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Cochromite from
Bon Accord Ni deposit, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Cochromite
Formula:CoCr2O4
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cochromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bon Accord Ni deposit, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:110388
Long-form Identifier:1:3:110388:5
GUID (UUID V4):58cba6f5-4bcb-46c0-b1c4-e3841d7a4b29
References
De Waal, S.A. (1978) Nickel minerals from Barberton, South Africa: VIII. The spinels cochromite and nichromite, and their significance to the origin of the Bon Accord nickel deposit. Bulletin du BRGM (deuxième série), Section II, (3): 225-230.
Fleischer, Michael, Cabri, Louis J., Chao, G. Y., Pabst, Adolf (1980) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 65 (7-8) 808-814
O'Driscoll, B., Clay, P. L., Cawthorn, R. G., Lenaz, D., Adetunji, J., & Kronz, A. (2014). Trevorite: Ni-rich spinel formed by metasomatism and desulfurization processes at Bon Accord, South Africa?. Mineralogical Magazine, 78(1), 145-163.
Reference Search (possible matching items)
O’Driscoll, B., Clay, P. L., Cawthorn, R. G., Lenaz, D., Adetunji, J., Kronz, A. (2014) Trevorite: Ni-rich spinel formed by metasomatism and desulfurization processes at Bon Accord, South Africa?. Mineralogical Magazine, 78 (1) 145-163 doi:10.1180/minmag.2014.078.1.11
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Trevorite: Ni-rich spinel formed by metasomatism and desulfurization processes at Bon Accord, South Africa...University of the Witwatersrand, PO Wits, 2050 South Africa Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Trieste University...Editor: C. Storey] ABSTRACT The 3.5 Ga Bon Accord Ni deposit occurs within the lowest serpentinized maficultramafic...maficultramafic lavas of the Barberton Greenstone Belt (South Africa). Though now completely mined out...out, it comprised a suite of rare Ni-rich minerals that led to its interpretation as either an extraterrestrial
Howie, R.A. (1996) Cairncross, B. and Dixon, R. Minerals of South Africa, Johannesburg (Geological Society of South Africa), 1995. xix + 296 pp, numerous coloured maps and photographs. Standard Edition (ISBN 0-620-19324-7) U.S.$ 115.00; Luxury leather-bound collectors Edition (ISBN 0-620- 19325-5) U.S.$ 300.00 (available from the G.S.S.A., P.O Box 44283, Linden 2104, South Africa). Mineralogical Magazine, 60 (402) 854-855 doi:10.1180/minmag.1996.060.402.22
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dixon, R. Minerals of South Africa, Johannesburg (Geological Society of South Africa), 1995. xix + 296 pp...2104, South Africa). This volume, which deals exclusively with minerals found in South Africa, combines...(Monarch cinnabar mine, the asbestos deposits of the Barberton greenstone belt, the gold deposits of the Witwatersrand...Archaean deposits, gives details of the Bon Accord Ni deposit, with a geological sketch-map and a list...rare nickel minerals including bonaccordite, cochromite, liebenbergite, nichromite, nimite, trevorite
Clark, A. M. (1993) Hey's Mineral Index - Mineral Species, Varieties and Synonyms (3rd ed.) Natural History Museum, London.
Book (edition)
Aus1rnlia. Thomas Nelson Aus1r.1lia. 102 Dodds S1rce1. South Mdbournc. Vic1oria 3205. Auslr.ilia Chapman & Hall...••= m 105 Ha 1-1.)ttn u'TI 58 - 41 74 28 Ni COOl'I Sr<>a um 102 9055 89 Ac 43 r-- V 1 1...Min .. Erg. I I . p. I. Abelsonilc. C 1 1 1-1 32N J Ni. 32. 1 5 A. Pabst. P.A. Estep. E.J . Dwornik. R.B...p. 99. From (TL) Crackers Well. South Australia. Australia. Deposit located by air-borne scintillator;...1 892) Syst. Mi11., 6th ed .. p. 50. A term of South American origin describing galena in granular form
 
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