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Sericite from
Port Shepstone, Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality, Ugu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Port Shepstone, Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality, Ugu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1107144
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1107144:8
GUID (UUID V4):8cd8e3ab-564e-4b65-b78b-d4a1e50ca54e
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EXTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NATAL GROUP WITHIN SOUTHERN KWAZULU NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR SEDIMENT...Republic of South Africa e-mail: nhicks@geoscience.org.za © 2010 September Geological Society of South Africa...Ixi.sin that contain.s the Ordovician (-490 Ma) Natal Group ha.s long been defined by the "Dwe.shula palaeo-topographic...palaeo-topographic high" located near Port Shepstone in southern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Six recently discovered...discovered outcrops of Natal Group rock.s occurring up to 30 km .south of the Dweshula palaeo-topographic high
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from Port Shepstone, Natal. x By J. E. DE VXLLI~RS Geological Survey of the Union of South Africa. [Read... was stated to have been found in the Port Shepstone district. The occurrence has, however, not been...of Mines, Union of South Africa. J, E. DE VILLIERS ON KORNERUPINE 551 FROM NATAL with orthorhombic...862:1:0.435 V. 6~ 3~273 ---19~ 0-854:1 -I. Port Shepstone, Natal. Analysis I (table II) by C. J. van der...a t the k o r n e r u p i , e f r o m P o r t Shepstone differs f r o m t h a t of other localities chiefly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and transcurrent deformation, Natal Metamorphic Province, South Africa: New isotopic constraints Christopher...for Geoscience, P.O. Box 572, Bellville 7535, South Africa b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history:...May 2015 Available online 23 May 2015 Keywords: Natal orogeny Accretion Oblique collision Crustal growth...a b s t r a c t The Natal Metamorphic Province consists of, from north to south, the Tugela, Mzumbe,...Hf isotopic data imply the magmatic rocks of the Natal Metamorphic Province were derived from relatively
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Natal Metamorphic Province P. Mendonidis Department of...Glenmore Granite from the Margate Terrane of the Natal Metamorphic Province. The Glenmore Granite contains...reconstruction of Gondwanaland, lie adjacent to the Natal Metamorphic Province. Introduction The intrusive...tectonic history of the Margate Terrane of the Natal Metamorphic Province (NMP) has been studied since...of the Archaean Kaapvaal Craton in southeastern Africa. It is considered to be an extension of the Namaqualand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Exogenous Contact-zone at Ben Bullen, New South Wales. By GEEMAIKE A. Department of Mineralogy...grains of quartz which are set in a matrix of sericite and chlorite. Iron ores are fairly abundant and...by a very fine matrix of quartz, chlorite, and sericite. In many cases the quartz and felspar grains are...that they may be a response to some very special local conditions either of original composition or of...The authors who have described the Port Shepstone marbles of Natal (Hatch & Rastall, 1910 ; du Toit, 1919)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granodiorite sill north of Cradock, Republic of South Africa Received: 26 July 1996 / Accepted: 17 March...the north of Cradock, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa (Fig. 1). Both the granodiorite and dolerite...Consolidated Mines, PO Box 47, KIMBERLEY 8300, South Africa W.A. van der Westhuizen á H. de Bruiyn á G.J...Orange Free State, PO Box 339, BLOEMFONTEIN 9300, South Africa (e-mail: GHDB@RS.UOVS.AC.ZA) are present in...Kaapvaal craton and similarities exist with other South African intrusions such as the Birds River Complex
Book (edition)
METALLURGY AND PAST-PRESIDENT OF THE GEOL. SOC. OF S. AFRICA AND R. H. RASTALL, M.A. DEMONSTRATOR OF GEOLOGY...Scapolite-rock (Port Shepstone, Natal) . . .257 . 40. Spinel-forsterite-rock (Port Shepstone, Natal) . 41...SEDIMENTS 6 In general terms it may be said that local condi- tions are of the utmost importance in determining...the sea the principal agents of trans- either ; port are waves, tides and currents. Besides fragmental...coast of the South America. North Nor- water also United States and Off the coast of Africa, on the
Book (edition)
OF OF SOUTH AFRICA MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF REPUBLIC OF THE SOUTH AFRICA...Second World War, and partly as a result of it, South Africa experienced vast industrial expansion. This...official ‘handbook on the mineral resources of South Africa, it has become necessary to revise, or rather...great diversity and magnitude of South African mineral deposits and local mining operations, the Economic...Chamber of Mines of South Africa with Mr G. H. Grange as co-ordinator, and the South, African mining industry;
Book (volume)
Papers and Discussions Volume I , I JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY 1961... 01", ~TALLUf>iYY. © Copyright 1961 by The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Ext'racts...I (1v DEC 196f Printed in t!te Republic of South Africa by Hortors Limited, Johannesburg V r. 1 The...and n1anagement of the gold mining industry in South Africa -C. B. ANDERSON . . . . . . . . . page r J ... ( 2. The economy of the Union of South Africa-W. J. BusSCI-IAU 9 3. An introduction to the physical
Journal (volume)
N:o 140. F. F. GROU'l" Minneapolis JOHN C. HAFF, South Hadley, lVIass. H. E. HAWKES Jr., Washington ANNA...Washington W. S. WIIITE, Houghton lVIAX WILLARD, South Hadley, lVIass. JOHN STEWART VHAY, Washington -...from Australia: DEPARTMENT OF MINES, Adelaide, South Australia S. B. DICKINsoN, Adelaide Belgiasta, from...Liege Etelä-Afrikasta, from South Africa: THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg Hollannista...circular "Voodstock area, a long protIUsion to the south and a smaller anticline to the northwest which are
Journal (volume)
N:o 140. F. F. GROU'l" Minneapolis JOHN C. HAFF, South Hadley, lVIass. H. E. HAWKES Jr., Washington ANNA...Washington W. S. WIIITE, Houghton lVIAX WILLARD, South Hadley, lVIass. JOHN STEWART VHAY, Washington -...from Australia: DEPARTMENT OF MINES, Adelaide, South Australia S. B. DICKINsoN, Adelaide Belgiasta, from...Liege Etelä-Afrikasta, from South Africa: THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg Hollannista...circular "Voodstock area, a long protIUsion to the south and a smaller anticline to the northwest which are
Report (volume)
mountains........ _ v ........................ 69 South Dorset........................ f......................................... 71 Structure north and south of Center Rutland..................... 71 Trap dikes.............................................. 91 South Dorset..................................................................'.................... 97 South Dorset............................................Geologic map of marble belts of western Vermont south of Salisbury. II. General sections across the marble
Report (volume)
the present. Boron is not detected at all with X-ray fluorescence spectrometers and only using special...ranging from ion microprobe to particleinduced gamma-ray emission, have opened many new avenues, especially...Gaudefroyite from the Kalahari manganese field, South Africa. N Jahrb Mineral Mh 1993:385-392 Black PM (1971)...Christ CL (1953) Studies of borate minerals (II): X-ray crystallography of inyoite and meyerhofferite; Xray...Mineral 44: 176-177 Christ CL, Clark, JR (1960) X-ray crystallography and crystal chemistry of gowerite
Report (volume)
Interpretation of spectroscopic data Orbital energies X-ray spectra NMR spectra Vibrational spectra Calculation...Tourmaline General Broken Hill (Australia) Barberton (South Africa) Evolution of the continental crust and seawater...the present. Boron is not detected at all with X-ray fluorescence 4 Anovitz & Grew: Introduction spectrometers...ranging from ion microprobe to particleinduced gamma-ray emission, have opened many new avenues, especially...Gaudefroyite from the Kalahari manganese field, South Africa. N Jahrb Mineral Mh 1993:385-392 Black PM (1971)
Journal (volume)
in Rhodesia Asbestos in Rhodesia Asbestos in South Africa Asbestos in Tasmania Ashanti Mine, Falls of...Barbadoes, Oil Prospects in 43 (m.ii.) Barberton District, Geology of 377 Barnes, W., Iron Ore in the Midiands"...and Iron in Manchuria Coal in Queensland Coal in South Australia Coal Resources of the Empire Coalfield...Proprietary Shares •» W. E. Walnwrlflit Broken Hill South Mine ... Brown, R. Oilman, What are Ore RaMnres...) Diamond, Formation of Diamonds, Output in South Africa Dolcoath Dolcoath, Conditions at Dolcoath Meeting
Book (edition)
and Metallurg y Past-President Geol. Soc. of South Africa Ree ie RA ALE University Lecturer in Mineralogy...DEPOSITS CONTENTS The Accessory Minerals of Sands Local Variation : Vertical Variations Gold Placers Platinum...Wyke, Yorkshire) Haematitic Limestone (Rhiwbina, South Wales) Fireclay with Zoned Spherulites of Siderite...(Strasburg, Virginia) B. Carboniferous Limestone (South Wales) . Calcite Mudstone (Avon Gorge, near Bristol)...resulting deposit. In general terms it may be said that local conditions are of the utmost importance in determining
Book (edition)
developed and refined in this century such as x-ray and electron diffraction, optical and electron microscopy...Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C. Alan Pring: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Gunnar...include are distinctions. A very few materials by X-ray diffraction order (e.g., opal). Lattice constants...University Press. (ITXC) International Tables for X-ray Crystallography, v. 1, Kynoch Press, Birmingham,...Powder Diffraction Pattern - (AZ) Next is the X-ray powder diffraction pattern consisting of the eight
Book (edition)
Mineralogy, Museum of Geology South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Rapid City, South Dakota GEORGE ROBERT...It also provides the numerical data afforded by X-ray powder diffraction and optical methods of study,...prompted us to use a formula from one source, X-ray data from a second, optical data from a third, and...we have included cell data not compatible with X-ray or chemical formula data, etc. To " remove" these...included data (particularly cell constants and X-ray data) taken from studies on the artificial analogues
Book (edition)
England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada...we have incorporated d~ta (cell dimensions and X-ray data) on synthetic analogues of minerals when data...conventions, and physical "constants" (for example, in X-ray measurements) have all evolved through time, thus...Wiley & Sons, 1956). International Tables for X-ray Crystallography, edited by N. F. M. Henry and K....set of lattice constants. All, or nearly all, X-ray measurements reported • before 1949 were expressed
Book (edition)
(lower /eft) rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine...England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada...we have incorporated data (cell dimensions and X-ray data) on synthetic analogues of minerals when data...conventions, and physical ‘‘constants’’ (for example, in X-ray measurements) have all evolved through time, thus...Wiley & Sons, 1956). International Tables for X-ray Crystallography, edited by N. F. M. Henry and K.
 
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