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Amethyst from
Kariba Mine, Zimba District, Southern Province, Zambia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amethyst data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kariba Mine, Zimba District, Southern Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:818718
Long-form Identifier:1:3:818718:5
GUID (UUID V4):22ddf4c8-657c-49ce-b2f0-2f3566568ddf
Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst
85.5km (53.1 miles) ā“˜amethyst showing, Gurambira, Hwange District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
.^aU I i GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA SIMPLIFIED ,J^ljTangonyiko LEGEND ā–” 200 M^Iq"... In the same series A guide to the Insects of Zambia Elliot Pinhey and Ian Loe A guide to the National...DWoecraite of Zambia by GERALD COORAY, PhD, DIC, FGS Professor of Geology, University of Zambia and ANDREW...PhD Formerly Lecturer in Geology, University of Zambia colour illustrations by GOODFELLOW PHIRI Group...rocks Industrial minerals Outline of the Geology of Zambia 34 14 Radioactive minerals METALLIC MINERALS
Journal (issue)
are: chrysoberyl, alexandrite, sapphires, garnet, amethyst, topaz (ā€œSomabula blueā€ and white), aquamarine...symposium, this year ambitiously being held in Kariba with promises of an interesting field trip along...will have a very special symposium this year in Kariba, both in session and on lake! The 20th November...with Karoo lithologies at the west end of Lake Kariba and a further four within the Limpopo Metamorphic...2006) The River Ranch Kimberlite The River Ranch Mine is located 12.5 km westā€“northwest of the border
Report (volume)
carbonatites have been reported only in the Okorusu district of Namibia. Fluorspar production from Africa through...where possible, give the name of the deposit or district, location, geologic environment, resources, grade...large deposits in Kenya, Morocco, and the Marico district of South Africa. Pipelike bodies of fluorspar...in granite are mined extensively at the Buffalo Mine in South Africa. Contact zones containing fluorspar...yielded a small amount of fluorspar in the Marico district of South Africa. TABLE 1.- Fluorite in Africa
Other Paper
Appendix II-2 Structure of Mineral Rights in Zambia Type of Right Place of Application Required Documents...Countries Prospecting (Exploration) Country Zambia Duration for approval 2 years, twice renewable...Feasibility Study Mine construction Stage Exploration Exploration West Central Zambia 265km northeast...37-year mine life. Appendix II-5 (1) Mineral Development and Exploration Projects in Zambia 1 84...Minerals Copper Copper 6 /Phelps Dodge Mining (Zambia) African Eagle Resources (UK) Copper Commodity
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A stretch of rocky coastline near the Rio Marina mine on the Isle of Elba: great mineralhunting terrain...other sulphide minerals can all be obtained from old mine spoil heaps. All over Britain, disused spoil heaps...and avoid fenced-off areas that may contain hidden mine shafts and old adits. In the south Pennines of Derbyshire...pillars tl1at support the cavern roof. The Lake District and the northern Pennines arc other prime sites...walked along: they didn't need to pan the rivers or mine the hills, all they had to do was bend down and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Avenue, Binghamton, N e w From Alaska, the "Southern U.S.A.," (the other 4 y states), and Canada, we...ROCKS AND MINERALS York ing out in the dirt. Amethyst crystals are for sale everywhere; otherwise, no...also found in the group of G o y / u s s i f e Mine. 629 Downloaded by [University of Florida] at...implications. We also went to the Mine Museum and "Big Hole" (DeBeers Mine). We saw the processing Spot...squeezing of diamonds from the dirt brought up from the mine, to sorting, grading, and exhibiting of the many
Journal (issue)
marketed, and merchandized. In diamonds especially, the mine-to-market process has been severely tested. Vertical...South America (Brazil and Colombia), central and southern Asia (Sri Lanka, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan...sources for diamonds were Australia, central and southern Africa (Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, Angola...Madagascar; a wide variety of colored stones from southern Tanzania; spessartine garnet from Nigeria and...that show several major gem-producing regions (southern Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia
Journal (issue)
58 60 62 64 66 Industry News Kagem Mining in Zambia Plans to Double Production in Coming Five Years...Kagem Mining in Zambia Plans to Double Production in Coming Five Years Gemfieldsā€™ Kagem Mine. K agem Mining...Mining, the largest emerald producer in Zambia, plans to double production in the coming five years as...officer. ā€œIt is an ambitious program as it will put Zambia at the top of the world market but we will need...media briefing. Gemfields has revived the emerald mine, since acquiring a share in 2008, by investing heavily
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the Chuncheon area, north east of Seoul, in the Province of Kangwondo, which is in the central part of...Ch'unch'on). Annual production of the nephrite mine (the Daeil Mine) is reported to be approximately 80 000-90...map of nephrite mine area, Chuncheon, Korea. Occurrences The geology of the nephrite mine area consists...1995,24, 8 549 Fig. 3. Mine workers remove nephrite ore at the Daeil Mine, Chuncheon, Korea. The nephrite...Acknowledgements I thank the Daeil Mine for allowing access to the mine. Thanks are also due to S.E. Lee
Journal (issue)
Rough emeralds mined by Gemfields at the Kagem mine in Zambia. (Photo courtesy of Gemfields) CONTENTS Foreword...How Zambia Transformed Its Emerald Industry The New Dynamics of the Colombian Emerald Sector Mine Tour...Emerald Mines Education 44 50 Education and the Mine-to-Market Story Beautifying Emeralds - The Perennial...Russia: The Geology and Gemology of the Malyshev Mine Emerald Origins 88 98 106 78 4 InColor ā€« ׀ā€¬Special...about 60% and the country now finds itself trailing Zambia. Against this background, when Fedesmeraldas, the
Show/Event (guide)
Booth#: W10 Aquamarine, tourmaline, tanzanite, amethyst, citrine, quartz and morganite stones. BRILLIANT... cut & polished opal, aquamarine, tourmaline, amethyst, garnet, peridot & sapphire. EXPRESSION FINE...beads. KARIBA MINERALS LIMITED Plot 11901, Kakota Road, P.O. Box 37080 Lusaka, Lusaka Zambia Tel: +260-211-841-059...+260-211-841-059 www.karibaminerals.com Booth#: TBA Amethyst, rough, polished mining. KCT IMPEX CO., LTD....Rough stones and precious gems from Brazil. OPAL MINE LTD. B4, 6/F, Burlington House 92 Nathan Road, Hong
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photo courtesy of : Wikimedia commons/European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) http://www.eso.org/public/images/milkyway...eventually craze, the material from the Wollo Province region is considerably more stable. Francesco...descriptive visual tour of his travels into the mining district. Noting that there was literally tons of gem material...deposits in Mezezo, (Shewa Province). Located 250 km north is Wegel Tena, Wollo Province, where the opal fields...those from the initial finds in Mezezo (Shewa Province). While generalizations regarding which site might
Journal (issue)
Polished Sapphires from Potentate Miningā€™s Rock Creek Mine in westcentral Montana. All sapphires are natural...Tanzanians Acquire Tanzanite Oneā€™s Stake In STAMICO Zambia Raises Mining Royalty Tax Despite Minersā€™ Complaints...Instruments Cover Feature 46 The Rock Creek Sapphire Mine of Montana Mining 58 The Mines of The New Black...firm in a joint venture most sapphires from the mine have been blue but there with the state mining...important milestone the Mererani hills of Simanjiro district and was a consortium for Richland in developing
Book
MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...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...Bahmann, 2006a; Von Bezing, Bode and Jahn, 2014). ZAMBIA [NORTHERN RHODESIA] Mwinilunga. See this entry
Journal (issue)
etching, in quartz crystals from Indiaā€™s Jalgaon District. NOTES AND NEW TECHNIQUES 82 Characteristics...colored stones ā€¢ Cultured pearl market ā€¢ Moroccan amethyst ā€¢ Emerald dealing in Afghanistan ā€¢ Montana sapphire...escaped during a raid of Portuguese settlements in southern Brazil led by the English privateer Thomas Cavendish...Roggewein, the Portuguese had discovered a diamond mine not far from St Sebastian [a coastal village near...leading exporter. To properly dredge, reroute, and mine the rivers around Diamantina required hard manual
Journal (issue)
this issue: new dendritic opals are described from Zambia and a new appearance in the trade of a star ruby...Barot and Harding (1993,1994), who quoted Kitui in southern Kenya, a new locality for mostly pale-coloured...dyeing process is the Mysore-Karnataka area in southern India, which supplied a great quantity of pale-coloured...translation of Polo's text): Polo's text BADASHAN is a Province inhabited by people who worship Mahommet, and...the royalty is hereditary... .. .It is in this province that those fine and valuable gems the Balas Rubies
Book
(field of view 8 cm). Figure 1.3 An opencast iron ore mine (Postmasburg, South Africa). 7 microscopes, or...illustrating a variety of habits and colours (various southern African specimens, front centre 13 cm). 8 2...from Kayes region, Mali); (C) grossular (Jeffrey mine, Canada, 5.6 cm); and (D) spessartine (Marienfluss...sequential patterns as the crystal grew (Messina mine, South Africa, 8.5 cm). (D) (C) Crystals that...Examples of twinning: (B) V-twinned cerussite (Kombat mine, Namibia, 4 cm); (C) twinned calcite crystals studded
Journal (issue)
moving products from mine to consumer. The main cover image was taken at the Anahƌ mine in Bolivia, a major...Metales del Oriente examines some of the larger amethyst specimens. The gems in the foreground are: (1)...instrumentation such as LA-ICPMSā€”once primarily the province of academiaā€”became a fixture in many gemological...were combined under the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court of New Jersey 168 PRODUCTION AND MARKETS...of the company (Even-Zohar, 2007). Because of the mine closures, De Beersā€™s market share by volume fell
Journal (issue)
Chocolatebrown Opal Inclutsfbns in Gemstones Natural Amethyst hi 1 ( i e m m o i o t i u M l Asstvi.it inn ...intermittently from the eluvial soils of Chimwadzulu Hill, southern Malawi, since the 1960s. Previous, small-scale...analytical methods A total of 25 representative run-of-mine samples of uncut gem quality rubies, natural pale...from Chimwadzulu and some background information on mine production. The author is grateful to Ian Gill,...Gilson N-type synthetic emerald, a large synthetic amethyst and an annealed synthetic diamond are considered
Report (issue)
Stefan Weiss Page 32 Beryl from the Pegmatites of Southern California Jesse Fisher Page 20 Discovery Stoppaniite...Beryl in Australia Dermot Henry Page 78 Beryl from Southern Africa Bruce Cairncross Page 84 Brazilian Beryl...crystal weighed 455 kilograms. 2m: The Queen Anne mine in Zimbabwe has produced crystals up to 2 meters...near Sabsar, on the Gilgit to Skardu Road, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Collection Ty Lawrence;...and quartz; 15 cm from the Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan Because it is associated
Journal (issue)
SUMMER 2011 87 PHOTOMONTAGE Right: Pala Chief mine owner Bob Dawson (blue shirt) shows the former location...courtesy of Gene Meieran. FIELD TRIPS Above: Stewart mine owner Blue Sheppard ( far left) takes guests underground;...Mark Mauthner explains the geology of the Oceanview mine. Far left: John Chapman ponders a photo of a crystal...left: Rob Ayotte studies a sample from the Stewart mine; Abhay Mehta admires the Balboa Park Carousel egg...of any U.S. city belonged to Boulder, Colorado. Southern California also scored high, while the metric
Book
Western Sahara (under Moroccan administration) Zambia Zimbabwe 142 146 148 152 156 160 162 168 172 176...economic development on the continent. In several southern African countries, from about 20 to 35% of the...sediments. 10 Fig. 3 Geological sketch map of the southern part of the Kenya Colony and the northern part...naturalist Gustav A. Fischer mapped the rift grabens of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. Notably is a detailed...geological map of the Karoo Basin and adjacent areas in southern Africa been prepared (Rogers, 1905) (Fig. 4).
Journal (issue)
Branch: M. P. Gayton, F.G.A. South Yorkshire & District Branch: M. W. Eldridge, M.B., Ch.B., F.G.A. Examiners:...'Quartz . . . the name first appeared in the mining district of Bohemia in the 14th century, and appears to...considering massive quartz, not rock crystal or amethyst, etc., which had been known generations before;...'kwartz', etc. The older gem names: 'crystal', 'amethyst' and 'citrine' (again, Agricola is the first to...that of February. The birthstone of the month is Amethyst. This gem belongs to the quartz group so, in the
Journal (issue)
k and Mong Hsu ) Thailand and Ken ya (john Saul Mine). A prog rammed calculation process ma y transform...geologically youthful terrains, e.g New Zealand and Southern Chile, mining companies sometimes use a 'pan concentrate'...mineral concentrate accumulated at an alluvial gold mine, Bell Hill, Westland, NZ. After a week's operation...Ltd in their prospecting for scheelite in the Southern Alps of New Zealand was to examine the residues...process. K.A.R. Low-calcium garnet harzburgites from southern Africa: their relations to craton structure and
Journal (volume)
Mexico. Eight-sided crystals from the Traversella mine, Piedmont, Italy. .&. crystals. It can also be...colour varieties (pink - rose quartz; purple - amethyst; black cairngormL crystal Structure - This defines...diameterl are found , lined with crystals such as amethyst. Habit- This is the actual method of measuring...turquoise, garnet, aquamarine, jade, moonstone, and amethyst and other forms of quartz. However, in the past...De Agostini website at: CEMSTONES_ _ _ _ _ __ Amethyst AM Demantoid DE UK: AUS: SA: NZ: www.deagostini
 
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