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Coloradoite from
Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Coloradoite
Formula:HgTe
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Coloradoite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:249770
Long-form Identifier:1:3:249770:9
GUID (UUID V4):e6720a1e-e295-4654-8e27-d9a10eb23faa
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springer-Verlag 1976 The Copper Deposits of the O'Okiep District, South Africa: New Data and Concepts E...Ltd., Springbok, 8240, South Africa The copper deposits of the O' okiep District rank amongst the top...extension of the 1200 m.y. Kibaran orogenic belt. Copper mineralization is linked to cross-cutting bodies...exsolution lamellae contain up to 14% ZnO. The copper sulphides occur as granular aggregates with silicates...activities were commenced The Copper Deposits of the O' okiep District ~/'~I Fig. I. Sketch map
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
WITWATERSRAND, PRIVATE BAG 3, WITS 2050, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA "BERNARD PRICE INSTITUTE FOR GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH...UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA 'DIVISION OF EARTH, MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE...SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, CSIR, PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA •DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS...suggest mines have been established in the O'okiep District in the a crustal-melt source for the intrusive...metamorphism in the O'okiep District is The two principal copper-producing areas in South recorded by a Rb-Sr
Book (edition)
colours once they occur in their oxidised states: Copper minerals then show green, blue, and sometimes red...tenorite and/or malachite plus azurite; native copper and cuprite are less common in this suite. Right...bright green gold-yellow, silver-white (Ag) to copper-red (Cu); 72.26 very light grey with yellowish...92.20 isotropic yes Copper, native gold-yellow, silver-white (Ag) to copper-red (Cu); 82.00 light...Reflect. Mineral pinkish grey; slight 51.88 light copper red pink to very distinct with violet tint; violet
Book (edition)
Compounds, Carbides, Nitrides, Phosphides and Silicides Copper I/A.01-10 4 Silver I/A.01-20 6 Gold I/A.01-40 8...Sulphosalts II/A - Alloys and Alloy-like Compounds, with Copper, Silver, Gold and Nickel Algodonite II/A.01-10...01-30 Stilleite II/C.01-40 Tiemannite II/C.01-50 Coloradoite II/C.01-60 Lautite II/C.02-10 Chalcopyrite II/C... Selenium and Tellurium < 1:1, Tellurides with Copper, Silver and Gold Linnaeite II/D.01-20 320 Polydymite...Sb,Bi = x), Sulfosalts with Predominant Iron and Copper x = 2.0 Berthierite II/E.01-10 458 Wittichenite
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...reason of the great diversity and magnitude of South African mineral deposits and local mining operations...Chamber of Mines of South Africa with Mr G. H. Grange as co-ordinator, and the South, African mining industry;
 
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