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Dioptase from
Van der Plas Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Dioptase
Formula:CuSiO3 · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite1 photo of Dioptase associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dioptase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Van der Plas Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:757433
Long-form Identifier:1:3:757433:7
GUID (UUID V4):c78f802e-aeee-4e72-9cea-a28009e9be90
Nearest other occurrences of Dioptase
18.2km (11.3 miles) Otwane, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
21.3km (13.2 miles) Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
21.8km (13.6 miles) Otjitjanya-Okaruu (Okaaru), Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
35.5km (22.1 miles) Okahwa, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
39.6km (24.6 miles) Okatumba prospect, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
47.7km (29.7 miles) Kandesei (Otjozongombe; Old German mine), Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
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localities: Minerals of the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia ............................................ 485 by R. J. Bowell, 0. Ermolina, W van der Plas, J. van Us & M. Steiner The best zincite crystals...shattuckite, 7.1 cm, from the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia. Irv Brown specimen; Jeff Scovil photo...the best vesuvianite specimens from the Jeffrey mine in Quebec. In this issue we present a review of...Herodsfoot Mine Work Readers who enjoyed Roy Starkey's superb article on the famous Herodsfoot mine in Cornwall
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Praxis-Tipps: Alles rund um das Schleifen von Groß-Cabochons Der Steinbruch Winterberg/Harz und seine Mineralien •...Urgestein aus dem Erzgebirge • Neuigkeiten aus Namibia • Mineralien vom Morro da Mina, Brasilien • Museum...Mittlerweile ist diese einzigartige Ausstellung der bunten Schmetterlinge und Käfer schon quer durch...eine Frage der Zeit, bis diese Schau auch die USA erreicht hat... meint Ihr Rainer Bode Namibia - was gibt...Ems 10 Der Morro da Mina in Conselheiro Lafaiete, Brasilien 12 Das Mineralogische Museum der Universität
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localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing
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10-5. (Closed Sun.-Mon.) Photo by Harold and Erica Van Pelt. Los A N ote: Please call ahead fo r o ur tra...Switzerland Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Harold and Erica Van Pelt Los Angeles, CA Founder John Sampson White Editing...grass-green cuprian adamite, 4.1 cm, from Tsumeb, Namibia. William Pinch specimen; Jeff Scovil photo. The...Min. 6 (1994), 351 Protoastrakhanite van Doesburg and van der Plas: (= konyaite) Am. Min. 74 (1989), 1382...pharmacosiderite Femandinite Prismatine Pseudorutile Flambeau Mine Merlino et al.: Am. Min. 79 (1994), 1185 Leake
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Dr. Werner Smykatz-Kloss Mineralogisches Institut der Universitiit 7500 Karlsruhe/W. Germany Volumes 1...mineral in a sample by means of the DT A method" (V AN DER MAREL, 1956); or: "Finer distinctions and hence total...above-quoted statements of G. MULLER, LIPPMANN or VAN DER MAREL. With regard to mineralogy, the best textbooks...intentions of BARSHAD, D' ANS-LAX, WIEDEMANN and VAN TETs, and SMYKATZ-KLOSS (1967 b). The determination...points (e.g., those of metals, see WIEDEMANN and VAN TETS) has to be made in graphite crucibles with thermocouples
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Germanic variants origi nate in the series 1-/andbuch der Min eralogie . foun ded by C. H i ntze. To distinguish...44. c 1 3 .50 A. A natural occurrence at a coal mine in the (TL) Lvov-Volynsk basin, USSR. Achates. syn...Min . Petr. Mill. 3 1 . 9 1 . Achirite. syn. of dioptase. B.FJ. Hermann ( 1 802) Nova Acta. Aca...Achrite. error or variant of achirite. A synonym of dioptase. R. Webster ( 1 962) Gc111s, p. 752. Achroite...09. c 7.76 A . Z=2 [PDF 27-620]. (TL) San Carlos mine. Guanajuato. Mexico. Named for S. Aguilar. Agustitc
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in compounds as ionic, covalent, metallic, and Van der Waals in type while recognizing that transitions...cases the concepts of covalent, metallic, and Van der Waal’s forces are useful. Molecules such as Nz...the negative valence electrons on the other. The Van der Waal force is of the type which binds atoms of...slightly less than in chalcocite as it is in the region represented by the formula Cu,S, the cubic digenite...interatomic distances, so that the atoms in any one region are at a 134 CRYSTAL STRUCTURES OF MINERALS
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Wilsell, Stockholm, Sweden. Der ylw/sc/z/wss -Zeitschrift fiir die Freunde der Minerof America, und alogie...Abstracts, 1907-, American Chemical Soci- Chemie der Erde, 19 14-, OK di und Petrographie, see Contributions...Bulletin, 1895-, Helsinki, Finland. Fortschritte der Mineralogie, 191 1-, Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft...Universitetsforlaget, Box 307, Blindern, Oslo 3, Norway. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematischnaturwissenschaftliche...Weber, J., 1974. Encyclopedia of Minerals. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 693p. Strunz, H., 1957. Mineralogische
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C. INGLE Jr. THE MOVEMENT OF BEACH SAND L. VAN DER PLAS Jr. THE IDENTIFICATION OF DETRITAL FELDSPARS...York 1965 ELSEVIER PUBLISHING COMPANY 335 JAN VAN GALENSTRAAT, P.O. BOX 21 1 , AMSTERDAM AMERICAN...crystal drawings from his book, Optische Bestimmung der gesteinsbildenden Minerale (1959). Grateful acknowledgment...:3Az A3:3P C:A3 A3 Calcite Quartz Tourmaline Dioptase NaIO4.3 HzO Hexagonal (Hexagonal division) ...Test (a) will not apply. Test ( h ) may apply if region near optic axis can be seen. Test (c) will apply
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