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Sugilite from Kalahari Desert, Africa

South Africa
 
  • Northern Cape
    • John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality
      • Gamagara Local Municipality
(2016)
Moore, John M., Kuhn, Barbara K., Mark, Darren F., Tsikos, Harilaos (2011) A sugilite-bearing assemblage from the Wolhaarkop breccia, Bruce iron-ore mine, South Africa: Evidence for alkali metasomatism and 40Ar-39Ar dating. European Journal of Mineralogy, 23 (4) 661-673 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2011/0023-2117
Moore, John M., Kuhn, Barbara K., Mark, Darren F., Tsikos, Harilaos (2011) A sugilite-bearing assemblage from the Wolhaarkop breccia, Bruce iron-ore mine, South Africa: Evidence for alkali metasomatism and 40Ar-39Ar dating. European Journal of Mineralogy, 23 (4) 661-673 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2011/0023-2117
      • Joe Morolong Local Municipality
        • N'Chwaning Mines
Von Bezing, K.L., Dixon, R.D., Pohl, D., Cavallo, G. (1991) The Kalahari (Afrique du Sud) manganese field: an update. The Mineralogical Record: 22(3): 279-302.
Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .
Gu, Xiangping, Yang, Hexiong, Xie, Xiande, van Nieuwenhuizen, Jaco J., Downs, Robert T., Evans, Stanley H. (2019) Lipuite, a new manganese phyllosilicate mineral from the N'Chwaning III mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa. Mineralogical Magazine, 83 (5) 645-654 doi:10.1180/mgm.2019.12
Williams, P. A., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2015) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2014 and 2015. Newsletter No 23. Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (1) 51-58 doi:10.1180/minmag.2015.079.1.05
Williams, P. A., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2015) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2014 and 2015. Newsletter No 23. Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (1) 51-58 doi:10.1180/minmag.2015.079.1.05
Rumsey, M. S., Welch, M. D., Kampf, A. R., & Spratt, J. (2013). Diegogattaite, Na2CaCu2Si8O20· H2O: a new nanoporous copper sheet silicate from Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Republic of South Africa. Mineralogical Magazine, 77(8), 3155-3162.
Gnos, E., Armbruster, T., & Villa, I. M. (2003). Norrishite, K (Mn23+ Li) Si4O10 (O) 2, an oxymica associated with sugilite from the Wessels Mine, South Africa: Crystal chemistry and 40Ar-39Ar dating. American Mineralogist, 88(1), 189-194.
Giester, G., Rieck, B. (1996) Wesselsite, SrCu[Si4O10], a further new gillespite-group mineral from the Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. Mineralogical Magazine, 60 (402) 795-798 doi:10.1180/minmag.1996.060.402.09
Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .
Shigley, James E., Koivula, John I., Fryer, C. W. (1987) The occurrence and gemological properties of Wessels Mine sugilite. Gems & Gemology, 23 (2) 78-89 doi:10.5741/gems.23.2.78
Dunn, P. J., Brummer, J. J., Belsky, H. (1980) Sugilite, a second occurrence: Wessels mine, Kalahari manganese field, Republic of South Africa. The Canadian Mineralogist, 18 (1) 37-39
 
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