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Pyromorphite from
Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyromorphite
Formula:Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyromorphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22794
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22794:4
GUID (UUID V4):e5a4342e-4a7d-4145-811b-2e60111cb5f4
Nearest other occurrences of Pyromorphite
11.9km (7.4 miles) Gross Otavi Mine (Gross Otavi prospect), Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
24.0km (14.9 miles) Uitsab Mine (Uitsab prospect), Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
28.1km (17.4 miles) Harasib prospects, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
53.6km (33.3 miles) Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
61.2km (38.0 miles) Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
92.6km (57.5 miles) Otjoruharui Farm 251, Omatako Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
vladkrivovichevite: two novel lead oxychlorides from the Kombat mine, Namibia R. TURNER1,*, O. I. SIIDRA2, M. S. RUMSEY3...oxyhydroxide minerals on a specimen from the Kombat mine in Namibia. The minerals formed as late-stage products...the indigenous tribal groupings in the region where the Kombat mine is located. Vladkrivovichevite is orthorhombic...vladkrivovichevite, Kombat mine, layered lead oxychlorides, lead oxyhalides, Namibia, new mineral species...Antony mine in the USA and the Kombat mine in Namibia. An unusual specimen from the Kombat mine in Namibia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
base metal mineralization in the Otavi Mountain Land, Northern Namibia—a review and regional interpretation...Günzel b a b University of Namibia, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek, Namibia Ongopolo Mining Ltd., Main Street...Street, P.O. Box 40, Tsumeb, Namibia Received 16 May 2004; accepted 10 April 2006 Available online 4...Sediment-hosted base metal sulfide deposits in the Otavi Mountain Land occur in most stratigraphic units...middle Otavi Group and the uppermost Mulden Group. Deposits like Tsumeb (Pb–Cu–Zn–Ge), Kombat (Cu–Pb–Zn)
Book
North TsumebSpecial The Otavi Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland...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
Report (issue)
from huge salt mines in Lower Silesia, Poland—a region which now has come up with two new occurrences...in 2016 in a disused tunnel of the Sieroszowice mine, and the Spirifer website, with typical conscientiousness... Ag, and Pt-group elements. In the Sieroszowice mine, which exploits both halite and Kupferschiefer,...crystals. Halite, 3.5 cm, from the Sieroszowice mine, Lubin district, Lower Silesia, Poland. Spirifer...======= Halite, 6.5 cm, from the Sieroszowice mine, Lubin district, Lower Silesia, Poland. Spirifer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
44118 janet_clifford@att.net Leadhillite Tsumeb, Namibia O xide-zone minerals present the collector with...size, such as those found uniquely at Tsumeb, Namibia. The leadhillite discovery at Tsumeb was world...other exotic oxidized zone in an as-yet-undeveloped mine. For now, however, Tsumeb holds top honors for the...name leadhillite in 1832, establishing the Susanna mine, Leadhills, as the type locality (Dana 1896). There...being an active commercial miner for minerals in Namibia. He works globally in the mining industry and is
Book (volume)
Acanthite San Juan de Reyes Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 52 Adamite Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico,...(Cuproadamite with Ferrolotharmeyerite) Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 22 Apophyllite (on Stilbite) Jalgaon, Maharastra...Malachite) Liu Feng Shan Mine, Anhui Prov., China, 18 (& Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 32, 38-39...Quartz) Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 56 Calcite (on Fluorite) Elmwood Mine, Elmwood, Tennessee...India, 40 (on Copper) Quincy Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, 49 Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Autonomous Pref,, Yunnan
Journal (issue)
Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...Specimens of fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...DRC as well (see figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens...common forms seen from most nearby localities in the region. Solid, botryoidal malachite samples are currently
Journal (issue)
by R. Z. Kothavala Rare minerals of the Kombat mine, Namibia ................................ 421 by....439 by S. Petrussenko Minerals of the Beltana mine, Puttapa, South A ustralia 449 by P. Elliot Columns...ichigan 49930 (906) 482-9560 Michigan native copper; mine owner; wholesale, retail 411 Museum o f Geological...stilbite on the specimens were typical of that region. Bill Birch (1977) similarly encountered cavansite...striking a deal with the quarry owner for the rights to mine specimens. Sparse sprays of cavansite encountered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
441–469 Genesis of Vanadium Ores in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia MARIA BONI,† Dipartimento di Scienze... mottramite, and vanadinite) in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia, once were considered the greatest vanadium...surfaces in carbonate rocks of the Neoproterozoic Otavi Group, which already contained primary sulfide orebodies...orebodies (Berg Aukas type). The V deposits the Otavi Mountainland represent a special low-temperature...been known to exist in the northern areas of the Otavi † Corresponding author: e-mail, boni@unina.it *Present
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. Back...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...Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite, N’Chwaning II mine, South Africa. v This special
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
"myne deepes" The earliest confirmed miners in the region were the Romans, who conveniently left behind a...systems intersected lead rich deposits. Mining in the region was however not just limited to lead, ochre was...which is the most mineral diverse locality in the region to date. 23 Woodward wrote a book, published...was aware of about 11 different minerals from the region at this time. Although it should be noted, that...information. For example, pyromorphite which was one of the main ores of the region was "lead ore of a popinjay
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mimetite Rocks & Minerals 2001.76:114-117. Tsumeb, Namibia T o many collectors, color and crystal development...azurite, malachite, smithsonite, wulfenite, pyromorphite, and mimetite. Of these, the acquisition of...(AsO,),CI] forms a solid-solution series with pyromorphite [Pb,(PO,),Cl], with the name mimetite being...those of pyromorphite; pseudomorphs of bayldonite after mimetite are reported from Tsumeb, Namibia. Mimetite...Associated minerals can include cerussite, anglesite, pyromorphite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, wulfenite, willemite
Report (issue)
16.47 83.53 Total 100.15 100.00 (1) Tsumeb, Namibia. (2) PbCO3 . Mineral Group: Aragonite group. ...smithsonite, malachite, azurite, phosgenite, pyromorphite, galena. Distribution: Some of the many localities...fine crystals include: from the Friedrichssegen mine, near Braubach, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany. At Přı́bram...Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. From the Frankmills mine, Christow, Devon, England. In the Rossignol vein...Touissit mine, near Oujda. Superb crystals and twinned groups at Tsumeb and in the Kombat Cu–Pb–Ag mine, 49
Catalog/List
ARSENIOSIDERITE orange brown crusts on Hidalgoite (Gold Hill Mine Tooele County Utah USA) lxl f2.5O lx2 f5.OO 2x2...purple-brown crystalline masses (Colebrook Hill Mine,Roseberry, Tasmania) lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 2x2 f6.OO...BOKITE black to dark brown masses (Monumnt No 2 Mine Apache County 1/2 x 1/2 f3.5O lxl f5 C266 DEFERNITE...(BORON) pink cleavage in of otavi, Namibia) lem grey HAUSMANNITE (Kombat f3.5O C267 BUSTAMITE excellent...C269 CHABAZITE good covering location. (Ramsley Mine lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 of glassy micros Devon) 2x2 f6
Book
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
Report (issue)
linarite, brochantite, malachite, mimetite, pyromorphite, wulfenite, massicot, gypsum, sulfur, galena...Touissit mine, near Oujda, Morocco. Very large crystals from Tsumeb, and in the Kombat Cu–Pb–Ag mine, 49 km...km south of Tsumeb, Namibia. In the USA, from the Wheatley mine, Phoenixville, Chester Co., Pennsylvania;...Idaho, from the Bunker Hill mine, Coeur d’Alene district, in the Hypotheek mine, south of Kingston, and the...in the Eureka Hill mine, Tintic district, Juab Co., Utah; from the Grand Reef mine, Graham Co., Arizona
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zn, Zambia; 28 = Skorpion, Namibia; 29 = Berg Aukas and Abendab, Namibia; 30 = Padaeng (Mae Sot), Thailand;... In extremely arid climates, such as those in Namibia (Tsumeb deposit: Lombaard et al., 1986; Hughes...exist of tonnages and grades that can be cited Namibia Poland Silesian Crakow district Skorpion Spain...dolostone by smithsonite with minor hematite. Tucson mine, Leadville district, Colorado, United States. b...Massive smithsonite replacing limestone. Wolftone mine, Colorado, United States. c. Coarsely crystalline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
National University] at 11:35 31 May 2016 TSUMEB, NAMIBIA W hen metal-rich deposits weather in near proximity...caledonite, hydrocerussite, bournonite, linarite, pyromorphite, and vanadinite have been reported. Concentrically...are well known to collectors and geologists. Pyromorphite, minium, malachite, and a variety of other minerals...such other secondary minerals as anglesite, pyromorphite, smithsonite, malachite, azurite, and various...in the oxidized zone of the Tsumeb ore deposit, Namibia, in 1975. Prior to its acquisition by Dr. Ed David
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Crocoite Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, Australia T he mineral featured in...Siberian red lead was discovered in a Siberian gold mine and was first mentioned by M. V. Lomonosov (1711–1765)...gossans of lead deposits associated with galena, pyromorphite, cerussite, and minium. Rarer associates include...Sverdlovsk on some labels), Sverdlovskaya Oblast’, Urals Region, Russia. The Beresovsk gold deposit is famous for...Figure 1. Crocoite, 25 × 25 × 7 cm, from the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. This specimen is arguably
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
surface. Associated minerals include cerussite, pyromorphite, wulfenite, vanadinite, iron oxides, and a variety...nearby Osborne district, such as the Moon Anchor mine, Potter-Cramer property, and Rat Tail claim, where...Inyo County, and with wulfenite in the El Dorado mine near Indio, Riverside County. Downloaded by [University...Dundas, Tasmania, most likely from the Adelaide mine. Judith Gould specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...unverified crocoite occurrence at the Ponderosa mine, Cerro Gordo, Chile. Several European occurrences
Journal (issue)
75236 Uppsala, Sweden Water Science GROSBOIS Region III, Pennsylvania 19103, USA Consortium, Inc...Quantitative Hydrology DoNnALD Jor BENSON Nuclear Davip Region III, Hydrogeology STEPHEN H. Stow Oak Ridge...climatic features of Bangladesh vary from region to region and season to season. During the monsoon...to this region) to more than 2030 mm in the south-eastern (one study area belongs to this region) and north-eastern...shales and claystones in the geosynclinal foredeep region (east and southeastern part of Bangladesh) contain
Journal (volume)
Trevor F. Bridges 61-65 A report on Westernhope Old Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham Trevor F. Bridges Journal...Långban in Sweden, the Kombat Mine in Namibia, and the Mammoth St. Anthony Mine in Tiger, Arizona. • Production...manganese-hosted Pb deposits found throughout the region. This has proved to be an unexpectedly complex...from localities around Bristol such as the Wesley Mine and Coombe Farm and from other quarries around Frome...localities around Priddy including the Higher Pitts Mine. Consequently, we have good knowledge of these particular
Journal (issue)
Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...spent the rest of their lives there as miners and mine captains. Cornish tradition favored the collecting...build his mineral collection. His job at the Moonta mine was sampling ore for the company’s assay office
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elsewhere in the world including Långban in Sweden, the Kombat * E-mail: rturner@imbuia-holdings.com DOI: 10...Society mine in Namibia, the Mammoth St. Antony mine in Tiger, Arizona and the Kunibert mine in Rhine-Westphalia...Standard 91.97–92.50 0.4 7.35–7.48 0.1 Pyromorphite Pyromorphite *Calculated on the basis of the crystal-structure...(Siidra et al., 2007). Yeomanite from the Kunibert Mine, Germany While working on the type material of yeomanite...phase was found on a specimen from the Kunibert mine in Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. We have now confirmed
Journal (issue)
FLUORffE Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...Rhodochrosite, 11.5 cm, Good Luck pocket, Sweet Horne mine, Alma, Colorado. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe...Steve aJe collection. Joe Budd photo. Pyromorphite, 9 cm, Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China. Ex Steve...Steve Smale Kunzite spodumene, 11 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Ex Steve SmaJe collection. Joe Budd
 
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