Deloule etienne.deloule@univā€‘lorraine...phosphate deposit of Phalaborwa, located in the Archean Kaapvaal Craton of South Africa (Eriksson 1989).... The Phalaborwa deposit is related to an alkaline and carbonatitic complex dated at 2060 Ā± 2 Ma (Reischmann
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Australia 2 Vergenoeg Mine, Farm Kromdraai, Rust De Winter, SA, Pienaarā€™s River, South Africa Received February...Paleoproterozoic Vergenoeg fluorite deposit in South Africa is hosted in a breccia pipe comprising units...similarities to alkaline rocks, in particular the Phalaborwa carbonatite of similar age, including: i) size...hydrothermal overprinting. Similarities with Phalaborwa and also with Bayan Obo, Mongolia, indicate that...Bushveld Complex in the northeastern part of South Africa (RSA). Modified after Crocker (1985) The giant
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
constraints on the petrogenesis of the Phalaborwa carbonatite Complex, South Africa Fu-Yuan Wu a,āŽ, Yue-Heng Yang...Council for Geoscience, Limpopo Unit, P.O. Box 620, Polokwane 0700, South Africa e Department of Earth...Srā€“Ndā€“Hf isotopes Carbonatite Phalaborwa a b s t r a c t The Phalaborwa carbonatite Complex, situated...situated in the northeastern part of South Africa, is characterized by copper and zirconium mineralization,...emplaced. In contrast to other carbonatites, the Phalaborwa Complex is characterized by high initial Sr and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
clinopyroxenesfrom the Guide Copper Mine, Phalaborwa, South Africa SuseuC. EmrssoNr Department of Geology...Johannesburg,South Africa Abstract The feldspathic pyroxenite of the Guide Copper Mine, Phalaborwa, South Africa...(1937)suggestedthat finer-scaleoscillations result from local disequilibrium and coarser ones from more extensivechemicalor...Clinopyroxenesfrom the Guide Copper Mine, Phalaborwa, South Africa, are strongly zoned from diopside to...petrography The feldspathicpyroxenite of the Guide Copper Mine is one of numerous syenite and pyroxenite pipes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nonessential minerals (e.g. biotite) are present, this can be reļ¬‚ected in the name as ā€˜biotite-calcite carbonatiteā€™...Guli, Russia (Kogarko et al. 1991); and Palabora, South Africa (Sharygin et al. 2011), suggests that calcite-...well documented carbonatite provinces: (a) East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and one occurrence in...Bailey (2012). Although age dates from K-Ar on biotite and Rb-Sr on whole rock may have been reset by...southwest Quebec, Canada. Potassiumā€“Ar dates on biotite and Srā€“Rb dates on whole rock from Woolley and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
roof, and a carbonatite from the nearby alkaline Phalaborwa Complex. The results indicate that (1) the Bushveld...Zone through 500  C by 2053 Ma. The c. 2060 Ma Phalaborwa Complex (pyroxenite, syenite, carbonatite Ć¾ ...Paleoproterozoic Bushveld Complex in the Kaapvaal craton of South Africa includes an immense layered intrusion characterized...granitic rocks, and a carbonatite from the nearby Phalaborwa Complex. The results, coupled with the trace...(TML) are indicated (Good & de Wit, 1997). P, Phalaborwa complex; U, Uitkomst intrusion. (b) Simplified
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PalaboraIgneousComplex' A Brief Review PALABORA ā€¢{INING COMPANY LIMITED AND MINERALOGICAL MINE GEOLOGICAL STAFF Abstract...innumerable primitiveworkingson Loolekop, 177 178 PALABORA MINING COMPANY 15' LIMITED P..5' 35' ,...ā€¢...,..ā€¢" ā€¢ ā€¢ "..-.. PALABORA I,GNEOUS"---ā€¢._ ,.-.ā€¢ s o ur ā€¢ L,. AFRICA ! ..'ā€¢ ā€¢ ā€¢ .", i J -"...1. Location map of the Palabora Igneous Complex in the Republic of South Africa. from which the Bantu...Corporationand NewmontMining Corporation. The Palabora Mining Company Limited was consequently formed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa Abstract The rare Li-mica taeniolite is described...metasomatism. Introduction CARā€¢ONATITES are enriched in Ba, St, REE, Nb, Ti, Zr, Th, P and F (Gold, 1966; Henrich...(Deans, 1981), while the Phalaborwa complex of north-eastern Transvaal, South Africa, is not only a major...by-products of Zr, P, U, Ni, Au, PGE, Ag, Se and Te (Palabora Mining Company Ltd, 1976; Ericksson, 1989). However...with the large volumes of ore being processed at Phalaborwa. Clearly the mechanisms of formation of carbonatites
Report (issue)
Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States of...Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States of...Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States of...Sector (MPS) (retired); Sebastiaan J. Van Graan, South African Department of Mineral and Energy Affairs... Of these resources, some 71 percent are in South Africa, Australia, and the United States. The principal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new, well crystallized material from the Palabora open pit mine, Transvaal. Microprobe, carbon analyser...blue-green. K~YwoRos: iowaite, pyroaurite, Palabora mine, Transvaal Introduction IowArrE was first described... Among a suite of specimens from Palabora open pit mine, Phalaborwa, Transvaal, sent to one of us (R...identical with iowaite. The new material from Palabora mine is far superior to the original iowaite in purity...Description and occurrence The Palabora open pit works parts of the Phalaborwa alkaline complex, the carbonatite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
iron-oxide-apatite deposit of the Ouled Dlim Massif, South Morocco Rachid Benaouda, Dennis Kraemer, Maria...iron-oxide-apatite deposit of the Ouled Dlim Massif, South Morocco, Gondwana Research(2019), https://doi.org/10...iron-oxide-apatite deposit of the Ouled Dlim Massif, South Morocco Rachid Benaoudaa*, Dennis Kraemera, Maria...Pre-proof Abstract Recent exploration work in South Morocco revealed the occurrence of several carbonatite...an area Journal Pre-proof of 20,852 kmĀ² in the south of Morocco. The results of these geophysical surveys
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
example, the carbonatite body of the Phalaborwa complex in South Africa contains one of the worldā€™s largest...sub-economic copper sulphide ores (except for Phalaborwa) are rather uncommon in alkaline rocks and carbonatites...In contrast to the copper ore found within the Phalaborwa carbonatites (Forster, 1958), the mineralization...are aegirineā€“augite, aegirine, phlogopite and biotite, titanium-rich magnetite, apatite, pyrrhotite,...compositional boundary between phlogopite and biotite, but commonly corresponds to that of phlogopite
Report (issue)
the giant Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag-REE deposit in South Australia in 1975, a conception developed of an...essential resources of PGE, Ni, Se, Te, Zr, As, B, Ba, Cl, Co, Mo, Mn and W. The IOCG classes are generally...ore. The giant and famous Olympic Dam deposit in South Australia is the worldā€™s fourth largest Cu deposit...Billiton. The Phalaborwa deposit in South Africa is the worldā€™s second largest Cu mine and largest vermiculite...vermiculite mine and has by-products of Au, Ag, PGE, magnetite, P, U, Zr, Se, Te and Bi, according to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ORES FROM Oā€™OKIEP AND KLIPRAND, NAMAQUALAND, SOUTH AFRICA: CONSTRAINTS FROM CHALCOPHILE METAL CONTENTS...maier@oulu.fi M.A.G. ANDREOLI South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, South Africa; School of Geosciences...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa e-mail: marco.andreoli@necsa.co.za D.I. GROVES...Society of South Africa ABSTRACT The petrogenesis of sulphide ores in the Oā€™okiep district has remained...additional IOCG deposits elsewhere in southern Africa. The model also predicts an enhanced potential
Catalog/List
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...6 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm) gray sillimanite crystals in biotite-muscovite schist. These crystals are thickly interspersed...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
wt RE2O3) and 1 Mt Nb (0.13% Nb). The Bayan Obo Mine produced 55,300 tons of RE2O3 in 2005, accounting...association with high concentrations of Fe, Mg, F, P, Nb, Ba, Sr, and Th. Such mineral and chemical signatures...associated fenitic alteration in the Bayan Obo ore district (Le Bas et al., 1992; Yang et al., 2000) suggests...rock-associated REE deposits, such as Maoniuping LREE-Ba, China (Wu et al., 1995; Yuan et al., 1996), Huanglongpu...te complexes, examples include Mountain Pass REE-Ba, USA (Castor & Nason, 2004); Oka REE-Nb, Canada (Orris
Catalog/List
Prospectors Shop, Santa Fe. New Mexico. Hansonberg District Socorro County New Mexico Ā£25 3 DANBURITE single...with micros of blue Kinoite in places Ā£4 Christmas Mine, Arizona USA 16. MAGNETITE , black lustrous octahedral...pale green clinochlore plates palabora Pit Phalaborwa Transvaal South Africa I x2.5 Ā£6 17. ROMANCHEITE...this is a compact mass, quite solid. Selasvatn south Norway Ā£ 10 20. SCAPOLITE translucent single yellowish...pale green-grey covering, about 2x3 area, Hawkswood Mine Cornwall FLUORESCENT green Short wave Ā£ 18 I-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Germany, Mount Weld in Australia, and Phalaborwa in South Africa. Carbonatites from Tororo and Sukulu...Panda Hill Chilwa Island, Songwe & Tundulu Phalaborwa Jacupiranga āˆ’30Ėš āˆ’180Ėš 60Ėš Fen 0Ėš āˆ’60Ėš...Pass, and Mount Weld represent currently active REE mine sites and are labeled in a larger font. order to...= strontianite 2 BM 1 Collection East and South Africa Kangankunde, Tundulu, Songwe, and Chilwa Island...(Mitchell, 2015). The Proterozoic Phalaborwa (Palabora) complex of South Africa is unusually Cu rich (Eriksson
Journal (issue)
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
 
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