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Pentlandite from
Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Pentlandite
Formula:(NixFey)Σ9S8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pentlandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:104408
Long-form Identifier:1:3:104408:9
GUID (UUID V4):9aeebad6-ea9c-4196-a35a-0314653a7ae7
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elements in Cu-sulfides from the Loolekop pipe, Phalaborwa: implications for ore-forming processes Loic...mineralization within the Loolekop pipe of the Phalaborwa Igneous Complex has been extensively studied...dispersed bornite with chalcopyrite exsolution and local traces of chalcocite and covellite related to fluid...Carbonatite-phoscorite series . Cu-sulfides . LA-ICP-MS . PGE . Phalaborwa Introduction Editorial handling: W. D. Maier...Witwatersrand, Braamfontein, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa 2 Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
P ARAGENETICAL ORE MINERALOGY OF THE LOOLEKOP-PHALABORWA CARBONATITE COMPLEX, EASTERN TRANSVAAL By I...ABSTRACT The paragenesis of the ore minerals of the Phalaborwa Complex is described. The properties of two unknown...radioactive and sulphide ore minerals of the Iloolekop-Phalaborwa Carbonatite Complex. The general geological and...radioactive minerals. Accessory ore minerals include pentlandite, bravoite, millerite, linnaeite, hematite, iron...similar to pentlandite, and is most pro- 360 TRANSACTIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA bably
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phoscorite–carbonatite association at Phalaborwa, South Africa Lorenzo Milani 1 & Robert Bolhar 1 &...of the phoscorite–carbonatite association at Phalaborwa. We trace the behavior of the compatible elements...Witwatersrand, PVT Bag 3, Wits,, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa 2 Department of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch...Stellenbosch University, PVT Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa 3 Department of Earth Sciences, University...the Western Cape, PVT Bag X17, Bellville 7530, South Africa revealing an evolutionary trend of decreasing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
e complexes of the Kovdor (Russia) and Palabora (South Africa) alkaline-ultrabasic massifs have comparable...pipe: pyrrhotite with exsolution inclusions of pentlandite in marginal (apatite)-forsterite phoscorite,...around grains of pyrrhotite (with inclusions of pentlandite-cobaltpentlandite and pyrite), and both of these...and Loolekop phoscorite-carbonatite pipes in the Palabora massif have similar sequences of sulfide formation...formation, and the copper specialization of the Palabora massif can be caused by higher water content in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphides from the 2.06 Ga Phalaborwa phoscorite-carbonatite Complex, South Africa Robert Bolhar a,∗ , Martin...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa d Department of Geology, University of Maryland...Oxidation Event sulphur isotopes lead isotopes Phalaborwa Complex sub-continental lithospheric mantle magmatic...and carbonatites of the ca. 2.06 Ga Phalaborwa Complex in South Africa. Additionally, sulphide mineral separates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 05:17 17 August 2017 of PALABORA Limpopo Province South Africa MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...Gauteng Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za A Figure 1. The abandoned Palabora open pit, photographed...bottom of the pit 300 meters below sea level. The Palabora* Igneous Complex (PIC) is located some 450 kilometers...kilometers northeast of Johannesburg in Limpopo Province, South Africa, just below the Tropic of Capricorn...and vermiculite from the complex. In 1956 the Palabora Mining Company was set up to develop the large
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
example, the carbonatite body of the Phalaborwa complex in South Africa contains one of the world’s largest...sub-economic copper sulphide ores (except for Phalaborwa) are rather uncommon in alkaline rocks and carbonatites...minor djerfisherite, pyrite, cubanite and cobalt pentlandite. 2036 KOROBEINIKOV et al. SALMAGORSKII RING...In contrast to the copper ore found within the Phalaborwa carbonatites (Forster, 1958), the mineralization...intrusions (e.g. Kovdor, Kogarko et al., 1995; Phalaborwa, Verwoerd, 1986; Eriksson, 1989). Thus, all silicate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ORES FROM O’OKIEP AND KLIPRAND, NAMAQUALAND, SOUTH AFRICA: CONSTRAINTS FROM CHALCOPHILE METAL CONTENTS...maier@oulu.fi M.A.G. ANDREOLI South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, South Africa; School of Geosciences...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa e-mail: marco.andreoli@necsa.co.za D.I. GROVES...Society of South Africa ABSTRACT The petrogenesis of sulphide ores in the O’okiep district has remained...additional IOCG deposits elsewhere in southern Africa. The model also predicts an enhanced potential
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tectonics, magmatism, and mineralisation of the South African Precambrian shield is discussed. A geosynclinal...five times as long as the post-Precambrian. The South African shield appears highly suitable for investigations...preserved and well exposed. The Precambrian in southern Africa comprises a more or less continuous suite ofmetasediments...of more than 35,000 m. Furthermore, in southern Africa the earth's history, at least in outline, appears...mineralisation. There is hardly anywhere else in Africa an orogenic zone to which this applies. Recent
Book (edition)
trillings, polysynthetic Löllingite Niggliite Pentlandite Reflection Colour & Ø Reflectance Pleochroism... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia;...vein in jasper (red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey...argentite reaction rim (greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL
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;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfides from the carbonatite of the Phalaborwa Complex, South Africa, exhibit only minor variations in...area of approximately 100 km2, situated ca. 7.5 km south of the border between Angola and Namibia (Fig. 1)...(Drüppel 2003, Drüppel et al. 2005). Flow-banding and local magmatic folding are common structures of these...precursor ferrocarbonatite and late-stage, REE-, Ba- and Sr-rich fluids. Magnetite is the dominant mineral...galena and pyrrhotite with fine lamellae of pentlandite concentrated in banding-parallel stringers, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VACQUIER, V.: Terrestrial heat flow in Lake Malawi, Africa. - J. Geophys. Res., 72, 4221--6, 1967. WEGENER...mat6riaux sulfiar6s de ces gisements (pyrrhotine, pentlandite, sul~res de Cu, etc.). Le deuxi~me groupe quantitativement...I]] ~o~eziag H.~.~.) BTopym n ~on~qeCTBen~o 60nee Ba~Hym r p y n u y 05pa~yoT ,,c~OnCTBIe" o60ran~eHHYI...footwall of the irruptive) have made the Sudbury District the greatest single producer of nickel since the...the ore body are pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and pentlandite which account for more than 90~o of the economic
Report (issue)
ruthenium and osmium are hard, brittle and almost pentlandite, or in PGE-bearing accessory minerals (PGM)....proportions of individual PGE within a deposit or a district. processes are also known but these are of relative...volume per cent) sulphides, chiefly pyrrhotite, pentlandite and cha lcopyrite. Although the processes responsible...to Iiquids not able to be mixed together. 5 www. Mine ra Is UK. corn w Platinum . Iii -~ ~ . , .....,:;,.

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Book
Kuopio, Finland P. Heino Yara Suomi Oy, Siilinjärvi Mine, Siilinjärvi, Finland R.J. Herrington The Natural...US T. Huhtelin QP-FRB Outokumpu Ferrochrome Kemi Mine, Kemi, Finland E. Hyvönen Geological Survey of Finland...Survey of Finland, Rovaniemi, Finland, Mustavaara Mine Ltd, Oulu, Finland J. Kinnunen Mawson Resources...Oulu, Finland Contributors T. Mäki Pyhäsalmi Mine Oy, Pyhäsalmi, Finland H.V. Makkonen Geological...Taipale Palsatech Oy, Rovaniemi, Finland Mustavaara Mine Ltd, Oulu, Finland, Finland O.T. Rämö University
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusion in the centre of the troilite grain is pentlandite. Photomicrograph of troilite remnants (white)...crystal are rnagnetite while irregular grains of pentlandite occur mainly in the fibrous section of the mineral...(crossednicols) of mackinawite inclusions (white) in pentlandite (light grey). The surrounding material is troilite...mineraJsidentified in the polished section are sphalerite, pentlandite, chromite, and minor amounts of valleriite. The...Fe1.e1S1.sq. Ni; Co and Cu were not detected. Pentlandite is a minor constituent and occurs as irregular
Book (edition)
Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Angola and South-West Africa, i.a. Carbonatites are now the major sources...Canada Brazil Greenland, Europe, and the U.S.S.R. Africa India APPENDICES REFERENCES LOCALITY INDEX SUBJECT...Society of South Africa and C. A. Strauss and F. C. Truter (1950A) : Geological Society of South Africa and...Society of South Africa and R. L. Johnson (1961) 6-12: Geological Society of South Africa and R. L. Johnson... Figure Figure 10-1: Geological Society of South Africa and S.J. Shand (1921A) 10-5: American Journal
Book
t a t e d Bibliographies of Mineral Deposits in Africa, Asia (exclusive of t h e U S S R ) a n d Australasia...him. I have tried to include all ore districts in Africa, Asia (exclusive of the U.S.S.R.)> and Australasia...incluir todos los distritos mineros conocido en Africa, Asia (con exclusion de la Union Soviética), y...npOCTO npOtIMTaTb 3TH a8Meq8HMH. Bo BBeneHMH 60nee Ba~H~e HCTOtlHHKH CCMnOK B 6H6nHorpa~HRX p8cnono~eH~...nHH~rpeHa. BKn~qeH~ HeKOTopMe CXeM8THQeCKHe KapTM, nOK83~Ba~mMe npH6nHaHTenbHMe MeCTonono~eHHR pynooTnoxeHHM
Book
Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) Reg. No. 1953/000441/07 The Estuaries...Century City, 7441 PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa Visit www.randomstruik.co.za and join the Struik...published edition, 2015: Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing editor:...Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa Dr Lynnette Greyling Department of Geological...Town Private Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701 Cape Town, South Africa Note: The authors and the publishers cannot
Book
Hydrometallurgical Processing of Low-Grade Sulfide Ore and Mine Waste in the Arctic Regions: Perspectives and Challenges...hydrometallurgical processing of low-grade sulfide ore and mine waste in the Arctic regions. The paper presents...Hydrometallurgical Processing of Low-Grade Sulfide Ore and Mine Waste in the Arctic Regions: Perspectives and Challenges...Mountains of the Taimyr Peninsula, and from the south, by the Putorana Plateau. The maximum width of the...southern margin of the Taimyr fold belt, and in the south to the northern part of the Siberian craton. Therefore
Book
A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...ct RIGHT: Round brilliant-cut white diamonds, South Africa and Canada « 2.00 ct and 3.06 ct leaves the...for cutting other minerals. Tale, Mpumalanga, South Africa * 19 x 6 x 83cm Hardness 1 Hardness 4 Talc...Hardness 10 Quartz Diamond Diamond, Kimberley, South Africa * 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm | 19 MINERALS: PRODUCTS...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alkaline bodies as shown at Palabora, South Africa, and implied at Olympic Dam, South Australia. The smaller...Basin (Pinheiro and Holdsworth, 1997), and to the south, it is in contact with the Rio Maria granitoid–greenstone...Allanite, apatite Mo As–Co Molybdenite Co-pentlandite, cobaltite, saflorite Biotite, almandine, quartz...muscovite, chlorite, molybdenite, cobaltite, Co-pentlandite, carbonate and gold (Pimentel et al., 2003)....chalcopyrite and minor bornite, pyrite, cobaltite, pentlandite and gold. Stilpnomelane, apatite, uraninite and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1976 The Copper Deposits of the O'Okiep District, South Africa: New Data and Concepts E. F. Stumpfl Montan-Universit~t...Ltd., Springbok, 8240, South Africa The copper deposits of the O' okiep District rank amongst the top...altered Fe-Ti-oxides. Pyrite (up to i. 4 % Co) and pentlandite (up to 5% Co) are not widespread. The possible...commenced The Copper Deposits of the O' okiep District ~/'~I Fig. I. Sketch map IT II I A l r "...tonnes. The O'okiep district thus ranks with Palabora and Messina amongst South Africa' s three major copper
Book (edition)
Oregonite II/B.12-50 Hauchecornite II/B.15-20 Pentlandite II/B.16-10 Miassite II/B.16-80 Mackinawite II/B...(light cream); West Driefontein, Johannesburg, South Africa [c]; Nic. // Irregular gold grain (yellow) between...between stibnite (light grey); Murchison Range, South Africa [g]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum (yellowish white)...white), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum (yellowish...(greenish grey), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum
Catalog/List
sent with the parceL Eilarama,Ruanda, Central Africa AMBLYGONITE 1073 Near Chclan, E.Washinglon USA...Amphibolc IxI £3 Norway South Larvik near CITE 13ratthagcn, ANAL 1098 Ojucla Mine, Mapimi, Mexico ADAMITE...Skye, Scotland AEGI. R JNE 17 Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 2 While crystals well covering Basall...cleavage Ti0/2 Mn S 1.5cm£4 5mm£2 ANATASE Virtuous Lady mine,Devon 26 ALBITE Kragcro Norway 6 single dark blue...mass Cc Ca Y Al Fe SiO 2x2 £12 lx2 £6 Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U,S_A ANCYLITE Cc Rich pinkish
 
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