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Meieranite from
Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Meieranite
Formula:Na2Sr3MgSi6O17
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sugiliteⓘ2 photos of Meieranite associated with Sugilite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Meieranite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:929277
Long-form Identifier:1:3:929277:2
GUID (UUID V4):f2ee1565-cb62-4850-9d07-848c48f0c7e6
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3749/canmin.1800067 MEIERANITE, Na2Sr3MgSi6O17, A NEW MINERAL FROM THE WESSELS MINE, KALAHARI MANGANESE...MANGANESE FIELDS, SOUTH AFRICA HEXIONG YANG§ Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th Street...School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China ROBERT...NIEUWENHUIZEN Plot 968, Alheit, Kakamas 8870, Northern Cape, South Africa ROBERT M. LAVINSKY P.O. BOX 830460,...mineral species, meieranite, ideally Na2Sr3MgSi6O17, has been found in the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PO Box 524, Auckland Park 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za Lucas Becker photo. T Jacobus...N’Chwaning III mine in the Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Crystals are...180   ROCKS & MINERALS aniajacoite is named after South African married couple Jacobus “Jaco” Stephanus...Heidelberg in what was then the Transvaal Province, South Africa, and grew up on a farm located between Bethal...three years before relocating to Kakamas in Northern Cape Province. This town is situated on the Orange
Report (issue)
Meieranite Na2Sr3MgSi6O17 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic. Point Group: mm2. As isolated aggregates of...= 4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Wessels mine, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. 2.990 (100), 2.800 (84)...52 0.69 0.56 100.12 (1) Wessels mine, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; average of 9 electron microprobe...Distribution: From the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Name: Honors...and X. Xie (2019) Meieranite, Na2Sr3MgSi6O17, a new mineral from the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com E Eugene “Gene” Stuart Meieran (b. 1937) Meieranite, Na2Sr3MgSi6O17, is a newly discovered member...in the Wessels mine, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa (Yang...pectolite. Granular aggregates of pale blue to blue meieranite are less than 0.5 mm in all dimensions. The association...parting or twinning when observed macroscopically. Meieranite is brittle with a Mohs hardness of 5.5 and a...2019   573 Meieranite, 3.1 × 1.3 cm, Wessels mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa. This is half
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za SUGILITE Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field Northern Cape Province...Province, South Africa P urple is a relatively uncommon color in the mineral world, and one of the most...Kalahari manganese field in South Africa and in one mine in particular, the Wessels mine (Dixon 1985). If it...it were not for the South African deposits, sugilite would be considered a rare mineral. Sugilite, KNa(Fe2+...History in Washington, D.C. The Wessels mine sugilite in South Africa sets the benchmark for sugilite
Report (issue)
Diffraction Pattern: Wessels mine, Kalahari Mn fields, N. Cape Province, South Africa. 2.538 (100), 8.008...67] 100.40 (1) Wessels mine, Kalahari Mn fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; average electron...Association: Meieranite, sugilite, aegirine, pectolite, yuzuxiangite. Distribution: At the Wessels mine, Kalahari...Kalahari Mn fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Name: Honors James (Jim) A. McGlasson, a retired...retired exploration geologist, mine manager, and consultant. For his dedication to education as former president
Journal (issue)
doing what he loved: field collecting at an old mine in Nevada. Alabandite from the George Nolan Pegmatite...in central Africa that was developed and named after Cecil Rhodes. The British South Africa Company administered...became a self-governing British colony in 1923 and Northern Rhodesia a British protectorate in 1911. (Continued...Bob knew how to do it all. In addition, Bob had mine signs, ore cars and innumerable publications and...underground collecting episode was with Bob at the Oriole Mine in Nevada a few years ago, where we mined scheelite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral from the N’Chwaning III mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa Xiangping Gu*1 , Hexiong Yang2...School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China; 2Department...and 4Plot 968, Alheit, Kakamas 8870, Northern Cape, South Africa Abstract A new phyllosilicate mineral...N’Chwaning III mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. It occurs...Kalahari Manganese Fields in the North Cape Province of South Africa hosts the largest manganese resource
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption...2014-105 Honzaite Ni2(AsO3OH)2·5H2O Jáchymov ore district, western Bohemia, Czech Republic Jiřı́ Sejkora*...Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption...Si4O11(OH)4·2H2O N’Chwaning III mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (27Âș7’50.81’’S,...Stanislav 531 No. 2015-002 Apexite NaMg(PO4)·9H2O Apex mine, about 4.5 km SSW of Austin, Lander Co., Nevada
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nordite supergroup from Ilímaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland. Emil H. Gulbransen1* , Henrik Friis1...nordite supergroup from Ilímaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland.. Mineralogical Magazine 86, 141–149....(Upton, 2013). The Taseq Slope is situated in the northern part of Ilímaussaq and predominantly consists...Manganonordite-(Ce) Illoqite-(Ce) Unassigned member Meieranite Na3SrLaZnSi6O17 Na3SrCeZnSi6O17 Na3SrLaFeSi6O17...Manganonordite-(Ce) Illoqite-(Ce) Unassigned member Meieranite A’ Na2 Na2 Na2 Na2 Na2 Na2 Na Sr B X Y
 
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