Log InRegister
Quick Links : The Mindat ManualThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryMindat Newsletter [Free Download]
Home PageAbout MindatThe Mindat ManualHistory of MindatCopyright StatusWho We AreContact UsAdvertise on Mindat
Donate to MindatCorporate SponsorshipSponsor a PageSponsored PagesMindat AdvertisersAdvertise on Mindat
Learning CenterWhat is a mineral?The most common minerals on earthInformation for EducatorsMindat ArticlesThe ElementsThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryGeologic Time
Minerals by PropertiesMinerals by ChemistryAdvanced Locality SearchRandom MineralRandom LocalitySearch by minIDLocalities Near MeSearch ArticlesSearch GlossaryMore Search Options
Search For:
Mineral Name:
Locality Name:
Keyword(s):
 
The Mindat ManualAdd a New PhotoRate PhotosLocality Edit ReportCoordinate Completion ReportAdd Glossary Item
Mining CompaniesStatisticsUsersMineral MuseumsClubs & OrganizationsMineral Shows & EventsThe Mindat DirectoryDevice SettingsThe Mineral Quiz
Photo SearchPhoto GalleriesSearch by ColorNew Photos TodayNew Photos YesterdayMembers' Photo GalleriesPast Photo of the Day GalleryPhotography

Epidote from
Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:13125
Long-form Identifier:1:3:13125:8
GUID (UUID V4):d151d4b7-8a31-41ef-9761-923d7c7f079d
Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘHotazel Mine, Hotazel, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalå mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacå Department, Colombia. Gail...Province, China. Keith & Diane Brownlee collection; Joe Budd photo. Tourmaline with cleavelandite, 4.3 cm...Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection; Joe Budd photo. Middle...Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd photo. Topaz, 2.6 cm, from Katlang, Mardan Dist...Jeff Starr collection; Joe Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania
Journal (issue)
mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa ..................................crystals on matrix, 17.2 cm, from the N’Chwaning I mine, collected in 1978. Private collection and photographer...(2015–2016) Scott A. Rudolph Paradise Woods (2008–2016) John Dabney (2015–2016) Daniel J. Record Irv Brown (2009–2015)...(2016–2017) Eric D. Long Barry M. & Beth Kitt (2011–2016) John Schneider (2016) Dylan Stolowitz Steve Maslansky...com APATITE Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 11.5cm. Fine Minerals International
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2012-085 Eckhardite (Ca,Pb)Cu2+Te6+O5(H2O) Aga mine (35.27215ÂșN 116.09487ÂșW) and the Bird Nest drift...2012-086 Clino-oscarkempfïŹte Ag15Pb6Sb21Bi18S72 Animas mine, Chocaya Province, Department of Potosi, Sur Chichas...2012-089 Vendidaite Al2(SO4)(OH)3Cl·6H2O La Vendida mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Region, Chile (22Âș53’30’’S...IMA No. 2012-090 Pauloabibite NaNbO3 Jacupiranga mine, Cajati county, São Paulo state, Brazil Luiz A...Ca2CuAl[AsO4][AsO3(OH)]2(OH)2(H2O)5 Jote mine, Pampa Larga district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province,
Report (issue)
“deep” galleries loaded with fine specimens, fine Joe Budd photos of same, and much documentary information...the following page) from the open-pit magnesite mine at Podrečany, Czechoslovakia (now just Slovakia)...BanskĂĄ Bystrica, Slovakia. Arkenstone specimen; Joe Budd photo. Sodalite, 5 cm, from Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan...Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. Arkenstone specimen; Joe Budd photo. 2 ï‚„================================...5 cm, from Tsumeb, Namibia. Arkenstone specimen; Joe Budd photo. More to the “what’s new” point, Rob
Journal (issue)
85741 Editor & Publisher Wendell E. Wilson Founder John Sampson White Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne...Zeolites and associated minerals from the Palabora mine, Transvaal........................................& R. S. W. Braithwaite The Lake George antimony mine, New Brunswick ..................... 263 by W. E...Kalahari m an g an ese field, C ape Province, South Africa. (See th e article in this issue, b eg in n...d e r n M in e r a l C o l l e c t io n CURATION John Sampson White Department of Mineral Sciences Smithsonian
Journal (issue)
affiliated with the Friends of Mineralogy publisher John S. White Division of Mineralogy The Smithsonian...Arthur Roe Famous Mineral Localities: The Brumado District, Bahia, Brazil..................................Thomssen, Walt Risch, Star Northam, Carolyn Wilson, John Muntyan and Wayne DeBrusk assisted with record keeping...Brazil) Pierre and Nellie Bariand (Paris, France) F. John Barlow (Appleton, WI) Ron Bentley (Windsor, CT)...Cureton, David Wilber, Miguel Romero, Richard Webster, John Barlow and Rustam Kothavala made cash donations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ettringite N’Chwaning II Mine, Northern Cape Province Republic of South Africa C oncrete, that manmade...N’Chwaning II mine, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. This specimen...to 2 mm, some associated with calcite. The Clara mine, Ober Wolfach, Schwarzwald (Black Forest), Baden-WĂŒrttemberg...(1984) notes that ettringite crystals from the Clara mine may be mistaken for aragonite, and vice versa. Italy...N’Chwaning II mine, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Scott Rudolph
Journal (issue)
Bryan K. Lees (2008) Stephen Neely (2008) Anne & Joe Ondraka (2008) Daniel Trinchillo (2008) Stuart Wilensky...Robinson Correspondents Dudley Blauwet Renato Pagano Joe Polityka Associate Photographers Jeffrey A. Scovil...Famous mineral localities: The Königskrone topaz mine, Schneckenstein, Saxony, Germany . . . . . . . ...Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa . . . . . . . . . 373 by R.... . . . . . . . . 350 by C. J. Stanley Founder John Sampson White Editing & Advertising 4631 Paseo Tubutama
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA:... COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA Scientific Editor R.D. Dixon Linguistic and...Council for Geoscience (Geological Survey of South Africa), 280 Pretoria Street, Silverton, Pretoria or........................... 69 5.1 Overview of South African Occurrences ..............................LAYEREDSUITE,BUSHVELDCOMPLEX.... 111 MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA: TYPE-MINERAL SPECIES AND TYPE-MINERAL NAMES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Collector’s Guide he t o t Epidote Group ROBERT J. LAUF 998 W. Outer Drive Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830...his collection T he epidote group consists of twenty minerals, of which epidote, clinozoisite, and the...approved nomenclature. Taxonomy of the Epidote Group The epidote group has suffered over the years from...the crystals continued to grow. committee on Epidote-Group Mineral Nomenclature. The result of that...to the Mica Group, and Collector’s Guide to the Epidote Group, which were recently published by Schiffer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrence and gemologieal properties of 681 Wessels Mine sugitite. Gems GemoL, 23, 78-89. Taggart, J...KEYWOe,OS: manganoan sugilite, Wessels Mine, Republic of South Africa U.S. Geological Survey, Denver...from the Wessels mine, South Africa THE occurrence of manganoan sugilite at the Wessels Mine near Kuruman...Kuruman, South Africa, has been described by Wilson and Dunn (1978), Dunn et al. (1980), de Villiers (1983)...that although most manganoan sugilite from the Wessels mine is purple, it also occurs very rarely with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cm high, Wessels mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; Becky Sterbentz...high, N’Chwaning II mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; Patrick Mayer specimen...8 cm high, Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; Eric Long specimen. Jeffrey A...carats, South Africa; Martin Zinn specimen. Figure 6. Ettringite, 2.7 cm wide, N’Chwaning II mine, Kalahari...Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; Alex Schauss specimen. Figure 5. Despujolsite
Book (edition)
September 18, 2007, my Teacher, Mentor and Friend. Joe Mandarino passed away after a long battle with failing...of Minerals and the next edition of the Glossary, Joe asked me if I would be willing to take on the responsibility...9th edition of the Glossary in 2004. Unfortunately Joe passed away beforc wc could finish this collaboration...for sure if I have found all e material sent to Joe, and so, if I have missed anyone, and any other corrections... Meta/lurgical and Mineralogical Society o/ South Africa Journal of Chemical Phy ics Journal cif the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sweden (Sverige) Gladhammar mine, nickel-rich carrollite, 737 Harstig mine, Pajsberg, sarkinite, 681 Norr6...Norr6, arrojadite (hiihnerkobelite), 23o Sjo mine, Grythytte Parish, Orebro, xantharsenite, polyarsenite...analcime, 76I Castleton, Derbyshire, fluorite (Blue John), 243 Crook Hill brickyard, Cbickerell, near Weymouth...Cornwall, luxullianite, 441; 442 Scar Crag, Lake District, arsenopyrite, alloclase, glaucodot, cobaltian...Court farm, Ramsgate, Kent, chalk, i6o Tynebottom mine, Garrigill, Cumbria, arsenical marcasite, gersdorffite
Journal (issue)
The Occurrence and Gemological Properties of Wessels Mine Sugilite James E. Shigley, J o h n 1. Koivulti...The Rutilated Topaz Misnomer Robert E. Kane 100 John I. Koivula REGULAR FEATURES 104 Ill 113 115 Gem...Associate Editors Peter C. Keller D. Vincent Manson John Sinkankas Technical Editor Carol M. Stockton Editor...Misiorowski Contributing Editor and Editor, Gem News John I. Koivula PRODUCTION STAFF Jennifer Erosions...Kampf Los Angeles, CA Robert E. Kane Los Angeles, CA John 1. Koivula Santa Monica. CA Hcnry 0. A. Mcyer West
Journal (issue)
(a variety of zoisite), 9 cm, from the Merelani mine, located on the slopes of the Lelatema Mountains...cover: Top left: Euclase, 2.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Colombia. Top right: Topaz, 8.4 cm, from Ouro Preto...left: Phosphophyllite, 2 cm, from the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Bottom right: Grossular, 3.5 cm...Fluorapatite on elbaite, 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson...discovery of morganite at the famous Corrego do Urucum mine in 1973. Will Johnson collection (I had to trade
Journal (issue)
ARTICLES: Chalcophanite from the Mou'nt Stewart Mine Leadville, NSW. England, B.M. 1ïżœ):9-11 Definition... A. 2(1):21-24 Heulandite from the Illawarra District, NSW. Carr, P., Perkins, M., Chenhall, B., Pemberton...1(2):27 Minerals from. tïżœ Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia. Beyer, B. and Elliott, P...P. 2(2):57-70 The minerals of the Magnet Mine, Tasmania. Haupt, J., Bottrill, R. and Sorrell, S. 1(1):3-19...Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Birch, W.D. 2(2):47-50 Post-mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit
Report (issue)
(OH): 0:86 0:32 §=2:99 3:00 12 Mineral Group: Epidote group. Occurrence: As veinlets in a low-temperature...Graveglia, Italy); xonotolite, vuagnatite (Wessels mine, South Africa). Distribution: From the Molinello and...Liguria, Italy. In the Wessels mine, near Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa. Name: From its strontium...(1990) Strontiopiemontite, a new member of the epidote group, from Val Graveglia, Liguria, Italy. Eur
Book
talc vug in 1997, is 1.7 cm long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals...and pegmatitic environments. In the mid- l 970s, local historian-collector William J. Brunet set out to...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...which they called the Bentley Lake Road occurrence, south of Bancroft. Sharp, flattened rhombohedral ilmenite...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Journal (issue)
albite, although accessory minerals such as schorl, epidote, actinolite and titanite may also occur. It was...waters of the lake, the pine forested hills with local groves of bright yellow aspens, and the fantastically...and the police were summoned on two occasions. Local newscasts delighted in the story! The show status...southeast margin of the basin near the town of South Lake Tahoe. Stories had been heard long ago that...RETAIL So Easy to Find ... On Bristol Just South of the South Coast Plaza Shopping Center. Martin Zinn
Journal (issue)
FL Correspondents Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix... . . . . 209 by F. M. Bastos Collector Profile: John Jago Trelawney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . 217 by A. R. Kampf The Dee North mine, Elko County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...by B. Larson Librarian Curtis P. Schuh Founder John Sampson White Editing, advertising 4631 Paseo Tubutama...crystal cluster, 13.6 cm, from the famous Malmberget mine, GĂ€llivose, Lapland, Sweden. Peter Lyckberg collection;
Report (issue)
hematite is from the Wessels Mine near Hotazel in northern Cape Province, South Africa. Dan Carlson specimen;...Cover: Grossular on diopside; 7.1 cm tall Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada Paul... H. Albert Gilg Mickey Gunter, Jaroslav Hyrs 1, John I. Koivula, Jiri Kourimsky, Bertold Ottens Pete...Bainbridge, Modris Baum, Dan Behnke Dudley Blauwet, Joe Budd, Thomas Calligaro, Matteo Chinellato, Rick Cowley...Hochleitner Richard Jackson, John I. Koivula, George F. Kunz, Arthur Lakes, John Lucking Hans Jorg Mullenmeister
Report (issue)
12 [O0:45 (OH)0:08 ] §=0:53 : Mineral Group: Epidote group. Occurrence: In regionally metamorphosed...rhyolites, andesites, and diorites. Association: Epidote, tremolite, glaucophane, orthoclase, quartz, calcite...Distribution: Many localities. In the Praborna mine, south of St. Marcel, Val d'Aosta, Piedmont, Italy....Garnet Lake and in the Agnew Meadow mine, Madera Co., and in the Braito mine, Plumas Co., California; in the...Tucson Mountains, Pima Co., Arizona; at the Idarado mine, Ouray Co., Colorado; in Yuba Canyon, Peavine Mountain
Journal (issue)
Nottingham, England Thomas P. Moore Niantic, CT Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix...Harola and Erica Van Pelt Los Angeles, CA Founder John Sampson White Editing, advertising 4631 Paseo Tubutama...transportation, etc. ‱ The buyers consisted of 11,000 local Tucson residents and 35,650 attendees from out-of-town...average of 10.8 days and spent an average of $922 on local goods and services. They also spent an average of...$210,000 each setting up their shows. ‱ State and local governments collected $6 million in sales taxes
 
Mineral and/or Locality  
Mindat Discussions Facebook Logo Instagram Logo Discord Logo
Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: April 25, 2024 20:00:00
Go to top of page