 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ames Figure 1. Location map showing the Wessels mine in South Africa, prepared by William Besse. BRUCE CAIRNCROSS...Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za Wesselsite Wessels Mine Kalahari Manganese Field South Africa Figure...Figure 2. The Wessels mine in the middle distance, as seen looking east from Black Rock hill. Part of Black...Black Rock mine village is in the foreground. Bruce Cairncross photo, November 2011. 282 ROCKS & MINERALS...discovery. The specimen was obtained from the late John Veevaert who had the material quantitatively identified |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | discovered in the Wessels mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. It is named...some of the specimens he was bringing back from South Africa might be new species and provided the samples...central-eastern orebody of the Wessels mine; it was first thought to be effenbergerite. It is found in an assemblage...by mentors in the community and in the local club circuit. John Medici, another club member, actually...focused on calcites and even started exhibiting at local Ohio shows. A harsh judging at the Berea (Cleveland |  | Rieck, B., Pristacz, H., Giester, G. (2015) Colinowensite, BaCuSi2O6, a new mineral from the Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa and new data on wesselsite, SrCuSi4O10. Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (7) 1769-1778 doi:10.1180/minmag.2015.079.7.04 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | new mineral from the Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa and new data on wesselsite, SrCuSi4O10 B. RIECK...in the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. It is associated with effenbergerite, wesselsite...new species, Colin R. Owens, of Somerset West, South Africa. Colinowensite is brittle, with uneven fracture...BaCuSi2O6, new mineral, Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa, wesselsite, SrCuSi4O10... Introduction THE Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa, is well known for the occurrence of a large |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Effenbergerite, BaCu[Si4Olo], a new mineral from the Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa: description...Lueger-Ring 1, A-1010 Wien, Austria Abstract Effenbergerite, ideally BaCu[Si4010], structure determined...is a new mineral from the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. It is associated with native...matrix of braunite, sugilite and hausmannite. Effenbergerite occurs as transparent blue platelets with perfect...52gcm-3 and an estimated Mobs' hardness of 4-5. Effenbergerite is uniaxial negative with to= 1.633(2), = 1 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | gillespite-group mineral from the Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa G. GIESTER AND B. RIECK Institut fur Mineralogie...mineral species from the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa, and it belongs to the gillespite...end-member of a solid solution series with effenbergerite, BaCu[Si4OH~], with substitutions of Sr by...gillespite group, effenbergerite, new mineral, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. Introduction IN...embedded between sugilite crystals and resembled effenbergerite. BaCu[Si40,d, which had recently been described |  | Yang, H., Downs, R. T., Evans, S. H., Pinch, W. W. (2013) Scottyite, the natural analog of synthetic BaCu2Si2O7, a new mineral from the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa. American Mineralogist, 98 (2) 478-484 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4326 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a new mineral from the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa Hexiong Yang,1,* Robert...found in the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The mineral...in the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. It is...minerals have been documented thus far, including effenbergerite BaCuSi 4O 10 (Giester and Rieck 1994) and scottyite...of the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. It is |  | Rumsey, M. S., Welch, M. D., Kampf, A. R., Spratt, J. (2013) Diegogattaite, Na2CaCu2Si8O20·H2O: a new nanoporous copper sheet silicate from Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Republic of South Africa. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (8) 3155-3162 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.8.09 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sheet silicate from Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Republic of South Africa M. S. RUMSEY1,*, M...new mineral from the Wessels mine in the Kalahari manganese fields of South Africa. It occurs as a minor...silicate, 6482 cage, synthetic CuSH phases, Wessels mine, South Africa. Introduction * E-mail: m.rumsey@nhm...UK. It was found on a specimen obtained as effenbergerite and was investigated because of its subtly...mass of this mineral. It is of note that the ‘effenbergerite’ was actually determined to be its Sr-analogue |  | | Report (issue) | | Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Wessels mine, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. 3.33 (100), 3.12 (55), 3...47 18.78 56.75 100.00 (1) Wessels mine, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; electron microprobe analysis...01O10. (2) SrCuSi4O10. (3) Wessels mine, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; electron microprobe analysis...Series: Forms a solid solution series with effenbergerite. Mineral Group: Gillespite group. Occurrence:...body of the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Name: Named |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za SUGILITE Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field Northern Cape Province...Province, South Africa P urple is a relatively uncommon color in the mineral world, and one of the most...Kalahari manganese field in South Africa and in one mine in particular, the Wessels mine (Dixon 1985). If it...it were not for the South African deposits, sugilite would be considered a rare mineral. Sugilite, KNa(Fe2+...History in Washington, D.C. The Wessels mine sugilite in South Africa sets the benchmark for sugilite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za Von bez ing ite Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field Northern Cape...Cape Province, South Africa C onnoisseurship in mineral collecting pertains to someone having a great...the type locality, the Wessels mine in the Kalahari manganese field, South Africa. It is unique to the...Bezing, a medical practitioner from Kimberley, South Africa (Cairncross 2012). Upon discovery, the species...discovery was made in 1986 in block 17 at the Wessels mine, and von Bezing obtained samples of the mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PO Box 524, Auckland Park 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za Lucas Becker photo. T Jacobus...N’Chwaning III mine in the Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Crystals are...180 ROCKS & MINERALS aniajacoite is named after South African married couple Jacobus “Jaco” Stephanus...Heidelberg in what was then the Transvaal Province, South Africa, and grew up on a farm located between Bethal...three years before relocating to Kakamas in Northern Cape Province. This town is situated on the Orange |  | | Report (issue) | | 16 X-ray Powder Pattern: Wessels mine, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. 2.985 (100), 3.533 (70)...53 43.43 34.04 100.00 (1) Wessels mine, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; average of 5 electron microprobe...with a dominance of hausmannite and hematite, effenbergerite-wesselsite, lavinskyite, scottyite, diegogattaite...body of the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Name: Honors...Honors Colin R. Owens (b. 1937), Somerset West, South Africa, who collected the first specimens. Type Material: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Johannesburg PO Box 524, Auckland Park 2006 Gauteng, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za Karl-Ludwig von Bezing (b....from the Wessels mine in the Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Originally...Austria, and his parents emigrated in 1949 to South Africa and settled on a farm close to Lydenburg in...1500 b.p. and have remained unique in southern Africa (see von Bezing and Inskeep 1966 in bibliography)...particular the very scenic and reputable University of Cape Town where von Bezing attended medical school from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | end. Absorption coefficient, of quartz, 601 Acid mine drainage, leading to formation of a new mineral...Arunta Block, boron-free kornerupine from, 27; New South Wales, lead oxychlorides formed under saline conditions...sugilite found in manganese silicate rocks from New South Wales, 671; Victoria, crystal chemistry of, and...553 BARDOUX, M., 579 Barium copper silicate, effenbergerite, a new mineral, 663 Basalt, from west-Central...lamproites from Spain, 655 Crystal chemistry, of effenbergerite, 663; of gobbinsite, 615; of orthopyroxene |  | | 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 |  | Gu, Xiangping, Yang, Hexiong, Xie, Xiande, van Nieuwenhuizen, Jaco J., Downs, Robert T., Evans, Stanley H. (2019) Lipuite, a new manganese phyllosilicate mineral from the N'Chwaning III mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa. Mineralogical Magazine, 83 (5) 645-654 doi:10.1180/mgm.2019.12 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral from the N’Chwaning III mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa Xiangping Gu*1 , Hexiong Yang2...School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China; 2Department...and 4Plot 968, Alheit, Kakamas 8870, Northern Cape, South Africa Abstract A new phyllosilicate mineral...N’Chwaning III mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. It occurs...Kalahari Manganese Fields in the North Cape Province of South Africa hosts the largest manganese resource |  | Giester, Gerald, Lengauer, Christian L., Pristacz, Helmut, Rieck, Branko, Topa, Dan, Von Bezing, Karl-Ludwig (2016) Cairncrossite, a new Ca-Sr (-Na) phyllosilicate from the Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. European Journal of Mineralogy, 28 (2) 495-505 doi:10.1127/ejm/2016/0028-2519 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | phyllosilicate from the Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa GERALD GIESTER1,*, CHRISTIAN...Austria 3 Wolseley Street 19, Kimberley 8301, South Africa oo f 1 un co rre ct ed pr Abstract:...manganese ore on dumps of the Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. Associated minerals are...strontium sodium silicate hydroxyl hydrate; Wessels Mine; Kalahari Manganese Field. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8...investigated up to now by the authors, like effenbergerite, BaCuSi4O10 (Giester & Rieck, 1994), wesselsite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University RO. Box 524 AucWand Park, 2006 Gauteng, South Africa . . .*.’. Corresponding author: bc @na.rau...just south of the great Kalahari Desert on the vast plains of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa...of the Transvaal Supergroup rocks (black) in South Africa. B: Enlarged portion of Griqualand West showing...and one of the few economic centers of the Northern Cape Province. Kuruman is also the preferred home...live in the mine villages of Hotazel and Black Rock. These were established by SAMANCOR (South African Manganese |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | African Localities T o complement the Minerals of Africa theme of the 2002 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show,...88; Namibia is next with 73; the Republic of South Africa is third with 65; together they represent about...immediately leap to mind at the very mention of Africa, David Livingstone (18 13-73) and Henry Morton...for them, but neither species was first found in Africa; Mexico and Peru are the type localities for livingstoneite...next-most-famous person on the African stage, Cecil John Rhodes (1835-1902), is honored with rhodesite (q |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | RIECK: Effenbergerite, BaCu[Si4Ol0], a new mineral from the Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa: description...manganese silicate rocks from the Hoskins mine and Woods mine, New South Wales, Australia J. E. TAGGART,JR....of manganoan sugilite from the Wessels Mine, Republic of South Africa E. FRITSCHand J. E. SHIGLEY:Causes...colours of manganoan sugilites from the Wessels mine, South Africa J. A. Mandarino: New minerals recently |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Afrikaans Universi& RO.Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa. Klein Spitzkoppe topaz was first described...collector market and gem trade have been excavated by local Damara diggers. A granite quarry used to encounter...2006, South Africa. The Kalahari manganese field is located in Northern Cape Province, South Africa. It...sedimentary ore, the Mamatwan-type, named after the mine where it is exploited. This contains 20-38 weight...percent manganese metal. The other is a high-grade, Wessels-type ore with 45-60 weight percent manganese. The |  | | Journal (issue) | | mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa ..................................crystals on matrix, 17.2 cm, from the N’Chwaning I mine, collected in 1978. Private collection and photographer...(2015–2016) Scott A. Rudolph Paradise Woods (2008–2016) John Dabney (2015–2016) Daniel J. Record Irv Brown (2009–2015)...(2016–2017) Eric D. Long Barry M. & Beth Kitt (2011–2016) John Schneider (2016) Dylan Stolowitz Steve Maslansky...com APATITE Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 11.5cm. Fine Minerals International |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 411–423 Structural variations in the wesselsite–effenbergerite (Sr1-xBaxCuSi4O10) solid solution KEVIN S....tetragonal, gillespite-structured phases in the effenbergerite(BaCuSi4O10)–wesselsite (SrCuSi4O10) solid solution...radius at the Sr/Ba site. Key-words: wesselsite, effenbergerite, gillespite, crystal structure, powder neutron...minerals cuprorivaite (M ¼ Ca) (Minguzzi, 1938), effenbergerite (M ¼ Ba) (Giester & Rieck, 1994) and wesselsite...specimens of effenbergerite and wesselsite from the Wessels Mine, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, showed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ba/Sr site. Key-words: gillespite, wesselsite, effenbergerite, powder neutron diffraction, crystal structure...Introduction Wesselsite (We), SrCuSi4O10, and effenbergerite (Ef), BaCuSi4O10, were two new mineral species...of 111 natural samples of wesselsite from the Wessels mine showed a compositional variation from We50Ef50...refinements have been carried out on natural effenbergerite (Giester & Rieck, 1994) and synthetic BaCuSi4O10...have chosen instead to work in the wesselsite-effenbergerite solid solution. The composition that we have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bag XO1, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa THE present list is divided into two sections;... Meet., IMA, 1986. 102. Mira Flores mine, H u a n u n i district, Oruro, Bolivia. FeA16(PO4)a(OH)8.4H20...Vulcanology at Pisa in cements of Cenomanian sandstones, northern University (Italy). Bohemia, Czech Republic. LaA13(AsO4)a(OH)6...accordingly. Gen~ve, 47, 45. From the Cap Garonne mine, Arsenoflorencite-(Nd). B. Scharm, M. Scharmov~t...Barstowite. C.J. Stanley, G.C. Jones, A.D. Hart, P. northern Bohemia, Czech Republic. Keller and D. Lloyd, |
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