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Mountainite from
Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Mountainite
Formula:KNa2Ca2[Si8O19(OH)] · 6H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mountainite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1032500
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1032500:5
GUID (UUID V4):d9f5677a-4734-4486-851f-c2fb2051cc74
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
courtesy Department of Geology, Rhodes University, South Africa. Department of Geology University of Johannesburg...Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za Edgar Donald Mountain (1901–1985) Mountainite, KNa2Ca2[Si8O19(OH)]·6H2O...The type locality is the Bultfontein diamond mine in Kimberley, South Africa, where it was found associated...with rhodesite, another type species from the Bultfontein kimberlite pipe (Gard, Taylor, and Chalmers 1957;...Washington D.C. Apart from the type locality, mountainite is currently known from four other localities:
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
Report (issue)
00] 100.00 Chemistry: 6.22 15.47 (1) Kimberley, South Africa, average of two analyses. (2) Do.; by electron...5H2 O: Occurrence: In a kimberlite pipe (Kimberley, South Africa); in a magadiite deposit localized in altered... California, USA). Association: Mountainite (Kimberley, South Africa); magadiite, montmorillonite (Trinity...USA). Distribution: In South Africa, at the Bultfontein diamond mine, Kimberley, Cape Province. From near...of the DeBeers Mining Company, also for Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, where the mineral
Report (issue)
Mountainite (Ca; Na2 ; K2 )2 Si4 O10 ² 3H2 O ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal...¯ = 104± Z= 8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Kimberley, South Africa. 2.94 (vvs), 6.6 (vs), 13.1 (s), 4.67 (s)...8.02 13.4 0.87 2.47 99.4 99.63 (1) Kimberley, South Africa; corresponds to (Na1:04 Ca0:99 K0:54 Mg...2:75H2 O: Occurrence: In a kimberlite pipe (Kimberley, South Africa); in a di®erentiated alkalic massif (Lovozero...massif, Russia). Association: Rhodesite (Kimberley, South Africa); natrolite, steenstrupine, chkalovite
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the description of the species nominates Socrates mine, Sonoma County, California, as the type locality... 1221. Aerugite (Neotype) BM 1963,00481 South Terras mine, St-Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, England...(Cotype) BM 1925,00080 Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa J. Parry and F. E. Wright (1925) Min...277. Agardite (Cotype) BM 1978,00024 Bou Skour mine, Bou Azzer, Jbel Sarho, Morocco J.E. Dietrich, M...pp. 189, 276. Allanite (Cotype) BM 94377 Alluk, South Greenland T. Thomson (1810) Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh
Report (issue)
Afwillite NMNH 95237 Dutoitspan Mine, Kimber¬ ley, South Africa Dutoitspan Ammonioborite cany, Italy...Mineral¬ Feldspar ogy of Three Sulphate Deposits of Northern from Soda Anorthite Chile. American Mineralogist...(M. Vonsen, 1920) NMNH 106112 from the Hillside Mine, Yavapai County, Ari¬ L. G. Berry, 1947. Composition...Aluminocopiapite NMNH 93834 Island Mountain, Mountain, from Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona (L. J. Cabri, 1976) Island...the Jarosite American Mineralogist, 12:424-426. Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada Copiapite Tus¬ See reference
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
natural occurrences of rhodesite from Kimberley, South Africa (Mountain 1957; Gard and Taylor 1957),...discovered in 1957 from the Bultfontein diamond mine located in Kimberley, South Africa (Mountain 1957). Since...minerals has been identified in only 2 localities: Kimberley in 1957 and California in 1969. The XRD pattern...investigation of two new minerals: Rhodesite and mountainite. Mineral Mag 31 :61 1623. Gottardi G, Galli E...surrounding Kuroko deposits in the Hokuriku District, northern Akita, as submarine hydrothennal-diagenetic
Book (edition)
Meta/lurgical and Mineralogical Society o/ South Africa Journal of Chemical Phy ics Journal cif the...and Proceedings of the Royal Socief) 1 of Ne,v South Wales JPSJ Journal of rhe Physical Society of...Mineralogia e Petrologia Program with abstract ·.joint 01111110/ meeting of the GAC. ,\L.J.Cand CSPG Pennskiye...Pennskiye gubemskiye wdomo.sti (Perm district ga=elle) Pl,ilosopl,ical Maga=ine Periodico de Alineralogia-Roma...Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calcium silicate hydrate from the Bultfontein Mine, Kimberley, South Africa. Gard and Taylor (1957) published...and TC as well as with rhodesite from Kimberley, South Africa (K). Results of the analyses are listed...County, California, USA, Rhodesite from Kimberley, South Africa, Calculated for HKCa2Sis019' 5H10, Calculated...reported in the literature for rhodesite from Kimberley (K) (Gard, Taylor, 1957) and for rhodesite TC...the rather high Na content of rhodesite from Kimberley cannot be explained on similar lines because very
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calcium silicate hydrate from the Bultfontein Mine, Kimberley, South Africa. Gard and Taylor (1957) published...and TC as well as with rhodesite from Kimberley, South Africa (K). Results of the analyses are listed...County, California, USA, Rhodesite from Kimberley, South Africa, Calculated for HKCa2Sis019' 5H10, Calculated...reported in the literature for rhodesite from Kimberley (K) (Gard, Taylor, 1957) and for rhodesite TC...the rather high Na content of rhodesite from Kimberley cannot be explained on similar lines because very
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ca chains. Mountainite, shlykovite and cryptophyllite could be combined into the mountainite structural...apatite Central Mine at Mount Rasvumchorr. This pegmatitic body currently destroyed by mining operations was...topologically close to that recently established in mountainite with a formula (Z = 2) KNa2Ca2[Si8O19(OH)] â‹…...1 5 1.392 1.340 1 2 1.390 1.337 425 427 mountainite layers are, however, markedly different in ring...TOTpackets) of monoclinic unit cells of shlykovite, mountainite, and rhodesite are close or divisible. Among
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Fig. 1). The mineral originated from the Kirovskii mine at the Kukisvumchorr Mountain in Khibiny massif...Peninsula; 8, 9—Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania; 11—Bultfontein, South Africa. References: 1—[2], 2—[11], 8—[10], 10—[7];...spectra: 1—practically anhydrous delhayelite (Kirovskii Mine, Khibiny massif): the object of our structural studies...material, no. 10 in Table 1); 4—rhodesite (Bultfontein, South Africa; the authors’ material, no. 11 in Table...analyses of the original sample from Bultfontein (South Africa), rhodesite was for a long time considered
Book (volume)
alteration of different kinds of stacking of layers, local defects, etc.). For this reason, the interpretation...Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...Rastsvetaeva et al. 2009) from the Yoko-Dovyren massif, Northern Baikal area 14 1 The Application of IR Spectroscopy...Ca2[Si2O5(OH)2]·H2O from the YokoDovyren massif, Northern Baikal area Fig. 1.18 IR spectrum of acid triorthosilicate...freedom per unit cell and qi and qj are deviations of local coordinates (i.e. lengths of chemical bonds and
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crystallographers, geologists, petrologists, geochemists, mining engineers, mineral assayers, curators, collectors...chemist and mineralogist; student of Torbern Bergman; mine owner and mineral analyst; trained J. J. Berzelius...Louis Cordier (1777-1861), French geologist and mining engineer; student of Haiiy; helped enlarge the...identified as scientists, or related to mineral mining, collecting, or exploration, there are some cases...prehnite, Colonel Hendrik von Prehn, of Cape Town, South Africa. samarskite, Colonel V. E. von Samarski-Bykhovets
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Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle. Courtesy...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...Hendrik van Prehn, who brought the mineral from the Cape of Good Hope. This was the first mineral named after
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43..."Mineral Powder Diffraction File", published by the Joint Committees on Powder Diffraction Standards (JCPDS)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....the sequence North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica)...pegmatitic origin in the same sequence: North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, etc. For some
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England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne 3205 Victoria, Australia Nelson Canada...tried to retain local names for subdivisions within a given country. For some local names the anglicized...given name is included in parentheses although most local names lack this designation. For example we use...K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3
Book (edition)
Mineralogy, Museum of Geology South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Rapid City, South Dakota GEORGE ROBERT...George Robert, 1931joint author. II. Weber, Juµus, joint author. III. Title. 1 QE355.R6 549 .03 74-1155 ISBN...Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...referred to the Powder Diffraction File of the Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards for the..."ASTM Powder Diffraction File," published by the Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards. Canadian
Book (edition)
Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C. Alan Pring: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Gunnar...10. India 11. South east Asia 12. Middle East 13. African Countries, from north to south 14. Oceania 15...15. Australia 16. Antarctica 17. South America The localities section includes a description of the...Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Isand South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia...Yukon States, Australia New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria
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CALCUTTA MADRAS KARACHI IBADAN NAIROBI DAR ES SALAAM CAPE TOWN Published in the USA by Oxford University...composition 5Mg0.3Si02.3^-4H20, from Mt. Tkhach, northern Caucasus. This is perhaps the ‘new variety of...Al)16O34(Cl,SO4,CO3)4.0-6H2O, from a lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan province, Afghanistan. The...crystals from Kimberley, South Africa. Named after Mr. Alpheus Fuller Williams, of Kimberley, by whom the...Greenish-blue hexagonal crystals from the Bou-Skour copper mine, Jebel Sarhro,* Ouazazate,* Morocco, have the composition
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...referred to the Po wder Diffraction File of the Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards for the
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada...referred to the Powder Diffraction File of the Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards for the...ASTM Powder Diffraction File, p ublished by the Joint Committee on Po,\'der Diffraction Standards. "Calculated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
investigation of two new mrnerals: Rhodesite and mountainite. Mineralogical Magazine, 3 l, 61 1oz5Hesse,K... (1957) Rhodesite, a new mineral from the Bultfontein mine, Kimberly. Mineralogical Magazine, 31, 607-610
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Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, & Related Terms Compiled and edited by the Staff of the U.S. Bureau of...Graham, Director FOREWORD The need for a revised mining dictionary is obvious when one considers the technological...that have occurred since the Bureau's previous mining dictionaries were published. The Bureau had pioneered...the Mining and Minerals Industry," and continuing to the 1968 publication "A Dictionary of Mining, Minerals...Minerals, and Related Terms." To develop a modern mining dictionary, the U.S. Bureau of Mines initiated
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Dantestrasse 50, GFR. Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Proceedings, 1898-, Clunis Ross...Geological Society of South Africa, Transactions, 1896-, Marshalltown, Transvaal, South Africa. Geological Survey...Sciences, Annual Report, London SW7 2DE, UK. of Mining and Metallurgy, Institution Transactions 1892-...USA. Korean Mining, Journal (Kwangsan 172 Kangnung-Dong, DobangKu, Seoul 130-02, South Korea. Kristallografiya...Metallurgy, Private Bag 7, Private Bag X3015, South Africa. Natural Resources Forum, 1976-, United Nations
 
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