 | | Book | | North TsumebSpecial The Otavi Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland...s Onganja Mine and Surrounding Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits...__ Republic of Namibia The President State House W°Ntdhoek FOREWORD Namibia is endowed with an...from near and far. Fine mineral specimen from Namibia are displayed in all the famous natural science |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MITT.ÖSTERR.MINER.GES. 148 (2003) THE OTAVI MOUNTAIN LAND IN NAMIBIA: TSUMEB, GERMANIUM AND SNOWBALL EARTH...Neoproterozoic carbonate successions in the Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia, host a large number of polymetallic...Springs deposits, and are compared to the ores of Kombat and Berg Aukas. At Tsumeb, local pockets of germanite...structure. Massive Cu ore at the Khusib Springs mine is composed of tennantite, enargite, galena and...As, Sb, Ag, Ga, Mo, Sn, W and Re. Cu-Pb ores at Kombat and Zn-Pb ore at Berg Aukas generally carry lower |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...Specimens of fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...DRC as well (see figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens...common forms seen from most nearby localities in the region. Solid, botryoidal malachite samples are currently |  | | Book | | 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unpublished.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 (issue) | | von Predazzo in Italien • Tsumebit von Gross Otavi, Namibia • Neufunde Axinit und Epidot in Peru • USA-Museen:...bei Halle a.d. Saale 118 Tsumebit von Gross Otavi, Namibia 130 Neue Mineralien 134 Neue Funde von...Stufe mit gediegenem Lockensilber von der Bulldog Mine, Creed Mineral County, Colorado. Breite 6,2 cm ...schon von vielen sehnsüchtig erwartete neue Buch NAMIBIA n -total überarbeitet op aktuell mit allen neuen...zahlreiche ungewöhnliche Bergkristalle aus der Region Damara in Namibia.Mehrfach schon reiste Stefan |  | Kamona, A. F., Lévêque, J., Friedrich, G., Haack, U. (1999) Lead isotopes of the carbonate-hosted Kabwe, Tsumeb, and Kipushi Pb-Zn-Cu sulphide deposits in relation to Pan African orogenesis in the Damaran-Lufilian Fold Belt of Central Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 34 (3) 273-283 doi:10.1007/s001260050203 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Kabwe (PbZn) and Tsumeb (Pb-Zn-Cu) in Zambia and Namibia, respectively, have been measured and found to...Kamona (&) University of Namibia, Science Faculty, Private Bag l3301, Windhoek, Namibia J. LeÂveÃque Centre...mean l-value of 10.25 0.12 in the Copperbelt region of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo...deposit in Namibia which are shown to be related to upper crustal source rocks in the region. The isotopic...by-products of Ag, Cd, and V have been produced from the mine. At least 1.8 Mt (million tonnes) Zn and 0.8 Mt |  | | Journal (issue) | | by R. Z. Kothavala Rare minerals of the Kombat mine, Namibia ................................ 421 by....439 by S. Petrussenko Minerals of the Beltana mine, Puttapa, South A ustralia 449 by P. Elliot Columns...ichigan 49930 (906) 482-9560 Michigan native copper; mine owner; wholesale, retail 411 Museum o f Geological...stilbite on the specimens were typical of that region. Bill Birch (1977) similarly encountered cavansite...striking a deal with the quarry owner for the rights to mine specimens. Sparse sprays of cavansite encountered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cervelleite, AgoTeS,a new mineral from the Bambolla mine, Mexico, and a description of a photo-chemical reaction...was collected from the waste dumps of the Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora,Mexico. Cervelleite occurs as...presenceof OH or HrO. In specimensfrom the Socrates mine and from the Clear Creek claim, the mineral occursas.... 8 2 ;5 8 9 section of material from the Ikuno mine, Hyogo Prefec- 1 7 . 7 , 1 8 . 5 , 5 . 9 1 , 6 ...samplesof a drill core from the Page-Williams gold mine at Hemlo, 35 km east of Marathon, Ontario, near |  | | Catalog/List | | brown blades quite richly distributed in Kombat Pit, Otavi Hausmannite ~ountain_s.Namibia .. . Pinkish-brown...lxl £8 rich orange coatiing on matrix Moon Anchor Mine,Maricopa ½" £5 Pb Zn CrO SiO F County,_ Arizona...Violet micro crystals on I cm white matrix Fuka Mine. Oicchu-cho, 1cm £8 Ca y11 ~ Q~l__. __ . .. ~a\Vll~mi~gu...Greenish-yellow . relatively rich coating on Moon Anchor Mine. Mariposa 5mm £4 I cm £8 . _P~_Cu_qll(As__~) 011...Russia ½" £7 K Mn Nb Ti SiO OOH -- - ----Lucky Cuss Mine, lxl £8 lx2 £20 479 QUEITITE Many small white blades |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fe3+(SO4)4O(H2O)2, is a new mineral from the Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile...the interlayer region. Alcaparrosaite is named for the locality, the Alcaparrosa mine. Three cotype specimens...in Sb mineralization in the Western Carpathians region. Mineralized veins and stockworks of the Dúbrava...The first Cr-dominant amphibole from the Akaishi Mine, Higashi-Akaishi Mountain, Ehime Prefecture, Japan...discovered in a chromitite deposit in the Akaishi Mine, Higashi-Akaishi Mountain, Ehime Prefecture, Japan |  | | Book (edition) | | Pressure twins are commonly found in graphite or molybdenite, where they are easily identified. Optical properties...folded like paper. Left: Pressure twins in molybdenite. Penetration twins consist of two or more crystals...layered molybdite (olive to brown pleochroism) and molybdenite (grey bireflectance). Sedimentary Environments...sometimes weakly anisotropic grey shades, similar to molybdenite grey, orange, brown, blue 26 Emplectite Gratonite...grey; 33.02 medium grey; 32.86 grey, similar to molybdenite; 32.75 very weak Geocronite Zinckenite Semseyite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Mineralogy and paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California...plus an interesting range o f rare species. The mine, first opened in 1903, continues to produce fine...fine specimens. T INTRODUCTION The Little Three mine is one of several mines located on the Little Three...Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed in the Little Three...state o f Minas Gerais, Brazil, and St. A nne’s mine, Karoi district, Zimbabwe. Fine specimens of dark |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...spent the rest of their lives there as miners and mine captains. Cornish tradition favored the collecting...build his mineral collection. His job at the Moonta mine was sampling ore for the company’s assay office |  | Hazen, Robert M., Hummer, Daniel R., Hystad, Grethe, Downs, Robert T., Golden, Joshua J. (2016) Carbon mineral ecology: Predicting the undiscovered minerals of carbon. American Mineralogist, 101 (4) 889-906 doi:10.2138/am-2016-5546 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | these as yet undiscovered phases may occur near coal mine fires or in other thermally altered coal deposits...aqueous alteration and oxidative weathering. The Clara Mine in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany (Bucher et al. 2009;...this locality. Two localities in north-central Namibia have produced diverse C minerals, including several...Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag-Ge-Cd mineralized zones of Tsumeb, Namibia (Wilson 1977; Bowell 2014) boast 29 carbon mineral...[CaZn(CO3)2] of the dolomite group. The nearby Kombat Mine (Innes and Chaplin 1986; Dunn 1991), though less |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2) are isomorphic. Nambulite from the Funakozawa mine, Iwate, Japan, was first defined as a new species...crystal structure of nambulite from the Funakozawa mine and emphasized its close relation to that of babingtonite...discovered as an independent mineral from the Tanohata mine, Iwate, Japan (Matsubara et al. 1985). Mukhopadhyay...from the Kombat mine, Namibia (von Knorring et al. 1978; Dunn 1991), from the Cerchiara mine, Italy (Balestra... nambulite was discovered from the Fianel Fe-Mn mine, Val Ferrera, Graubünden, Switzerland (Nagashima |  | Batumike, M.J., Cailteux, J.L.H., Kampunzu, A.B. (2007) Lithostratigraphy, basin development, base metal deposits, and regional correlations of the Neoproterozoic Nguba and Kundelungu rock successions, central African Copperbelt. Gondwana Research, 11 (3) 432-447 doi:10.1016/j.gr.2006.04.012 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | increase southward in the Nguba basin. In the southern region, the Kyandamu Formation contains clasts from the...Ubendian belt (2.1–1.8 Ga) is observed in the “Domes region” (Unrug, 1988) and within the Katangan belt (Cahen...and by logging of borehole cores from the Kipushi mine. A total of 115 samples (30 from Bunkeya, 50 from...western part of the Lufilian Arc (Kolwezi-Tilwezembe region, Fig. 1) as an unsorted grey or greenish grey conglomerate...and may be faceted or striated. In the western region, this formation contains a continuous horizon that |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | new uranyl sulphate mineral from the Blue Lizard mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA. Mineralogical Magazine...new uranyl sulphate mineral from the Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon district, San Juan Co...A. (37°33′26″N 110°17′44″W). This underground U mine is host to a large number of rare Na-bearing secondary... rutile, monazite-(Ce), graphite, edgarite, molybdenite, tungstenite, alabandite, and others. Ekplexite...secondary arsenate mineral from the Cap Garonne mine, France. Mineralogical Magazine, 76(3), 769–775 |  | | Journal (issue) | | COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes . . . the holes, some...located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote a trainee miner, Jerry Dolph, concerning...an underground stope at Butte, Montana’s Kelley mine in the early 1970’s (Dolph, 1994). The wonderful...crystallized species, unusual associations, or individual mine localities. Similarly, the popular journals are |  | | Book | | who is to start an exploration venture in some region, how should he know if he is to study a monograph...satisfactory if the basins of various origins in a region share some common heritage, but to throw all heterogeneous...of Foreland Basins of the Alpine-Mediterranean Region. The pull-apart and back-arc basins on the shores...of the Sedimentary Basins of the Circum-Pacific Region. There are, of course, other sedimentary basins...National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia Private Bag 13196 Windhoek, Namibia A.S. EL HAWAT4 Department of |  | | Book | | papers and 19 geological maps in Western Australia, Namibia and Greenland. Throughout his career, which has...4.3.9 The Brandberg West Greisen Vein Systems, Namibia . . 4.3.10 The Kalguta Mo-W-Be-Bi Greisen System.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5.1 Navachab, Namibia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Cu Deposits of the Matchless Amphibolite Belt, Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7...5 The Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag-V Deposits of the Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | Kovrugin, Vadim M., Siidra, Oleg I., Zaitsev, Anatoly N., Spratt, John, Shilovskikh, Vladimir, Agakhanov, Atali A., Turner, Rick W. (2016) The crystal structure and composition of pottsite, (Pb3xBi4-2x)(VO4)4·H2O (0.8 x < 1.0) European Journal of Mineralogy, 28 (1) 137-145 doi:10.1127/ejm/2015/0027-2479 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rre ct ed Abstract: Pottsite from the Linka mine (Nevada, USA) was studied by scanning electron microscopy...vanadate mineral; lead; bismuth; oxidized zone; Linka Mine. 1 1. Introduction 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pottsite...the Linka tungsten Mine northwest of Potts, Lander County, Nevada, USA. The mine exploited a disseminated...assemblage are vanadinite, powellite replacing molybdenite, chrysocolla, an unknown copper vanadate, and...investigation was from material collected at the Linka Mine in the late 1990’s by the American mineral collector |  | | Catalog/List | | extremely ine, specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine of Tiger, Arizona: now a vanished place alive only...starting Jewel Tunnel Imports (JTI) he added Tsumeb, Namibia, to his yearly around-the-world buying trips. Traveling...potential mineral buying area, or go into another mine. He travelled to areas that had seen few Americans...Atacama Desert to collect Underground Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia, 1993. "RPG," Artigas, Uruguay...collection that he donated to the Neto and Ed Swoboda to mine University of Arizona RRUFF Project. Another was |  | | Book | | K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 •nH20, ® Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4=...*21120, Mon. Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D( |  | | Book (edition) | | MINE andtheir LOCALITIES JAN H. BERNARD AND JAROSLAV HYRSL INERALS DESCRIBED SINCE 2004 MINERALS...25111111, Naipa mine, Mozambique Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As deposit, Takab region, Iran Grandviewite...Domafov, Czech Rep. Juangodoyite, 60111111, Santa Rosa mine, Chile Back cover photo: Ho/fertile on hematite...piment pseudomo,phs after realga,; 75 mm, Palomo mine, Pen, Page 3: Stepite on arsenic, 45 111111,Jachymov...2(4) - 4.0(6) - 2.58(10) - 2.04(5). At the Kiura mine, Saiki City, Oita pref., Japan. IMA 2012-101. Adolfpateraite |  | | Catalog/List | | pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4...NATIVE BISMUTH, pure silvery mass with possible Molybdenite. About l/2ins size. (Wolfram Camp North Queensland...guite rich black masses in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL...CO/3 0 Quite rich yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins |
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