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Melonite from
Commoner Mine, Kwekwe District, Midlands, Zimbabwe


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Melonite
Formula:NiTe2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Melonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Commoner Mine, Kwekwe District, Midlands, Zimbabwe
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:563784
Long-form Identifier:1:3:563784:3
GUID (UUID V4):497900a4-23ce-4788-bc71-bf8196bec5cd
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
id bs-tb,Au-cv, Te saturation Terziev (1966) Commoner, (1) hs-Au (2) at-cd-pz (3) sv-mn-rd-wssz-Te-ks...ga, ac po-py Hildebrand and Gott Colorado Zimbabwe Cripple Creek, Colorado E1 Indio, Chile cd*...greenstoneterranes, such as Kalgoorlie (Australia), Commoner (Zimbabwe), and the Abitibi belt (Canada),are not well...tution both amongmetals(e.g., Ni-Pd-Pt in the melonite-merenskyite-moncheiteseries) and among semimetals(Te...re- districts.Assumingthat depositionin each district occurredover a smalltemperatureinterval, possi-
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
altaite are the most common. Other minerals include melonite, telluroantimony, rucklidgeite, tetradymite, buckhornite...seam. (d) An association of native gold, petzite, melonite (Mlt), and rucklidgeite (Ruc) enclosed by pyrite...altaite (Alt) can fill fractures in pyrite. Note that melonite occurs in the middle of petzite. (e) Rounded grains...found in this study were melonite (NiTe2) and telluroantimony (Sb2Te3). Melonite was found in both quar...te veins and sericite-pyrite seams (Fig. 7d). Melonite in Bellerophon contains Fe, with the composition
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralogy of the Yangzhaiyu gold deposit, Xiaoqinling district, southern North China craton Shi-Jian Bi & Jian-Wei...Mesozoic magmatic rocks widespread in the Xiaoqinling district and other parts of the southern North China craton...(Shackleton et al. 2003), the Commoner Mine and Viceroy Mine in Zimbabwe (Twemlow 1984; Oberthüt and Weiser...for gold mineralization. The Xiaoqinling gold district in the southern North China craton has been the...(Mao et al. 2002). Many gold deposits in this district contain a wide variety of tellurides (Luo et al
Report (issue)
........................................... R15 Mine Waste Characteristics........................................................................ R17 Mine Closure...........................................at the Kankberg deposit in the Skellefteå VMS district of Västerbotten County, Sweden. Combined, these...Bereznyakovskoe Mountains Kola Peninsula 45° Commoner Skouriés Kankberg 0° 180° Base from U.S....Maslovite PtBiTe Benleonardite Ag8(Sb,As)Te2S3 Melonite NiTe2 Bezsmertnovite Au4Cu(Te,Pb) Merenskyite
Report (volume)
material analyzed. Some of the formula} approximate to mine, some to that of Penfield and Foote, and hence it...formulae assigned to the several species. To the commoner micas a simple series of fprmulae can be easily...two fundamental compounds are assumed. From the commoner iron tourmalines lime is practically if not quite...Ehyolite, Tintic district, Utah .................. Khyolite (quartz-porphyry), Tintic district, Utah Eock...occurrence of tellurium in the ores of the mining district of Cripple Creek, Colorado, has been known from
Report (issue)
been obtained from the placers It seems in this district and it leads all other districts in the State...and good specimens have come from the Manzanita mine. Imperial County: The mud volcanoes near Volcano...mineral. gypsum have been found in the Defiance mine. Kern County On both sides of the San Joaquin Valley...with alum in the Sunset district. Lake County: At the Sulphur Bank quicksilver mine, situated on Clear Lake... mony mines has also been found in the Buffalo mine and in the anti- San Emidio Mountains, of the
Journal (issue)
Luzonite • copper arsenic sulfide • Chinkuashih mine, Keelung, T aiw an • 4x5 $50.00, 2x3 $20.00, 2x2....174 Joel E. Arem A N ew M ineral from the Gem Mine, San Benito County, California: A Progress R e p...gentleman of the first order, and a good friend of mine who came to the show equipped with impressive credentials...Produpao M ineral, was found at the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, the same locality from which frondelite and faheyite...new phosphate minerals from the Sapucaia pegmatite mine. These were tavorite, named for Dr. Elysairio Tavora
Journal (issue)
Rood Somers, Connecticut -.-----Garnet, Lulubell Mine, Son Diego County, California. low in silica. Biotite...Smoky quartz with cleovelondite cluster, Himoloyo Mine, Mesa Grande, Col i forn,o APRIL l 96� ll \I...green tourmoline and cteavelandite, Little Three Mine, San Diego County, California. and with a hardness...ineral. - but I cannot suppose that you excludr the commoner kinds from your collec­ tion." I hope not ! In...different from thooe commonly seen. They were in an old mine clump which appeared to have been visited frequently
Report (issue)
main purpose of this Bulletin i~ to clescrihe the commoner minerals and rocks, and furnish the means of recognizing...from the form to which they are parallel. The commoner cleavages in the rock-making minerals are : Cubic-parallel...following table gives the specific gravities of the commoner rock-making minerals: 1. SILICA MINIDRALS: Quartz...Uses: See section on clays. B. S E C 0 N DAR Y MINE R A L S R E S U L T IN G MAINLY F R 0 M S 0 L U...Datolite, Axinite, Tourmaline. B R 0 MINE, AND S 0 U R C E S 0 F B R 0 MINE USES: The chief use of bromine
Report (issue)
diamonds have been obtained from the placers in this district and it leads all other districts in the State...from head of Kelsey Creek in Marble ^Mountain District, and from headwaters of East branch of Seiad Creek...specimens have come from the Manzanita mine, and also from the Elgin mine. Imperial County: The mud volcanoes...fluorite and gypsum have been found in the Defiance mine. .A small deposit is reported in the mountains east...Spriiijrs. Native sulpluir at 11 the SuiLshiue mine. Last Chance ^lountains. Kern County: On both
Report (volume)
galena that had been recently found in the Tenmile district, Summit County. In his booklet, which today would...Indications of the principal metals produced by each district will give the knowledgeable collector some hints...hints as to the principal ore minerals in each district. I have made no attempt to list directions to the...BOULDER COUNTY Locality 1.-Gold Hill district, Copper King mine. Bravoite, cobaltite, garnierite, morenosite...pentlandite, polydymite, and violarite. The Copper King mine is three-fourths mile southwest of Gold Hill and
Book
Keweenaw area of north Michigan; at the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico....areas including Kimberley, Pretoria (the Premier mine is in this area), and Jagersfontein in the Orange...Localities. Lead is found in Sweden at the Harstig mine, Pajsberg; from the gold placers of the Ural Mountains...several localities in Chile, and from the Mohawk mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan; also from Lake Superior...chalcocite. Localities. Fine crystals from the Calabona mine, Alghero, Sardinia; other localities are Chile,
Book (volume)
minerals* (in the old sense of something buried. as in a mine). The materialist tendency in science steadily strengthened...Mineralogy it is stated that "minerals belong to mine ralogy, which is the study of mixed, composite,...major features, we get the following definition of a mine ral: Ani nor g ani c cry s tall i n e com p 0 n...hydroniccite Ni(OH)2, berndtite (stannisulite) SnS2' and melonite NiTe2' 12. Cadmium Chloride CdC1 2 Type. Trigonal...common elements, or CI, S, C, Mn, and H among the commoner ones. Of course, new minerals are constantly being
Book
with cubic symmetry charac- teristic of all the commoner species. A halide mineral that is widespread at...want to check this, you will have to visit a salt mine; halides are dissolved by groundwater if they are...walking and for work in such places as quarries and mine dumps. The second requirement is for old, expendable...Collectors working on the spoil tip ofa mine. Quarries and mine workings remain a fruitful source for...mineral species that constitute the bulk of the commoner rocks. Although the petrologist evidently must
Book (edition)
Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver...Lake Co., Breckenridge(*), Summit Co., Ground Hog mine(*), Gilman Co., Silverton and Telluride, San Juan...Ledge mine, Nevada Co., Jamestown, Tuolumne Co., Colorado quartz mine, Mariposa Co., Bonanza mine, Trinity...Trinity Co., Michigan Bluff district, Placer Co., in AK, placers at Fairbanks, Iditarod, and Nome, and quartz...quartz veins at Juneau. In Canada, Noranda district, PQ; Porcupine, Kirkland Lake, and Larder Lake deposits
Book
In the shafts and tunnels of a sixteenth-century mine INTRODUCTION arabic^groffcvinditaris.f} norrafludd9...with cubic symmetry charac¬ teristic of all the commoner species. A halide mineral that is widespread at...want to check this, you will have to visit a salt mine; halides are dissolved by groundwater if they are...walking and for work in such places as quarries and mine dumps. The second requirement is for old, expendable...Collectors working on the spoil tip of a mine. Quarries and mine workings remain a fruitful source for the
Report (issue)
.B3 Graph showing dates associated with all the mine sites on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...production, U.S. apparent consumption, and U.S. mine production of antimony from 1900 to 2012............................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine and refinery production and apparent consumption.....................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine production from 1950 to 2011......................F4. Pie chart showing percentage of world cobalt mine production in 2011, by country.................
Report (issue)
from references to the geographic term ''Mining District," especially in the pre-1920 literature. Widespread...descriptions, follows. listed, of all ; Partzite, 1867 Melonite, 1867 Mariposite, 1868 Calaverite, 1868 Metacinnabar...stone hammers and called his claim the Stone Hammer mine. This find aroused so much interest that the San...circumstance the location was named the Stone Hammer mine. "The State Mining Bureau reported at about the...region between Death Valley and Goff's Mining District, nearer the former, and that good samples were
Report (issue)
stone hammers, and called his claim the Stone Hammer mine. This find aroused so much interest that the San...circumstance the location was named the Stone Hammer mine. "The State Slining Bureau reported at about the...region between Death Valley and Goff's Mining District, nearer the former, and that good samples were...the museum of the Bureau. * * * "The turquoise district, as described by Mr. Eisen and others of the party... the most important, was the famous New Almaden mine, near San Jose, and the other, Last Chance Peak
Book
Age I ore of deposits, 18-20. constitutes a mine?, 20-23. CHAPTER II Origin op Ore Deposits 24-51...60. Black Hills Ores of gold, 52. ical 62. district, Pacific Cordilleran Placer mining, 84. Sierra...Geographical distribution, 114-122. district, Cordilleran district, 117. of extraction, 122-123. 114... 153. 145. Bingham, Utah, 154. The Alaskan district, 155. Geological horizon, 157. Methods of extraction...Appalachian district, replacement deposits, 201. Residual limonites, 202. Gossan Lake Superior district, 204-210
Book
between ionic radius and ionic charge for the commoner cations is shown in 4 GENERAL MINERALOGY Fig...FIG. 2. Jonie radii and ionic charges of the commoner elements. CRYSTALLOCHEMICAL CONCEPTS 7 to...or usually dispersed in the composition of the commoner minerals because their concentrations are insufficient...to gold tellurides (Transylvania; Colorado; Waihi mine in New Zealand; and Japan). As a rule the lower...sulphides and the 'iron hat' of the famous Rio Tinto mine, Spain. The most important gold deposit in the world
Book
Cnlorinewe sce Seatac eae KOU eraser ee ee eee InNVOnINE MINE AL atacey Seneee Phosphorus’ -) te. sew meae Suro...from the form to which they are parallel. The commoner prominent cleavages of minerals are illustrated...following table gives the specific gravities of the commoner rockmaking minerals and a few others: I. Specific...metals, as for example those of the Butte, Montana, district which yield copper, zinc, gold, silver, and lead...varieties. Streak: Cherry-red to reddish-brown in the commoner varieties to steel-gray in specular ore and black
Book
from the form to which they are parallel. The commoner prominent cleavages of minerals are illustrated...metals, as for example those of the Butte, Montana, district which yield copper, zinc, gold 1 silver, and lead...varieties. Streak: Cherry-red to reddish-brown in the commoner varieties to steel-gray in specular ore and black...suitable for propeller wheels, marine pumps, mine pumps, mine screens, roofing, and many other products... FeNi 3 , occurs in stream gravels in Oregon. MELONITE, NiTe 2 or Ni~Te 3 , is not knovvn in commercial
Book
contain non¬ standard abbreviations for some of the commoner journals: A.M., American Mineralogist, Bull.,...Al)16O34(Cl,SO4,CO3)4.0-6H2O, from a lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan province, Afghanistan. The...Greenish-blue hexagonal crystals from the Bou-Skour copper mine, Jebel Sarhro,* Ouazazate,* Morocco, have the composition...270. Natural /1-FeOOH, occurring at the Akagane mine, Iwate prefecture, Japan, and named from the locality...districts, Transvaal. Named from the Amosa asbestos mine, this word being formed of the initial letters of
Report (volume)
identified in the sulphide ores of .the Rambler mine in Wyoming. In the latter ores palladium is present...rather elaborate study of the distribution of the commoner elements with reference to the different magmas...chapter. To many volcanic \vators, goyser waters, mine waters, etc., it does not apply. Their discussion...Susquehanna shows the effects of contamination by coal-mine drainage. In analyses E, F, G, and H the alkalies...western branch All these streams are in the Alberta district, Canada. The analyses were made by F. G. were
 
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