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| RG E N O E G GAUTENG PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA T FLUORITE MINE he Vergenoeg fluorite mine is located in...the Gauteng Province of South Africa, approximately 80 kilometers northeast of Pretoria. The mine is somewhat...somewhat of an anomaly regarding the production of fluorite mineral specimensāit is located on the largest...virtually devoid of large, aesthetic fluorite crystals. Even so, there is an interesting array of other secondary...addition, the mine has produced spectacular botryoidal and stalactitic goethite and a variety of micromount-sized |
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| detachment in my right eye while visiting mines in Africa. The restorative operation in Moshi, Tanzania,...compared to some of the major losses experienced by the micromount community. Here are some of them. Neil Wintringham...his MS in geology at Cornell in 1947, spent much of his career as a science teacher, and like many mineral...National Association of Geoscience Teachers. He was an Elected Honored Member of the Leidy Microscopical...Society; director of the Pennsylvania Chapter, Friends of Mineralogy; and a member of the Mineralogical |
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| ~.,..,, ā¢ā¢ ,-:' :Ā·.ā¢. ā¢.:~ :';::{~ft:tĀ· Table of Contents Preface Introduction The Early Days- The...EarlyGermanGeologistsand Entrepreneursin South West Africa The People- Mineralogists,Geologistsand Collectors...s Area West and South of Rehoboth The Central and South-CentralDeposits Onganja Mine and Surrounding...Surrounding Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and the Diamonds 44 49 241 254...275 291 333 345 365 370 383 401 423 Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia |
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| MINERALS Red Lead Mine: J. Halpern specimen. J. Scovil photo. In this issue also: a new chapter J...INTRODUCTION In this issue we start a new series of articles presenting mineral photographers showing...best, most famous photos and presenting the style of their work. ... Read on page 16 Collectors interview:...well known South African collector Bruce Cairncross. Bruce is a professor of Geology and Head of the Department...Department of Geology at the University of Johannesburg. ... Read on page 19 Journal presentations: Rock |
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| Published by Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) Reg. No. 1953/000441/07...(Oxbow Crescent), Century City, 7441 PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa Visit www.randomstruik.co...published edition, 2015: Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing editor:...(M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval...or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner(s). ISBN: 978 1 43170 084 4 e-Pub: |
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| Published by Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) 1953/000441/07 Reg....(Oxbow Crescent), Century City, 7441 PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa Visit www.randomstruik...published edition, 2015: Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing...(M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval...or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner(s). ISBN: 978 1 43170 084 4 |
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| REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA - MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAMIBIA... MESSAGE FROM THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF MINES AND ENERGY Of the several hundred minerals present in...exploited. some, such as copper, since the early part of the 19th century. Whereas uranium and diamonds continue...major role in the mining sector, significant deposits of base metals and industrial minerals have helped Namibia...amongst the top five mining countries in Africa. both in terms of production and reserves. In this context |
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| Mineral Systems Franco Pirajno Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia Foreword...13 Geological Survey of Western Australia Franco Pirajno Geological Survey of Western Australia 100...Library of Congress Control Number: 2008933283 # Springer ScienceĆ¾Business Media B.V. 2009 No part of this...Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed...computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover illustration: Fig. 3.1 in this book |
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| STA'"J~ES DEPARTMENT OF THE INrr~~Rl()R ā¢ IJ Rlā:1\ lJ lT () Iā~ l\11 N lā:s AFRICA *Algiers Tunis...Windhoek* Gaborone * Pretoria * Mbabane REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRIC1' \ Maputo * LESOTHO MAURITIUS (J Port...YEARBOOK MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF r, AFRICA U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF MINES 1993 ~i1!'f't... UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORā¢ Bruce Babbitt, Secretary BUREAU OF MINES As the Nation's principal...conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has responsibility for most of our nationally owned public |
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| s c i r ev The āchessboardā classiļ¬cation scheme of mineral deposits: Mineralogy and geology from aluminum...aluminum to zirconium Harald G. Dill Institute of Geosciences, Gem-Materials Research and Economic Geology...t r a c t Economic geology is a mixtum compositum of all geoscientiļ¬c disciplines focused on one goal...depsosits and enhancing their exploitation. The keystones of this mixtum compositum are geology and mineralogy...centered around the emplacement of the ore body and the development of its minerals and rocks. In the |
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| s c i r ev The āchessboardā classiļ¬cation scheme of mineral deposits: Mineralogy and geology from aluminum...aluminum to zirconium Harald G. Dill Institute of Geosciences, Gem-Materials Research and Economic Geology...t r a c t Economic geology is a mixtum compositum of all geoscientiļ¬c disciplines focused on one goal...depsosits and enhancing their exploitation. The keystones of this mixtum compositum are geology and mineralogy...centered around the emplacement of the ore body and the development of its minerals and rocks. In the |
