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Vesuvianite from
Ity mine, Zouan-Hounien Department, Tonkpi, Montagnes, Ivory Coast


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Vesuvianite
Formula:Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vesuvianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ity mine, Zouan-Hounien Department, Tonkpi, Montagnes, Ivory Coast
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:977484
Long-form Identifier:1:3:977484:1
GUID (UUID V4):33f3a773-d0bc-4726-bc72-f81538479aea
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A weathered skarn-type mineralization in Ivory Coast: The Ity gold deposit Didier Béziat a,⁎, Luc Siebenaller...Birimian Ivory Coast Gold mineralization Saprolitic zone Skarn a b s t r a c t Although the Ity deposit...operating mine in Ivory Coast, very few studies exist on this deposit. It is situated in Western Ivory Coast...Abidjan. The mine is presently operated and mined by SMI (Société des mines d'Ity — Society of Ity Mines),...in the Ity area form a cluster of mining operations of various sizes (Flotouo, Zia, Mont Ity), hosted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
wishes to ob­ tain specimens from this famous local­ ity. Magnet Cove lies in southwestcentral Arkansas about...the associated minerals have been obtained. Vesuvianite, dysanalyte, magnetite crystals and carbonate-apatite...collectors. Many minerals reported from this local­ ity are present only in microscopic form or are materials...Sedimentary Rocks 1. 2. 3. 4. Calcite Hill Titanium Mine Molybdenite Prospect Brookite Prospect MAGNET ...E M B E R 1976 in the vicinity of the titanium mine. Specimens showing well developed crystal faces
Journal (issue)
Jump Mountain. At the Howell iron mine outcrop, just below the copper mine, con siderable talcose schist...hill below the outcrops of iron ore at the Howell mine, but we had no light to explore this. The tunnel...contenta was noticed, except possibly at the Stinson mine. The marble quarry on the Hope-Danville road, seemed...pyrite. In a sample of lean. ore from the Stinson Mine was a little rhodonite. The rather common occurrence...This referred, to the “Old Silver Mine”: just below, the Davis Mine. The “slags” were examined and proved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
formerly Assistant professor of Geo- RADIOACTIV ITY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS 817 had previously found...localization of the radioactive elements RADIOACTIV ITY AND M I NERAL DEPOSITS 819 in minor accessoryminerals...porphry collected by E. L. E]ru.rr from the Hollinger Mine averaged 0.47. The darker-colored varieties tended...activities were obtained for minerals from the Franklin mine, and the average for Franklin minerals was somewhat...olivine (separated from magnetite) Vesuvianite, beryllium-vesuvianite and apatite Schefferite,magnetite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abstract A previously-reported cerium-rich vesuvianite from San Benito County, California, was reinvestigated...techniques. The material was shown to be a variety of vesuvianite with space group p4/nnc, a : 1 5 . 6 3 1 - 1...analysesshow the mineral to correspondto a generalized vesuvianite formula, (Ca,RE),r_"(Mg,Fes+,Mn,Ti,Al)1sysir8(O...grains examined are non-pleochroic. Cerian vesuvianite was originally reported from San Benito County...by Delbert L. Oswald, head of the mineralogy department at the Carnegie MuSingle crystalswere studied
Journal (issue)
. ................................. ...882 VESUVIANITE. By Dr. Lloyd W . Fisher .......................... .. .. ····························905 VESUVIANITE CRYSTALS FROM ESSEX COUNTY, N. Y. By E. B. Rou...showing Two Errors In the last issue of Ro,kj 011d Mine,-aJJ an unfortunate error occurred on page 804 in...some matrix. is an attractive mineral specimen. Vesuvianite is generally mentioned in textbooks as a fairly...metamorphosed limestone. But the literature on Vesuvianite insofar as its specific localities and types
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1910). At one time, jasper was mined at the Parrot mine (Chittenden Co.) on a small scale for use in colorful...crystals of grossular (the Vermont state gem), vesuvianite, and clinochlore, in addition to good diopside...sources and are not included in the following local­ ity list. Perkins (1900) indirectly suggests that native...tennantite-tetrahedrite titanite tremolite uvarovite valeriite vesuvianite wad washingtonite winchite wollastonite wonesite*...limonite, wad. Bennington County Bennington manganese mine in Bennington: wad. Mount Anthony Formation (Mount
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
collector trading from extensive variety of qual­ ity crystals, native elements, others. Seeking similar...Prefer crystals. Libethenite crystals found at Clegg mine, Lee County, North Carolina. Bill Wall, 803 Cumville...klebelsbergite, hemimorphite (blue), dawsonite, hematite, vesuvianite, fassaite, mor­ denite, mesolite, datolite (all... Italia. Will trade: crystals of datolite, vesuvianite, fassaite, analcime, stibnite, molybdenite, jarosite
Book (edition)
pearl. True pearl found in small quantities on east coast of Africa between Zanzibar and Inhambane. African...and prized by the negroes of West African coast. Red, blue or violet. Has also been fished in Samoa;...specifically only that from the coast of Algeria. AND GEMOLOGY ity of existing in two or more conditions...lazuli. (2) An old name for azurite. artificial ivory. See ivory, artificial. artificial stone. A stone which...hyacinth from Campbell Island pearl Island grina coast from (a) and (b) and dark Victoria and South
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: The Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Q u ebec...............................people: telephone: COVER: ADAMITE from the Ojuela mine near Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Collection of Wayne...minerals. Please do something! E3 by Pete J. Dunn Department of Mineral Sciences Smithsonian Institution Washington... famous mineral localities: The JeffreyAsbestos, Mine Quebec by J. D. Grice and R. Williams The National...crystals of exceptional quality from the Jeffrey mine at A s b e s t o s ,Qare to be found in collections
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shell are that were et on seashore the north coast of Europe, igget is fossil resin from trees submerged...tree sap (amber and copal), wood (jet), dentin (ivory), and conchiolin (black coral). CRYSTALS Almost...crystallize in this system; some of them are vesuvianite, rutile, scapolite, and zircon. if ‘ Crystals...associated with them. Vesuvianite is named after its discovery on VESUVIANITE Mount Vesuvius, Italy...@ PERIDOT © GARNET Amber mine at Russia The world’s.largest amber mine is in _ Kaliningrad Oblast—partofthe
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: The Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec ................................Ontario M3C 1NB COVER: ADAM ITE from the Ojuela mine near Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Collection of Wayne...minerals. Please do something! � by PeteJ. Dunn Department of Mineral Sciences Smithsonian Institution Washington...famous mineral locali ties : The JeffreyAsbestos, Mine Quebec by J. D. Grice and R. Williams The National...crystals of exceptional quality from the Jeffrey mine at Asbestos, Quebec, are to be found in collections
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
scriptions of the species. Bjareby, K. 1937. A " P a r mine" in Maine. Rocks and Minerals 12:244-45. A visit...an old Finnish couple who handworked a feldspar mine near Greenwood. Brown, E . 1927. Mount Apatite,...Unexplicably, all material in mine fluo­ resces in different colors at the Mt. Rubellite mine near Heb­ ron, Oxford...Miner­ als 48:308-09. First finds at the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, by the group which became the Plumbago Mining...V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 1987 455 Rosier mine, Hancock County, Maine. 35:559-60. Description of
Journal (issue)
J. E. Cooper, Jr. Mineralogy of the Sanford vesuvianite d e p o sit............................. 359...the Wessels mine, South Africa ............365 by J. Gutzmer & B. Cairncross The Parker mine, Notre Dame...This is one of the strongest vapor springs on the coast. The The M ineralogical Record, volum e 24, S eptem...most salubrious watering places we find on the coast, and destined to become one of the w orld’s greatest...tem­ perature during July and August in these deep Coast Range valleys commonly rises above the 100° F. mark
Book (edition)
N. Z., and other countries. See also Haliotis. ity of light of different colors, it is called chromatic... True pearl found in small quantities on east coast of Africa between Zanzibar and Inhambane. African...fashioned and prized by the negroes of West African coast. Red, blue or violet. Has also been fished in Samoa:...Mediterranean Sea. More specifically only that from the coast of Algeria. Algerian An intimate combination of...material. See al¬ alluvial allotropism. The capac¬ ity of existing in two or more conditions that are distinguished
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ROBERT B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography 'iAH4W&ß> Auburn University Auburn. Alabama 36849-53115...that include, among others, quartz, calcite, vesuvianite, scapolite, talc, wollastonite, and a variety...Minerals, is a professor of geology and head of the Department of Geology and Geography at Auburn University...include such Colorado localities as the Calumet iron mine, Turret district, Chaffee County (squat, dark green...scheelite, and titanite at the Washington Metals mine at Cedonia, Stevens County. Epidote specimens have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
drilling.Three zonesor faciesof skarn,successively, vesuvianite facies(with minorscheelite),scheelite-bearing...OkawayoFormationmarblesamples fromthe vicin- Intrusive rocks ity of the Otjua prospectandfromthe coreof the Okakombo...SchiSnfeld vided into three zones or facies: vesuvianite facies domein particular,the metasediments of...percentof the ore zoneat Otjua (Fig. 5C). The vesuvianite facies skarn is considered to be of servedat...known from recent geochronological work (J.S. Vesuvianite This facies of skarn can be traced on the surface
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from Denmark takes between 2-2 'h hours. The Eg vesuvianite locality is one of the classic European mineral...mentioned in a manuscript by Esmark in 1818. Eg vesuvianite specimens appeared on the European mineral trade...finds produced some marvellous greenish brown vesuvianite crystal with lengths up to 30 em. The first find..."The Worlds Minerals" by Spencer (1911). The vesuvianite, however, was still to be found in the Kristiansand...described in this article. Local ities All the vesuvianite locations described in this article are located
Thesis/Dissertation
Truebe A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF GEOSCIENCES In partial fulfillment of the...part may be granted by the head of the major department or the Dean of the Graduate College when in his...the date shown below: A— S SPENCER R. TITLE' ' Department of Geosciences Dati ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This...lead-silver ore and the Star Mine in 1878 (Garrett, 1950). The remoteness of the mine discouraged development...2711 lb (oz ?) Ag and 2 oz. Au (Roy, 1972). The mine is currently.being prospected by Dr, C. S. Livingstone
Report (Issue volume)
REPORT 8 Issued by THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa $1.65...are issued by the Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa. The subject...the author wishes to thank Dr. D. D. Hogarth, Department of Geology, University of Ottawa, for providing...3 Where to Look Quarries, mine workings (pits, trenches, etc.), and mine clumps are usually good places...caution. Permission should be sought before entering a mine, quarry or other private property; in active mining
Journal (issue)
Horace lJ1/. SJoc11tn ................497 ARGONAUT MINE ABANDONED ................................................................. 510 OLD LEAD AND ZINC MINE 'I'o REOPEN ...................................... Calif. (Convention Chairman, 1850 E. P acific Coast H ighway, Long Beach 6, Calif.) International Geological...the associated minerals have been obtained. Vesuvianite, dysanalyte, magnetite crystals and carbonate-apatite...of the specimens to be found here. A second local ity is the titanium workings in the north central part
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
boundary TETSUYA SHOJI*and SHOICHI KOBAYASHI** *Department of MineralDevelopment Engineering, Facultyof...affected role cutting not are homogenize vesuvianite, stronalsite, and others. Grossular, stronalsite...inclusions are found in jadeite, stronalsite and vesuvianite of the jadeite rock. Most of them belong to the...jadeite (Jd) and analcime They are composed vesuvianite, The jadeite to 4mol% of istry of diopside...small; i.e. than The less 10ƒÊm than in vesuvianite. domly the in other tributed some in stronalsite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
klebelsbergite, hemimorphite (blue), dawsonite, hematite, vesuvianite, fassaite, mor­ denite, mesolite, datolite (all...collector trading from extensive variety of qual­ ity crystals, native elements, others. Seeking similar...Prefer crystals. Libethenite crystals found at Clegg mine, Lee County, North Carolina. Bill Wall, 803 Cumville
Book (edition)
aberration. When due to the different refrangibilis ity of light of different colors, it called chromatic...pearl. True pearl found in small quantities on east coast of Africa between Zanzibar and Inhambane. African...fashioned and prized by the negroes of West African coast. Red, blue akabar. agate opal. See opal agate....Same as orthite. allochromatic stone. An (1) coast of Algeria. alladimte. casein resin used as a mould...twelfth, silk, linen; thirteenth, lace; fourteenth, ivory; fifteenth, crystal; twentieth, china; twenty-fifth
Book
teristics of every create a Arkansas the Department Agriculture on of to of Mines, Manufac-...the figon crude only for the time being. The Department of Mines, Manufactures and Agriculture acknowledges...garnet is of several types, but Almandite has ity all its precious carbuncle. as member of the...world for a market. brick industry. factured ity. at Vitrified or center of the fire paving...the Coal fields of Ar- Strip pits which produce ity of surface Coal has to an excellent qual- also
 
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