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Fluorapatite from
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorapatite
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3F
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hemimorphite1 photo of Fluorapatite associated with Hemimorphite at this locality.
Tarbuttite1 photo of Fluorapatite associated with Tarbuttite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorapatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1412308
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1412308:9
GUID (UUID V4):2214bd22-6e87-4fe6-91ed-e1a12f522a6e
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite
71.9km (44.7 miles) Wondergat, Annisfontein, Richtersveld Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
References
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pyromorphites from the Bunker Hill mine in Idaho, a few Sweet Home mine rhodochrosites, and even a California...love for them is clear. His suite of Pederneira mine, Brazil, tourmalines is exceptional and occupies...Robert B. Cook Auburn University Auburn, Alabama Namibia Minerals and Localities by Ludi von Bezing, Rainer...Rainer Bode produced the book on minerals from Namibia that sold out almost overnight, leaving many people...you that this is the first of two Bode books on Namibia, and the second one is in the pipeline. This first
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and 558 pages later, ending with the Van der Plas mine. There is more, however, in the form of a chapter...10 percent of the photographs used in the first Namibia book are repeated here, so most are new. Many of...map showing its location in Namibia. Furthermore, unlike the first Namibia book that had multiple reference...reference lists after each region, there is one composite reference list at the end of the book making it...pages), 3 photos; Aris (23 pages), 33 photos; Rosh Pinah (10 pages), 18 photos; Tsumeb (158 pages), 265
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University Oxford, Ohio 45056 rakovajf@miamioh.edu Fluorapatite Acushnet Quarry Bristol County, Massachusetts...from this pegmatite mine have made Pulsifer the premier locality for fluorapatite in the United States...many others, another of North America’s finest fluorapatite specimens. It is from a locality, however, that...Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Figure 1. Fluorapatite on albite with chlorite, 11.5 cm tall, Acushnet...fortunate to find what was left. ❑ Figure 3. Fluorapatite on albite with chlorite, 7.1 × 5.0 × 3.5 cm
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Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...s Onganja Mine and Surrounding Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and... 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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minerals, particularly certain species from Tsumeb in Namibia and the Kalahari manganese field in South Africa...shown here for the first time. Examples are from Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania. All the... Reproduced with permission Reproduced with permission Namibia Reproduced with permission Reproduced with permission...Blue willemite and white dolomite, 6.5 cm, Tsumeb mine. The blue willemite fluoresces bright yellow, and...the UV source; Tsumeb mine. Field of view is 2.2 cm. Figure 3. The Skorpion mine is located close to the
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prism. The border area between South Africa and Namibia had produced excellent, large, green fluorite crystals...Pella. Additional rutile from Khomas Hochland in Namibia was available at Mineralientage 2005 - these first...across.JurgenTron specimen. The Erongo Complex (Namibia) continues to produce excellent specimens. A rough...'skorpionite' from the new Skorpion Mine near Rosh Pinah in Southwest Namibia were offered at the show...smithsonite or tarbuttite. Skorpion Mine is expected to become the world's largest zinc mine, covering 15% of our
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(Cu-Ag-Ge) prospect is located at the boundary between Namibia and Botswana (Aha Hills, Ngamiland District) in...2020, 10, 685 2 of 26 Mountainland (OML) in Namibia is host to several base metal ore deposits [2]...(Ngamiland District), near the Dobe border gate with Namibia (Figures 2 and 3). The Kihabe prospect contains...comparison with similar mineral deposits located in the region. 2. Geological Setting 2.1. Regional Geology In...District, the Pan-African Damara Belt extends from Namibia in the SW, northwest Botswana to Zambia and Congo
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elongated peridotite intrusion in the Serra da Jacobina region, São Francisco Craton, Bahia, Brazil. Gold and...2001). The gold deposits in the Serra de Jacobina region (Bahia) are in a belt of siliciclastic metasedimentary...part of the 1.9 Ga tectonothermal evolution of the region (Teixeira et al., 2001). The emeralds of Carnaíba...Gameleira Cu–Au mineralization in the Serra dos Carajás region (Pará, Brazil) are amphibole- 351 plagioclase-quartz...The Breves Cu–Au deposit, in the Serra de Carajás region, is hosted by sandstones and siltstones of the
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Vazante is presently producing 0.9 Mt/year (run of mine) having 13.5% Zn and Morro Agudo 0.95 Mt having..., 2000; Dardenne, 2000; Monteiro, 2002). The Zn mine of Vazante was classified as “Vazante-type” (Monteiro...well preserved carbonate cements and carbonate fluorapatite (0.70641 to 0.70771) also indicate this age...deposit The sulphide mineralization at Morro Agudo mine is composed of sphalerite, galena and minor pyrite...the upper strata. 3.2. Vazante deposit The Vazante mine is mainly composed of willemite with minor sulphides
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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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cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn...photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected...pseudomorph after azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken...Cerussite twins on matrix, 6.5 cm, from the Grand Reef mine, Aravaipa district, Graham County, Arizona. Ken
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Articles The 100-year history of the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California . . . . . . . . ...known as “the Wreath,” 6 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California. Natural History...Benitoite Gem mine will note the portion of the story devoted to the 1935 visit to the mine by collecting...war Bill served in the U.S. Navy as skipper of a mine sweeper stationed in Cold Bay, Alaska. After his... Our collecting trips with him to the Grandview mine in the Grand Canyon and to the White Mountains were
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MINE andtheir LOCALITIES JAN H. BERNARD AND JAROSLAV HYRSL INERALS DESCRIBED SINCE 2004 MINERALS...25111111, Naipa mine, Mozambique Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As deposit, Takab region, Iran Grandviewite...Domafov, Czech Rep. Juangodoyite, 60111111, Santa Rosa mine, Chile Back cover photo: Ho/fertile on hematite...piment pseudomo,phs after realga,; 75 mm, Palomo mine, Pen, Page 3: Stepite on arsenic, 45 111111,Jachymov...2(4) - 4.0(6) - 2.58(10) - 2.04(5). At the Kiura mine, Saiki City, Oita pref., Japan. IMA 2012-101. Adolfpateraite
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localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...magnetite, anatase, biotite, microcline and minor fluorapatite (Robinson and Chamberlain, 1982), with ilmenite...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the
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van Langban L (bijj Filipstad); één van de rijkste mine eralenvindpla aatsen ter wereld. w Daar wa as Etienne...(tweewaardig) Samenaankoop : "Namibia : Mineralien und Fundstellen" Etienne Mans Namibia : Mineralien und Fundstellen...Fundstellen / Namibia : Minerals and Localities Ludi von Bezing, Rainer Bode en Steffen Jahn Tweede, volledig...nieuwste ontdekkingen zoals tarbuttiet uit de Skorpion zinkmijn in Zuid-Namibië. De prijs voor dit prachtwerk...Gent-Mariakerke met de vermelding "Namibia Duitstalig" of "Namibia Engelstalig" De inschrijving wordt
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CUPRITE in CALCITE, 5.2 cm, from the Onganja mine near Seeis, Namibia. Mike Bergmann specimen, now in the Carolyn...were saved, collected and traded by Bisbee miners, mine executives, shop owners, and businessmen. One such...Schorl and Albite, 7.3 cm, from the Little Three mine, Ramona, California. Obtained from Stuart Wilensky...natrolite from the Haldane Mine and stilbite from the Moore (Seybold) Mine, Gatineau Co., Quebec. Spence...noted the presence of stilbite and heulandite in fluorapatite-phlogopite skarn deposits, and Hoffman (1901)
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p. 258 COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to...fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals...and Other Minerals from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona Chapter authors: Les...Presmyk and Tony Potucek The Mammoth-St. Anthony mine at Tiger has produced not only large amounts of...Frank Schultz staked the first claims in 1879. The mine began as several separate workings that ultimately
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Minerals of the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia .............................................1 cm, from the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia. Irv Brown specimen; Jeff Scovil photo. See...the best vesuvianite specimens from the Jeffrey mine in Quebec. In this issue we present a review of...Herodsfoot Mine Work Readers who enjoyed Roy Starkey's superb article on the famous Herodsfoot mine in Cornwall...to the old engine house at the North Herodsfoot mine is being cleared of hundreds of tons of accumulated
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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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calc-silicate minerals in skarns [157,158], through fluorapatite [35,159,160] and REE-fluorocarbonates [43,161]...oxidised ores at the surface associated with historical mine workings, mineral deposits account thatroughly many...fromasexisting historical mine sites.inLocalities as prone Tsumeb (Namibia), Långban unsurprising mineral...from existing or historical mine sites. Localities such as Tsumeb (Namibia), Långban (Sweden), Lengenbach...dumps, in slags and their weathering products, in mine shafts and adits, and on smelter walls. 3. Challenges—A
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geometallurgy is not new, but its modern holistic mine value chain application can be considered a critical...provide the practitioner with a means to optimise the mine schedule and metallurgical processes. The geometallurgical...modern trend towards efficient project evaluation, mine optimisation and risk management. With more complex...metallurgical process modelling and to add value to mine planning/optimisation. Geometallurgy should be an...equipment optimisation and control; and the better the mine and process scheduling and subsequent net present
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(yellowish white), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(greenish grey), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(bluish grey shades), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // 8 Gold A ...sample - photo A), dolomite (dark grey); Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden [j]; Nic...dolomite (milky internal reflections); Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden [j]; Nic
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Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL...argentite reaction rim (greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL... Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (sample: Melcher/Oberthür); PPL D Fine-grained
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Minerals of the KABWE MINE (“Broken Hill”) Central Province, Zambia MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...William Besse. Figure 2. Satellite image of the Kabwe mine site, showing its proximity to urban development...scale. 114 ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 3. The Kabwe mine site, partially derelict. Michael Brook photo, 2004...found. During a 1929 field excursion to the Kabwe mine, Pelletier (1929, p. 15) made the following remarks:...Zambian independence, in 1964, the name of both the mine and the town that had grown up around it was changed
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Otavi carbonate platform and foreslope, northern Namibia: evidence for large base-level and glacioeustatic...East-Central Namibia 211 FRIMMEL, H. E. The Chameis Gate Member, Chameis Group, Marmora Terrane, Namibia 217...formations, Port Nolloth Group, in South Africa and Namibia 223 FRIMMEL, H. E. The Karoetjes Kop and Bloupoort... Neoproterozoic glacial records in the Yangtze Region, China 357 ZHU, M. & WANG, H. Neoproterozoic...Kingston Peak Formation in the eastern Death Valley region 449 PETTERSON, R., PRAVE, A. R. & WERNICKE, B
 
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