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Atacamite from
Sinclair Mine, ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Atacamite
Formula:Cu2(OH)3Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Atacamite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sinclair Mine, ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:655957
Long-form Identifier:1:3:655957:1
GUID (UUID V4):afd90761-fb7b-45f7-82a6-48abd34ceffd
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
misakiite, Cu3Mn(OH)6Cl2: new members of the atacamite family from Sadamisaki Peninsula, Ehime Prefecture...Michael Rumsey] ABSTR ACT Two new members of the atacamite family were discovered recently in the Sadamisaki...WO R D S : iyoite, misakiite, Mn-Cu ordering, atacamite family, new minerals, crystal structures, mineral...Peninsula, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Introduction THE atacamite family contains two possible stoi2+ chiometries...Mn. The first stoichiometry corresponds to the atacamite-, botallackite- and clinoatacamite-type structural
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as associated with haydeeite in the Santo Domingo Mine, Arica Province, Chile. It is emerald green to bright...Introduction AMONG the secondary Cu minerals, atacamite, Cu2(OH)3Cl, hosts divalent Cu exclusively in...four OH groups and two apical Cl anions. The atacamite structure is not expected to tolerate significant...anions across adjacent Cu(OH)5Cl polyhedra of atacamite (Malcherek and Schlüter, 2010) converts half...(Colman et al., 2011). The minerals of the entire atacamite group and herbertsmithite in particular, have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phase occurring in association with anhydrite, atacamite, chalcopyrite, copiapite, dolomite, epsomite,...which contained green crystals resembling the atacamite-group basic A. R. KAMPF ET AL. copper chloride...2013-011; Kampf et al., 2013b). The minerals of the atacamite group have received much attention in recent years...paratacamite-(Mg) is found in association with anhydrite, atacamite, chalcopyrite, copiapite, dolomite, epsomite,...specimens. Recent studies of the formation of atacamite and paratacamite in the deposits of the Atacama
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CAPRICORNIO Au-Ag EPITHERMAL VEIN SYSTEM, ANTOFAGASTA REGION, CHILE GIUSEPPE ARFȧ AND MARIA BONI* Dipartimento...other metallic minerals: (oxy-hydroxy) chlorides (atacamite, pseudoboleite, cumengeite, herbertsmithite),...weathering zones of porphyry Cu deposits in the Atacama region. Keywords: Capricornio, epithermal, Au-Ag, supergene...supergene Au-Ag, aridity, gold, Antofagasta Region, Central Depression. § Corresponding author: giuseppe...CANADIAN MINERALOGIST INTRODUCTION The Antofagasta region in northern Chile hosts many of the world’s significant
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cotype specimens originating from the Centennial Mine, Houghton County, Michigan, USA, where it occurs...copper-containing minerals such as calumetite and atacamite family minerals. It forms as pale to azure blue...calumetite, centennialite, kapellasite, Centennial mine, Houghton County, Michigan. Introduction 2011)...work on the minerals occurring in the Centennial mine, Houghton County, Michigan, USA, which included...more as synthetic compounds with the general atacamite group formula M 2+Cu3(OH)6Cl2, M 2+ = Zn, Cu,
Report (issue)
potassically altered parts of the system are exposed (Sinclair, 1995). Likewise, bands 4/5 and 7/9 of ASTER satellite...Clark and others, 2007). In the thermal infrared region, quartz and hydrous silica contain emission minima...the magma is largely inherited from the source region (Carmichael, 1991). Other parameters, such as magma...and so forth) are also inherited from the source region. The compositional features and degree of magma...(Cooke and others, 1998, 2005; Richards, 2003; Sinclair, 2007; Sillitoe, 1998; Sillitoe and Perelló, 2005
Book
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Berlin Heidelberg 2015 Abstract Minerals of the atacamite group such as herbertsmithite and kapellasite...7H2O, was recently discovered from the Centennial mine, Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, USA (Crichton...MnCu3Cl2(OH)6 (NishioHamane et al. 2014). Minerals of the atacamite group such as herbertsmithite and kapellasite...fine-grained powder in association with calumetite and atacamite-group minerals (Crichton and Müller 2014, in review)...considered as the substituted members of the atacamite group. They are characterized by pyrochlore-type
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
herbertsmithite-type phases. The minerals of the atacamite group, in particular herbertsmithite, Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2...obtained from a specimen containing prismatic atacamite crystals with epitaxially attached   tabular...{011} prism faces of atacamite. This sample material was found at La Vendida mine, Chile, and was previously...ideal endmember composition Cu2(OH)3Cl from the Lily mine in Table 1  Results of the electron microprobe...domains at the expense of others in this temperature region is confirmed by optical microscopy under crossed
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
styles of VMS mineralization present in a particular region can be predicted from examination of the facies...the copper sulphides are commonly replaced by atacamite (Hannington 1993; Fouquet et al. 1996). If seafloor...products including oxyhydroxides, gypsum and atacamite. Although the metal accumulation process is highly...are relatively unmetamorphosed and undeformed, and mine plans and TE sections clearly show the mound morphologies...and Allen 2001). Some examples include the Potter Mine, Ontario in the Abitibi Subprovince, where sulphides
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
strontianite, barite, jadeite, orthoclase, F-topaz, and atacamite. Standards for sulfide analyses are as follows:...troilite; Na, K, Cl: natural jadeite, orthoclase, and atacamite. For minor and trace element analyses the following...and minor Nb and Zr replacing Ti (Miura, 1986; Sinclair and McLaughlin, 1982). For priderite A = mostly...(1969) from a nepheline-syenite skarn of the Baikal region/Russia. Since then very few occurrences of this...and group II kimberlites: petrogenesis and source region evolution. Journal of Petrology 47, 673–703. Berger
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
copper chloride\ atacamite "Cu1Cl"OH#2#[ Brochantite patinas are more common^ however atacamite is found in...XRD of samples _ltered from the solution in this region revealed only cuprite to be present\ however posnjakite...hydroxide at 54>C had an arrest in the pH rise in the region of 4[5Ð5[1 pH units associated with the formation...units which corresponded to the tenorite stability region[ Tenorite CuO is in the Cu1¦ oxidation state and\...associated with the oxidation of cuprite as denoted as region {{0|| in Fig[ 00[ A concentration of 4[3 ppm Cu1¦
Book
of dendritic native copper from the Great Lakes region of eastern North America is shown in FIGURE 2A...from aes Cyprium, meaning metal from Cyprus, a region famed in Roman times for its supply of smelted...sources and the development of knowledge needed to mine and extract the tin and use it to alloy with different...trihydroxychlorides, proba- bly paratacamite or atacamite); crystals of metallic copper (which can be redeposited...that leads to a flow of ionic species from one region or surface to another. Most corrosion processes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
obvious importance of Cu as a mobile ore metal in the region. Chloride concentrations are variable, with values...rocks), direct atmospheric leaching of the run of the mine (5ROM) ore with sulphuric acid will not be economically...melting of supracrustals (Rössing alaskites, Namibia), or from extreme fractional crystallization of...surficial deposits like calcretes (Langer Heinrich, Namibia). In the Olympic Dam IOCG deposit, Southern Australia...of 1560 ppm). Mt. Pleasant mine, New Brunswick, Canada (style 2, Sinclair et al.2) hosts an average indium
Report (issue)
mineral localities, with the minerals found at each mine or locality. Most mining districts and mineral localities...whole, along with those for which the specific area (mine, for instance) is not known. Other minerals, however...powellite, pyrite. Black Rock mine - specular hematite. Galena mine - galena. Iron Mountain Pass deposits...deposits - hematite. Skylark mine - azurite, calcite, chalcopyrite, chrysocolla, copper, cuprite, diopside...c1inozoisi te, tourmaline, tremolite, wollastonite. Cave mine - anglesite, aragonite, argentite, aurichalcite
Journal (issue)
M11se11111 ofVic10ria Associate Editors The Daydream Mine, Silverton, N.S.W. John D. Leach .................minerals associated with ironstones in the Olary region, South Australia P.M. Ashley, B.G. Lottermoser...stretch from the fiercely hot and arid Pilbara region in the north near Port Hedland to the sheep stations...Coolgardie pegmatite field, near the centre of this region, is located 600 kilometres east of Perth, along...Australian Journal of Mineralogy TI1.e Coolgardie region is of low relief with a maximum of 120 m between
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Supergene ore is dominated by brochantite and atacamite with relics of chalcocite, but it includes a superimposed...environment. Similar uncertainties are widespread in the region. Thus, the overall age relationships of the unusually...alteration of porphyry and allied copper deposits in the region. (NB: all errors in K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar dates are...Sarič, 1975; Muñoz and Charrier, 1996). The open pit mine, initiated in 1994 by Rio Algom Ltd. and now operated...Cerro Colorado district (Fig. 3). In the immediate mine area, several of the stocks were emplaced into two
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
located in the central part of the Yanbian– Dongning region, NE China, which is the eastern segment of the...Palaeozoic deposits in this area. The Yanbian–Dongning region, located on the south-east part of NE China traditionally...Hongtaiping have been discovered in the Yanbian–Dongning region (a) a Palaeozoic tectonic evolution that was dominated...geological and geochemical data. The Yanbian–Dongning region is located in the eastern The Hongtaiping deposit...the north-west by the central Yanbian–Dongning region (Figure 1c). It was discovered in the Dunhua–Mishan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
our lives. Bob urged me to read Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis, A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh, and...and STINEL. 0. (1948) Replacement of calcite by atacamite in copper chloride solutions. Econ. Geol. 43,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
subaerial and submarine gold mineralization in the region may be related to the same district-scale magmatic...New Ireland Basin, Papua New Guinea (Fig.1). The region is best known for the giant Ladolam epithermal...tectonic elements in the New Ireland and Bismarck Sea region, and the location of Conical seamount close to...archipelago (Fig. 1). In the Early Miocene, this region was dominated by westward subduction of the Pacific...records of recent seismic activity in the New Ireland region show a number of shallow earthquake epicenters
Book
twelfth century Romanesque frescos of the Pyrenean region of Catalonia and in Andorra (Casas, 1991; Porta...in chlorine-rich environments (especially in acid mine waters; Schwertmann and Cornell, 2000). It is named...named after its type locality at Akagané mine (Iwate Prefecture, Japan), where Nambu discovered it in...Mexico and has also been found in the Tsumeb Mine of Otavi, Namibia and in the Altai Mountains in Russia (Boucher...Spain probably derives from the existence of a tin mine in Spain that had been in operation since antiquity
Book
sites for which global pressures may require us to mine in pristine environments such as the deep sea-floor...turn of the last century it was only possible to mine deposits with high grades that were close to the...utilisation of modern techniques, it is possible now to mine ore with as little as 0.5% Cu. And with the economy...greater than the value of the metal extracted from the mine. Then from 2005 onwards, as the copper price increased...Improvements in technology, which made it possible to mine and refine the ore more efficiently, aiding the
Book (edition)
twelfth century Romanesque frescos of the Pyrenean region of Catalonia and in Andorra (Casas, 1991; Porta...in chlorine-rich environments (especially in acid mine waters; Schwertmann and Cornell, 2000). It is named...named after its type locality at Akagané mine (Iwate Prefecture, Japan), where Nambu discovered it in...Mexico and has also been found in the Tsumeb Mine of Otavi, Namibia and in the Altai Mountains in Russia (Boucher...Spain probably derives from the existence of a tin mine in Spain that had been in operation since antiquity
Report (volume)
geology and oil prospects of the Cantua-Panoche .region, California. U. S. Geol. Survey, Bull. 431, pp...rocks, and sketches the geologic history of the region. Bain, H. Foster. . , 38. Occurrence of oil and...the later Cenozoic history of the Mojave Desert region in southeastern California. California, Univ.,...of his writings. 62. Geology of the Chibougamau region, Quebec, Canada. Abstract: Geol. Soc. America,...and mineral resources of the Chibougamau mining region, Quebec, by the Chibougamau Mining Commission.
 
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