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Kyanite from
Natas Mine, Natas Farm 220, Gamsberg area, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kyanite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kyanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Natas Mine, Natas Farm 220, Gamsberg area, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:655286
Long-form Identifier:1:3:655286:2
GUID (UUID V4):0b49df7a-7623-41cf-a7f1-f513c281fa26
Nearest other occurrences of Kyanite
34.5km (21.5 miles) Niedersachsen Farm 4, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
50.1km (31.1 miles) Schlesien Farm 483, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
51.5km (32.0 miles) Morgenroth Farm 17, Gamsberg area, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
92.2km (57.3 miles) Rehoboth Oos Farm 301, Rehoboth Urban West, Hardap Region, Namibia
94.8km (58.9 miles) Uisib Farm 298, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
95.5km (59.3 miles) Vogelpan Farm 297, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
95.8km (59.5 miles) Krumhuk Farm 30, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
95.8km (59.5 miles) Gorob Mine, Walvis Bay Rural, Erongo Region, Namibia
97.7km (60.7 miles) Gocheganas Farm 26, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
AiAiba / farm Anibib 136 8 Grosse Spitzkoppe, Erongo 9 , .,/, loringa tree . Khomas Highland...Highland with Gamsberg 11 lnselberge, Helmeringhausen 2 AiAiba 3 Rail ay station Garub near Aus Nature...Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...RossingMountains The Central Escarpment- The Nauchas-Gamsberg-Hakos Area West and South of Rehoboth The Central and...s Onganja Mine and Surrounding Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and
Catalog/List
it collected when the Tsumeb Mine (as well as other mines of the region) were still in production in...engineering work took him to the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia. This mine is renowned for producing what are arguably...remote and desert-like "Sperrgebiet" area of the southern coast of Namibia, with its fabulous wealth of gem...Ian’s interest stems from the family trips to Namibia, including the mines of Tsumeb. He worked with... 57001 Azurite Level 8, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia If the attachment point on the
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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)
apa[ite, zircon and the andalusite-sillimanite-kyanite group of minerals. Mineralsof the middleand uppervein...quartz, all of which showedcrystal faces. In the Natas mine in middle South-West Africa such a vein in ...apparentlydepositedat higher temperaturesthan the Natas vein and has decidedlypegmatiticcharacteristics...feetwide,9 feetlongand2 feetthickwasfound on the farm Hella, Stokkendistrict,near Arendal, Norway.•6 ...giantswas a perthiticmicroclinecrystal mined on the farm Tveit, Iveland district, north of Kristiansand.
Catalog/List
sunbust effect , cut and polished slab 2.5 xl .5 Mine de L' Etoile Congo £20 3. LEPIDOLITE, choice display...NATIVE SILVER thin sheet about lxl.5 inches La Noria mine, San Martin, Zacatecas Mexico £15 , 16. NATIVE COPPER...nice Ix 2.5 inch exposed cleavage surface. Mission Mine, Pima County, Arizona USA £25 17. GRAPHITE, pure...up well for display. interesting location Niobec Mine, Quebec, Canada £25 19. PYRITE a very sharp 2cm...GALENA on PYRRHOTITE platy crystals in a one inch area on 1.5 xl .5 matrix, thin hexagonal plates of Pyrrhotite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
spektering i omradet oeh dessa ledde . till att Svenska Kyanite A B borjade bry ta kyanitmalm i H alsjoberg 1984...avslojar nodvandigtvis Fe/Mg forh allandet , men bar natas att seorzaliten ar merkbla . Seorz aliten ar vanligast...dir. Ulf Juvel och ing. Mats Grasberg pa Svenska Kyanite AB , for deras hjalp. Fredrik Grensman 1988 REFERENSER
Catalog/List
massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...x2 £ 1.50 2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting...~-------·-·-- ·· -·· 1077 ■■ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black...Kola Russia 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with
Journal (issue)
er av norsk materiale. Men det er ved de fleste mine ral og bergarter grovt angitt forekomster i Norge...desidert beste 6" slipemaskin. Kun diamantskiver. (80, 220, 280, 600, 1200 og 140001<). Intet vannsel (resirkulering)...spektering i omradet oeh dessa ledde . till att Svenska Kyanite A B borjade bry ta kyanitmalm i H alsjoberg 1984...avslojar nodvandigtvis Fe/Mg forh allandet , men bar natas att seorzaliten ar merkbla . Seorz aliten ar vanligast...dir. Ulf Juvel och ing. Mats Grasberg pa Svenska Kyanite AB , for deras hjalp. Fredrik Grensman 1988 REFERENSER
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was a site on what was known in 1887 as the Yale Farm, about two miles northeast of the town of Litchfield...localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...is not common in the metasedimentary rocks of the area which host these species, but "reasonably good"...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
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...only about distance from a better known town in the area but also about the administrative regional units...abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country...by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided...United States or of the Upper Silesian historical region in Poland, where the importance of ore-bearing
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F'otografie: Fotobanka Granit (l 00), Petr Korbel (220), Geza Kulcsar (16), Jeffry A. Scovil (331 ), Sandor...Tsumeb, Namibia and Chessy, France. Crystals up to 140mm (5½ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine, Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
above-mentioned groups of Secondary strata developed in this region. II. Kx~oo BEDs. a. Fossil Flora of the Karoo...posterior is truncated, with a large oblique flattened area, which is plieated by close-set, longitudinal, dentieulated...the front also is more curved, and the ~osterior area is less oblique. T. costata is represented in the...cost~e occupy the remaining portion of the ailal area, and denticulate the hinge-line, which is straight...CucvT.I,.mi (]KiCl~OD0~I)A~EXST0~I, Sharpo, sp. Area Atherstoni, Sharpe, s Trans. 2nd ser. vol. vii.
Book
vary in different crystallographic directions, eg kyanite 110 --- various shades of colour or in quite...This property is seen most clearly in columnar kyanite (see Fig. 3) or calcite. Crystals intended for...characteristic crystal forms C tricltn ic (2) albite kyanite gypsum realgar chalcanthite sassolite rhodonite...are dependent upon the geological structure of the area, ie on conditions favourable for the occurrence...local authorities for permis- sion to enter an area and to collect minerals. What the individual collects
Report (issue)
and microcline from Pakistan's world famous Gilgit area. The schorl is 4. 7 cm high. Photo Jeff Scovil;...elbaite crystals with lepidolite from the Golconda Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil by Eberhard Equit, 1993...circa 1910 view of the old mine portal on the north side of the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, CA....suspicion is, at present, unfounded. The Bower Powers Farm in Pierrepont, New York has been the source of fine...the Sludyanka complex in the southern Lake Baikal region of Russia. Six New Species Today, this team has
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Fptografie: Fotobanka Granit (100), Petr Korbel (220), Geza Kulcsar (16), Jeffry A. Scovil (331), Sandor...Tsumcb, Namibia and Chessy. France. Crystals up to 140mm (5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...110 mm (47.6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets
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illustrated Encyclopedi of the World’s Rocks and Mine re L A R E N MI OF THE WORLD Rudolf Duda and...vary in different crystallographic directions, eg kyanite various shades of colour or in quite different...This property is seen most clearly in columnar kyanite (see Fig. 3) or calcite. Crystals intended for...a*#+bFc triclinic (2) at p#y#90° ees HI albite kyanite chalcanthite sassolite rhodonite {_L/ monoclinic...where and how are minerals found? sion to enter an area and to collect minerals. What the individual collects
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1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...including amateur col- lectors, company executives, mine owners, and vari- in the appropriate position.
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chemical to how to clas- analyses to deter- — mine one of the fundamental properties of minerals the... Even if one by collecting them, lives in a region that many specimens, it is possible to find something...the mineral, in an inconspicuous place, a small area of white this is dry, to write a unique number...color, such as the light green color in blue in kyanite and sapphire. In higher quantities, the combination...one end and not the other. Whereas in the past, natas pyroelectricity. This property were used as radio-oscillator
Book (volume)
04. 169 1, top /or 175 192 198 *210 216 *220 225 *229 231 Fe 0.32 reaJ Rem. A nal. , is Fe...and the corresponding citation (Hudson Bay 309 mine). in Ref. 4, line Z, for 670 read 676. 310 in...say that this guarantee did much to deterrepaid. mine the award of the grant. To Mr. W. 0. Wiley, Chairman...especially since these language groups. ^^ and the region or country is Roumania. Alteration 9. In the... vol. 1-96. Index: 1-100; 101-116; 117-164; 165-220; 221-276; 277-328; 329-380; 381-430; 431-500. Ann
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places of extreme differentiation (e.g., at the Frood Mine and at Insizwa) bismuth and tellurium minerals are... The peculiar bornite occurrences in the Ookiep area, Cape Province, are on one hand typical transition...(1940). 12 T H E ORE MINERALS FIG. 4 80 X Mouat Mine, Stillwater Valley, Montana RAMDOHR From a border...("solutions", "melts", and " v a p o r s ' " in this region are not sharply distinguishable). However, this...graphite graphite graphite graphite platinum kyanite ± corundum niobates + tantalates Li + Rb + Cs
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The original Turin Papyrus of the Egyptian gold mine (circa 1320 B.C.), the oldest geological map extant...script on the Turin Papyrus of the Egyptian gold mine (after Ball, 1942; see chapter 3). GOLD History...Magmas. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1923, pp. 707-709 9-2 FARM IN, R.: Host-Rock Inflation by Veins and Dikes at...Economic Geology: Placer Gold / 504 Beauceville Map-area, Quebec, Canada Geol. Survey Mem. 127. 1921, pp...Enrichment and Supergene Transport of Gold, Calhoun Mine, Lumpkin County, Georgia I 581 Econ. Geology 66:178
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different hardnesses in different directions. Kyanite, with a hardness of 4 - 5 parallel to the length...____SS¥1D_ALIAVUD "SAS SwuyWaW*W3HD 9Td193dS*7 area _____TTUS* SW OT + VL3N-SS39IV_4SNA *S9AI9 YOO...BLINTHINYI BATIN39UY S*2-_Z BLINTMIV S*2- 2 WATYNTIBL-NaTaS _s*z-_Z SLINVHABLS S*2ss ai17a3¥enva S*z- 2 z a113s0r...FIVOSNIHINA-3¥VY *OATD T*YLIA “WINYD‘ASH*OTANIGGNISd‘H IAL "913 220% F3L1GIOIIYL HLIM-93d “SOIIV-IOS "9NI9 T *ASYD “BWOHYOGNASd*YINYD...0, (Amphibole) Koenenite- sMggAl (OH), 901, Kyanite--Al,0($i0,) 2 Hinsdal ite. .(Pb,Sr)Al,(PO,,)
 
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