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Arsenopyrite from
Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia


Locality type:Constituency
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:645320
Long-form Identifier:1:3:645320:6
GUID (UUID V4):684354a2-0ccb-4201-8d75-5dfae8979618
Localities for Arsenopyrite in this Region
Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
3.1km (1.9 miles) Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
54.6km (34.0 miles) Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
acquired include azurite and malachite from the Cobar region, zeolites from Richmond and Flinders, crocoite...Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan district, Balochistan region, Pakistan. Craig Bosel/Michael Stott photo. Cerussite...calcite, 8 cm, from the Telfer mine, East Pilbara region, Western Australia. Malcolm Southwood photo. Cerussite...related to Cambrian epithermal galena deposits in the region and not to the Precambrian Broken Hill orebody...Smithsonite, 9 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto region, Namibia. Jeff Scovil photo. 28 Supplement
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
variety amethyst, 10.3 cm high, Goboboseb Mountains, Namibia. Scott Rudolph specimen. Figure 2. Beryl, variety...ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 16. Fluorapatite with arsenopyrite, 13.5 cm high, Panasqueira mine, Beira Baixa...Figure 34. Cerussite, 14.1 cm wide, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto, Namibia. Marshall Sussman specimen. Figure...Look Show Quartz var Amethystszepter, Goboboseb, Namibia, 12 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger MARCUS BUDIL Monaco
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bearing sulfide accumulations (pyrite with lesser arsenopyrite, sphalerite, etc.) oxidized under increasingly...molecular water comes from a narrower H2Obending region centered at ~1610 cm–1 with likely components at...minerals, principally chalcopyrite, chalcocite, and arsenopyrite. The Dome Rock Mine is the type locality of...Mg)4Ca2(AsO4)6∙2H2O, the Ca-dominant analog of keyite, from Tsumeb, Namibia. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abhandlungen...discovered in the specimen purchased at the Tsumeb Mine, Namibia. It was previously mentioned as an unknown
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arsenohopeite, a new zinc arsenate mineral from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia F. NEUHOLD1,*, U. KOLITSCH2,1, H.-J. BERNHARDT3...colourless to blue crystalline grain from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. The holotype specimen is ~16161 mm in size...arsenate, crystal structure, Raman spectroscopy, Tsumeb. Introduction IN 2004 or 2005 one of the authors...fragments of mineral species from the famous Tsumeb mine, Namibia as a result of an exchange of micromount...origin of the material and the exact locality in the Tsumeb mine is unknown. Among the vial contents was a
Journal (issue)
collecting has flourished throughout the Northwest region in recent decades; a history of the mineral discoveries...the estate. Many early minerals collected in the region about Spokane, Washington, are represented in the...with malachite, 5.3 cm, Tschudi mine, Oshikoto region, Namibia. Jeff Scovil photo. (left) Tantalite-(Fe)...with malachite, 8 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Oshikoto region, Namibia. Jeff Scovil photo. Malachite on...8 cm, from the Onganja mine, Seeis, Khomas region, Namibia. Jeff Scovil photo. Supplement to the Mineralogical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diamonds, 502–7 Arseniosiderite, Utah, 57, 455 Arsenopyrite, New York, 227; Utah, 56 Artist Irwin David...New York, 240–46; Olivenite, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia (by R. Bowell), 140–47 Cook...28; New Mexico, 37 Diamonds, Arkansas, 502–7; Namibia, 486–500; Russia, 508–17 Diamonds of Russia, G...uvite, New York, 207 Olivenite, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia, R. Bowell, 140–47 Olivenite
Catalog/List
starting Jewel Tunnel Imports (JTI) he added Tsumeb, Namibia, to his yearly around-the-world buying trips........................................ 111 Namibia (Tsumeb) ............................................(2018) Connoisseur’s Choice: Hydrocerussite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, Rocks & Minerals, 93:2, 150157, Figure...coloration - very diagnostic of material from the region. Overall Measurements: 6.9 x 3.9 x 3.7 inches (17...purple Fluorite characteristic of specimens from the region. Overall Measurements: 13.8 x 7.3 x 5.7 inches
Journal (issue)
Subsequent excursions have included: two visits to Namibia, where members were able to collect azurite nodules...nodules underground on level 5 of the Tsumeb Mine, the most famous mineral locality in the world (figure...SMLScollectingunderground on level5 of thefamousTsumebMinein Namibia. UK Journal of Mine, & Minerals No. 34 -6- Figure...tecrystalshave beenidentified infracturesin arsenopyrite-rich dolomiteat nearbyPotts Gill Mine. The crystalsfrom...recently described as a new mineral species from Tsumeb in Namibia (Cooper et al., 2012). It occurs as aggregatesof
Catalog/List
lunar meteorite was found in the Dhofar Desert region of Oman by noted meteorite hunter Michael Farmer...a fascinating pattern of patches and veins. The region that produced this material has been closed now...Source: Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic Eastern-Siberian Region Russia Another little sphere made from rare Russian...Coast Kaliningrad Russia Amber from the Baltic Region is also known as succinite related to the presence...Lyme Regis, Dorset, United Kingdom The Lyme Regis region in Dorset, England is another famous locality for
Book (edition)
bireflectance. Left (top): The simple contact twin of arsenopyrite is inconspicuous under PPL, but reveals its...share their main crystallographic axes. Left: Arsenopyrite occasionally displays hour-glass structures...red-violet cruciform, star-like trillings Arsenopyrite Talnakhite strong, bluish to brownish grey...distinct, dark brownish grey distinct (less than arsenopyrite), blue to brownish grey strong, bluish to brownish...Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL If marked in description
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
substitution of gallium for iron is reported for Tsumeb scorodite, and some scorodite from the large Gold...of primary arsenic-bearing minerals such as arsenopyrite. It is mentioned as an accessory mineral in...lustrous scorodite crystals, 3.2-cm, from Tsumeb, Namibia. Bill Larson specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. ...Warwick, Orange County, and similarly at the arsenopyrite mine at Pine Pond near Kent, Putnam County,...arsenic mine at Terry’s Fork in Floyd County, with arsenopyrite and pyrite in the Buck Mountain mine in Amherst
Journal (issue)
mine, Ruoqiang County, Bayinguoling Autonomous Region, Xinjiang, China. Ken Donn photo. Azurite “rose...Scovil photo. Prehnite, 13 cm, from Sandare, Kayes Region, Mali. Jeff Scovil photo. 10 Supplement to The...on chrysocolla, 13 cm, from Inca de Oro, Atacama region, Chile. Jeff Scovil photo. Smithsonite, 17 cm...photo. Mottramite, 14 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Oshikoto region, Namibia. Jeff Scovil photo. Goethite, 18...coating, 4.4 cm, from the Onganja mine, Onganja, Namibia. Chris Whitney-Smith collection; Jeff Scovil photo
Book
Claim, Araandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia. Photo: John Hall CALCITE, 15mm crystal group...many overseas field trips; to Europe, Siberia, Namibia, the USA & Canada and the Faroe Islands. Practical...coated with Malachite from the Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia 5 x 2 x 1.5 cm This is my latest...noticed hidden away at the back of his display, two Tsumeb Azurites hardly visible and lying on their sides...years. Photo 3 Dioptase from the Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia 5.5 x 5 x 3 cm I have had this
Report (issue)
Table of Contents Smiths ro Smithsonite fro�Tsumeb and Ber Smithsonit Magdalena Dis Smale collecti...Greece ion; Scovil photo ne xi repaired) umeb, Namibia ion; Fisher photo �exico; mithsoni Phila Bunks...·thsonian Smithsonite First Oxide Zone, Tsu Mine, Tsumeb, Nami 10cm tall Brent Lockhart coll Joe Budd photo...size of 10 centimeters! The crystal is from Tsumeb, Namibia, and is on display at the National Museum of...epimorph after a group of azurite crystals, both from Tsumeb. Smithsonite in turn may be pseudomorphed by minerals
Catalog/List
37 MALACHITE after AZURITE pseudomorph, Tsumeb, Otavi, Namibia. Very large 60mm velvety green xtl. D....Ml. £10.00 49 CALCITE, Tsumcorp Mine, Otavi, Namibia. Very nice uni-directional dear xtl regrowth on...Cornwall. VGR. Ml. £12.00 52 APATITE, SIDERITE, ARSENOPYRITE, Minas de Panasqueira, Beira-Beixa, Portugal...Part 15mm pale blue apatite xtl in silvery 10mm arsenopyrite xtls. D. Ml. £12.00 53 CHALCEDONY, Penlee...terminated calcite. VGD. C. 72 CERUSSITE, Tsumeb, Otavi, Namibia. A mass of translucent sixling snowflake
Book (volume)
(scepter) Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia, 60 (on Quartz) Jackson Crossroads, Wilkes...Azurite (& Malachite) "Sams Pocket", Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 20-21 Bastnaesite (on Calcite) Zagi...Spessartine, Tsavorite) Gold (with Pyrite & Arsenopyrite) Rosia Montana, Verespatak, Alba Co., Romania...Shattuckite), Omaue Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene region, Namibia, 45 Microlite (on Lepidolite) Paprok, Nuristan...Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan, 7 Mimetite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 32 Morganite (on Quartz & Cleavlandite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ABSTRACT. Schultenite, PbHAsO,, known only from Tsumeb, Namibia, has been identified from a second occurrence:... It occurs as euhedral crystals in a quartz-arsenopyrite-galena vein. It has a measured density of 6...was discovered as a mineral on a specimen from Tsumeb, South West Africa. It is quite appropriate that...specimens probably came from a deeper part of the Tsumeb deposit and are associated with cuprian adamite...schultenite, and galena. Their specimen came from Tsumeb, the type locality for both stranskiite and schultenite
Catalog/List
Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco This is just a nice, reasonably intact...Washington, USA Named in the 1850’s for the Autun region of Burgundy in France, Autunite is a commonly found...Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia Other than a dacha on the Black Sea, this...ZIRCON Ural Mtns., Chelyabinsk Oblast’, Urals, Urals Region, Russia Zircon, is a naturally occurring Silicate...Kavalerovo Mining Dist., Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia The rugged terrain of the Dal’negorsk District
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
student and had managed to find a summer job in Namibia. The geologist in charge of our camp was an ardent...home to South Africa with a few specimens from Namibia. I couldn’t tell a dioptase from a cerussite at...the time, but he sold me four specimens, all from Tsumeb-a mimetite, dioptase, azurite, and cerussite. I...contributions he had made to the mineralogy of Namibia. When Tsumeb was at its zenith (for some), Sid was the...visiting mineral dealer and collector had to see in Namibia. From relatively humble beginnings in the hotel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
originally described by Geier et al. (1971)from Tsumeb,Namibia; it has subsequentlybeen found in severalother...0003-004x/89 / rrr2-t377$02.00 of tsumcorite from Tsumeb showed Zn to be dominant, and the Puttapa material...compact granular sphalerite (Zn), galena (Pb), arsenopyrite (As), fluormetamorphic rock composed almost...onecontains galena, sphalerite,chalcopyrite,arsenopyrite,and loellingite(Birch et al., 1983).The closeassociationof...tsumcorite and carminite has been studied at Tsumeb, Namibia, by Keller (1977), who suggestedthat carminite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arsenates of the Tintic district, Utah, and of Tsumeb, Namibia, result from the alteration of enargite. As...microcrystals measuring to 2 mm with sphalerite, arsenopyrite, galena, and chalcopyrite (Panczner 1987). In...mine, Sierra Jardín, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile, a silver-copper mine, has produced fine...deposit located at Chuquicamata, in the Antofagasta Region, has produced specimens of enargite as well. Crystals...is approximately 4 cm long; they occur with arsenopyrite, calcite, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, and tetrahedrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elongated on [100]. The mineral is associated with arsenopyrite, bettertonite, bulachite, cassiterite, chalcopyrite...aggregates within a matrix of quartz, chamosite and arsenopyrite. The cavity infillings also possess ultra-thin...Penberthy Croft mine and their abundance are: arsenopyrite (abundant) for As, and chamosite (frequent)...(minor) and orthoclase (minor) for Al. That arsenopyrite is the source for As appears to be confirmed...irregular-shaped cells after arsenopyrite. Here, euhedral and anhedral areas of arsenopyrite have been leached completely
Catalog/List
Oxford Show 12 July 2009 Oxford Show 1FLUORITE, Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang...MIMETITE, Tsumeb, Otavi, Namibia. Hexagonal xtls to 5mm. 67x50x30mm. £46 4 MALACHITE and CALCITE Tsumeb, Otavi...Otavi, Namibia. Attractive pinkish calcite lenses to 6mm. 88x57x30mm. £95 5 NATIVE SILVER in calcite...bright pink xtals to 5mm. 46x32x19mm. £28 19 ARSENOPYRITE, Siderite, & Calcite, Minas da Panasqueira,
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Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and the Diamonds 44 49 241 254 272 275... 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 Namibia are displayed in all the famous natural science museums in the World, and our Tsumeb Mine
Catalog/List
Aninas, Atocha,Bolivia New Discovery Parnmirim Region, Agua Quen1a,Bal1ia, Brazil Benallt Mine, Llcyn...QuarrySouth Well covered with 1cm brown xls. Wales Tsumeb Namibia micro black botryoidal with similar green malachite...Bigadic, Turkey 1/," £2 lx2cm £12 lx½£4 Tsumeb Namibia lxl £5 lx2 £10 OH Claims, Gila County, Arizona...aragonite)white 8mm crystals on l x2 matrix(Tsumeb,Namibia) £6 Argentite 5mm micro crystal group . Good...(Seikoshi Mine, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan) £8 Arsenopyrite sharp single, double terminated crystal about
 
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