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Arsenopyrite from
Aggeneys, Khâi-Ma Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Farm
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite31 photos of Arsenopyrite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Bismuthinite29 photos of Arsenopyrite associated with Bismuthinite at this locality.
Pyrrhotite27 photos of Arsenopyrite associated with Pyrrhotite at this locality.
Magnetite23 photos of Arsenopyrite associated with Magnetite at this locality.
Chlorite Group18 photos of Arsenopyrite associated with Chlorite Group at this locality.
Pyrite16 photos of Arsenopyrite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Ilmenite7 photos of Arsenopyrite associated with Ilmenite at this locality.
Sphalerite4 photos of Arsenopyrite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Silver2 photos of Arsenopyrite associated with Silver at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Aggeneys, Khâi-Ma Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:250091
Long-form Identifier:1:3:250091:1
GUID (UUID V4):acc424ac-0fb8-456f-a70f-f261facaba8b
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulfides in the Areachap Group, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Russell Bailie & Jens Gutzmer &...schists of the Areachap Group, in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The Areachap Group represents...Bailie (*) University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa e-mail: rbailie@uwc.ac.za J. Gutzmer...McClung University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa from that of associated sulfides. At one of...isotopes . Zn–Cu deposits . Areachap Group . South Africa . Sulfides . Barite Introduction The Areachap
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Associates Pty Ltd, PO Box 740, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia A R T I C L E I N F O...deposits. In addition, the Menninnie PbZn deposit, South Australia, is not a BHT deposit since mineralization...(Broken Hill (Australia), Zinkgruvan, Menninnie Dam (South Australia; Beeson, 1990b), Balmat (New York), and...(Dammberget (Sweden), Boquira (Brazil), Aggeneys (South Africa), and Gamsberg). Although not being assigned...massive sulfides de­ posits in the Arunta Complex (Northern Territory, Australia) and the Georgetown Block
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sulphide partial melting at Broken Hill, Aggeneys, South Africa I: Petrography R.H. Bailie Department pf...Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa, Present address: Paleoproterozoic...Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa, e-mail: glgy13@na.rau.ac.za or geo_russ@hotmail...Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7700, Cape Town, South Africa e-mail: dlr@geology...dlr@geology.uct.ac.za © 2005 Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT The Broken Hill-type Ph-Zn-Cu-Ag massive
Report (issue)
from the Broken Hill mine, Aggeneys, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Have I ever pictured one of...from the Broken Hill mine, Aggeneys, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Via Mineralia specimen and...active mining for metals had ceased in the Annaberg district—thanks to ongoing collecting by locals. I always...Bergmannisch Glück Gegentrum mine, Frohnau, Annaberg district. Fluorite, 8 cm, from the Bergsmannisch Glück...called Mineral One (mineral-one.com), is based in northern Italy, and its “About Us” page goes on to say
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level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of the Australian Museum;...Chapman photo. • 1.4 cm, Chapman’s Gully, South Australia. South Australian Museum collection; Jeff Scovil...Jeff Scovil photo. • 4.2 cm, Mongalata goldfield, South Australia. Geoscience Australia collection; Jeff...Nigel Richardson Barry Schubert Robert Sielecki South Australian Museum Malcolm & Angela Southwood Lee...these is the Australian Museum, established in New South Wales in 1829. The Queen Victoria Museum in Launceston
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it has been at places such as Broken Hill, New South Wales, where linarite’s legacy is primarily in the...reported from several Maine occurrences including the Cape Rosier mine at Brooksville, Hancock County, where...Pacific mine in the Bayhorse district, Custer County; mines in the Atlanta district, Elmore County, where it...in the San Francisco district, Beaver County; mines of the West Tintic district, Juab County; the Bingham...Silver King and Woodside mines in the Park City district, Summit County. Good linarite micromounts have
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Down, Northern Ireland, 253; fibres, flexibility of, 327; Zr-bearing, Igaliko Dyke Swarm, South Greenland...Ireland, 293 ARes, C. E. S., see ZWAAN,P. C., 473 Arsenopyrite, spectroscopic investigation of altered surfaces...USA, 639 Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), arsenopyrite, surface compositions, 223; pentlandite, surface...55 BALDWIN, J. R., tantalum minerals, Southern Africa, 571 Bannisterite, barian, Japan, 85 Bariandite...Ferrontantalite replacing manganotantalite, South Africa and Namibia, 571 FLEISCHER, M., see ATENCIO
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2002), Gamsberg, South Africa (Rozendaal and Stumpfl, 1984) and Aggeneys, South Africa (Ryan et al., 1986)...1968; Billington, 1979) and in the Broken Hill district (Barnes, 1983; Leyh, 2000). Widely divergent views...subsidiaries (1885–1939) and later by Broken Hill South, North Broken Hill, MM&M and tribute miners. Underground...Supergroup of the Curnamona Craton in western New South Wales (Fig. 1). The Broken Hill Domain has undergone...deformation (D1) occurred in the Olarian Orogeny at 1600 Ma (Page and Laing, 1992; Stevens, 1999) as a synchronous
Book
Australia Jim Graham 4th 1991 Pretoria, South Africa Sybrand de Waal 3rd 1989 Montréal, Canada...USA Donald Hausen 1st 1981 Johannesburg, South Africa S.A. Hiemstra INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR APPLIED...since the inaugural meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1981 and this decenary event perhaps heralds..., 93–773 Lombard, A., 80–665 Lor, Y.A., 44–369 M Ma, Y.H., 96–795 MacDonald, M., 50–419 Macé, N., 84–699...Tassinari, MMML 9 3 Metallogeny of Culampajá Gold District, Argentina Avila, JC, and Lazarte, JE 4 Systematic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
first melting reaction would be at 500°C, where arsenopyrite and pyrite react to form pyrrhotite and an As–S...recent examination of the Broken Hill orebody, New South Wales, Australia, we found many features that are...Fe–As–Sb–S, be it by reaction between pyrite + arsenopyrite or between pyrite + stibnite, could have a wide...this system are those that involve arsenopyrite. At 491°C, arsenopyrite + pyrite react to form melt + pyrrhotite...the composition As29S71 (Clark 1960) (Fig. 6). Arsenopyrite melts incongruently at 702°C to pyrrhotite +
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Neoproterozoic Adelaidean sequences, northeastern South Australia Chris Clark a,*, Ben Grguric b, Andreas...Supergroup. During the Mesoproterozoic (f1600 to 1500 Ma) Olarian Orogeny, metamorphic remobilisation of strata-bound...terrain located within eastern South Australia and western New South Wales (Fig. 1). Previous studies...opening of the Adelaide Geosyncline beginning f830 Ma (Preiss, 2000). The Willyama Supergroup rocks have...metamorphism that occurred between f1600 and 1500 Ma (Robertson et al., 1998). Ashley et al. (1998), on
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Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia c Teale & Associates, PO Box 740, North Adelaide, South Australia...melted sulfides in the Broken Hill deposit, Aggeneys, South Africa. 2. Geologic setting 2.1. Regional geological...geological setting The Broken Hill mine occurs in the south-eastern part of the Curnamona Craton (Fig. 1), a...grade rock-types ranging in age from ∼1710 Ma to ∼ 1570 Ma and generally overlain by younger cover. In...geological mapping at 1:12,500 scale by the New South Wales Geological Survey has compiled a ∼ 7 km thick
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Siderite Siete Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia...siderite from Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla district, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia...consists of 1-cm or smaller curved rhombohedra. Moving south from New Jersey, notable iridescent microcrystals...found as iridescent microcrystals; the Duquesne district, Santa Cruz County, as curved rhombohedra; and...sphalerite and pyrite. The White Raven mine, Ward district, Boulder County, has produced some of the Figure
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isotope signature from the Pinnacles Mine, New South Wales, Australia J. Parr Department of Geology...Geology, Universityof Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Received: September 3, 1991/Accepted:...km southwest of the Broken Hill deposit in New South Wales (Fig. 1). The deposit, which lies in the Cues...metavolcanic rocks were deposited between 1670 and 1690 Ma (Page and Laing 1990). The succession include several...early ProterozoicWillyamaSupergroup in New South Wales and South Australia, and the location of the Pinnacles
Book (edition)
Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1 GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright © 2015, 2008 Elsevier B.V. All...bireflectance. Left (top): The simple contact twin of arsenopyrite is inconspicuous under PPL, but reveals its...share their main crystallographic axes. Left: Arsenopyrite occasionally displays hour-glass structures...red-violet cruciform, star-like trillings Arsenopyrite Talnakhite strong, bluish to brownish grey...distinct, dark brownish grey distinct (less than arsenopyrite), blue to brownish grey strong, bluish to brownish
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10.3749/canmin.47.5.1159 CONTAMINATION OF THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN BATHOLITH BY SULFIDES FROM THE COUNTRY...and are also common in the marginal facies of the South Mountain Batholith (SMB), Nova Scotia, relative...of Co (up to 0.17 wt%) and Ni (up to 0.41 wt%), local increases in the Ccp:Po ratio, better development...assimilation, granite, melting, texture, composition, South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia. Sommaire Les minéraux...aussi dans les faciès de bordure du batholite de South Mountain (SMB), en Nouvelle-Écosse, par rapport
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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;
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sulfide horizon from the Salt River VMS deposit (South Africa) Cora C. Wohlgemuth-Ueberwasser ⁎, Fanus Viljoen...Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...online 3 August 2013 Keywords: VMS Salt River South Africa Sulfide Metamorphism LA-ICP-MS a b s t r a c...upper sulfide zone of the Salt River VMS deposit (South Africa) were analyzed for PGE (platinum group elements)...massive sulfide (VMS) deposit located in the Northern Cape Province within the Mesoproterozoic Namaqualand
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the Ruttan volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, northern Manitoba, Canada Received: 13 June 2003 / Accepted:...type deposit in the Rusty Lake volcanic belt of northern Manitoba. The deposit contained over 82.8 million...consists of a series of moderately to steeply dipping, south-facing lenses that extend along strike at the surface...otite ± staurolite ± anthophyllite ± talc, and local silicification. The proximal hanging wall rocks are...the 0.6 million tonne Dar-2 Cu–Zn deposit 12 km south of Ruttan, have positive Eu anomalies, whereas negative
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Corporation of South Africa, the Chair of Economic Geology at Rhodes University, South Africa, and since...appointments at the Astrobiology Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, and the China University of Geosciences...which has included work in Europe, southern Africa, South East Asia, New Zealand, the southwest Pacific...Felsic Phase of the Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3.6 The Sn-W Deposits.... . . . . . . . 4.4.4 Sabie-Pilgrim’s Rest, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.5 Capricorn
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polymetallic sulphide deposits at Aggeneys-Gamsberg, South Africa, is of particular interest; despite...restricted parts of the deposits as a result of local processes, controlled by tectonics, fluid flow regimes...and Tucker (1991) give a U-Pb zircon age of 456 k 2 Ma (early-middle Caradoc) for the latest major intrusion...period of as long as 25 Ma. Kullerud et al. (1988) gave a U-Pb zircon age of 483 f 4 Ma from one of the oldest...age of the complex. A minimum Rb-Sr age of 433 k 10 Ma for the intrusive rocks forming the root system to
Book (edition)
Ferroselite Hastite Frohbergite Mattagamite Froodite Arsenopyrite Glaucodot Gudmundite Löllingite Safflorite Rammelsbergite...(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)...silicates (dark grey); Keeps Mine, Wyangle, Tumut, New South Wales, Australia [j]; Nic. // 26 Awaruite A ...isoferroplatinum (light cream); Maandagshoek, South Africa [d]; Nic. // B Osmium (darker brown), laurite
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the Quadrilátero Ferrífero, the world-class iron district of Minas Gerais, Brazil, numerous manganese oxide...Guidotti.26 Tourmaline compositions of nearby arsenopyrite-rich, vein-style, auriferous mineralizations...L. M. Geology and ore deposits of the Itabira district, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Prof. Pap. U.S. geol. Surv...Geology and mineral resources of the Congonhas district, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Prof. Pap. U.S. geol. Surv...formation bands in the Broken Hill deposit, Aggeneys, South Africa. Explor. Min. Geol., 3, 1994, 407–17. 31
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replacement and Ni substitution into auriferous arsenopyrite Denis Fougerouse a,b,⇑, Steven Micklethwaite...world-class Obuasi gold deposit, Ghana, has gold-rich arsenopyrite spatially associated with quartz veins, which...replacement (15%) by Au-poor, nickeliferous arsenopyrite, during localised crystalplastic deformation...f S2 and carried aqueous NiCl2. We find that arsenopyrite replacement produced strong chemical gradients...Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 178 (2016) 143–159 arsenopyrite crystal structure for Ni and Co, rather than
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BrokenHill-TypePinnacles Pb-Zn-AgDeposit, Western New South Wales, Australia JOANNA M. PARR* Departmentof Geology...psammopeliticrocks. ogyof the Pinnaclesdeposit,whichlies 15 km south- However,severalimportantpetrographicand geowestof...quencecomprisingmostlymetasedimentary P.O. Box 136, New South Wales 2113, Australia. andpsammopelitic rocks. ...underwent tectonismduringthe Olarianorogenyat 1600 _+8 Ma 0• Hill BlOck •XJ 0 [ Km • I FlC. ]. The Early...Thackaringa Group rocks. northto granulitefaciesin the south(Phillipsand Wall, 1981). The replacementof andalusite
 
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