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Beryl from
Libwente Mine, Kagem Emerald Mine, Kafubu emerald mining district, Lufwanyama District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Beryl
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Beryl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Libwente Mine, Kagem Emerald Mine, Kafubu emerald mining district, Lufwanyama District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1011429
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1011429:6
GUID (UUID V4):abd743fb-beab-42b1-8225-25c27fd00487
Nearest other occurrences of Beryl
2.2km (1.4 miles) Dabwisa Mine, Kagem Emerald Mine, Kafubu emerald mining district, Lufwanyama District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
2.6km (1.6 miles) Pioneer Mine, Kafubu emerald mining district, Lufwanyama District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
3.2km (2.0 miles) Fwaya-Fwaya Ext 10 Mine, Kagem Emerald Mine, Kafubu emerald mining district, Lufwanyama District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
3.2km (2.0 miles) Chantete Mine, Kafubu emerald mining district, Lufwanyama District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
3.3km (2.0 miles) Fibolele Mine, Kagem Emerald Mine, Kafubu emerald mining district, Lufwanyama District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
3.5km (2.1 miles) Kagem Emerald Mine, Kafubu emerald mining district, Lufwanyama District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
3.5km (2.2 miles) Solid Rock Mine, Kafubu emerald mining district, Lufwanyama District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
4.4km (2.7 miles) D8 Mine, Kagem Emerald Mine, Kafubu emerald mining district, Lufwanyama District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
5.4km (3.3 miles) Mbuwa Mine, Kafubu emerald mining district, Lufwanyama District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
6.3km (3.9 miles) Ebenezer Mine, Kafubu emerald mining district, Lufwanyama District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Netherlands GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF ZAMBIAN EMERALD DEPOSITS A.S. SLIWA and C.A. NGULUWE Zimco Limited...Lusaka (Zambia) ABSTRACT Sliwa, A.S. and Nguluwe, C.A., 1984. Geological setting of Zambian emerald deposits...deposits. Precambrian Res., 25 : 213--228. The Kafubu emerald deposits occur within rocks of the Muva Supergroup...immediately southwest of the well known Copperbelt of Zambia. Within the Muva Supergroup are persistent...sometimes within the quartz--tourmaline veins. The emerald fields are considered comparable in quantity and
Report (issue)
our way through the compet­ itive minefield of emerald science, much of John's contribu­ tion to this...opinion. extraLapis English No. 2: Emerald The Most Valuable Beryl The Most Precious Gemstone Publisher...we • pay tribute to John Sinkankas to whom this emerald issue is dedicated. John Sinkankas wrote more...than 15 books including his 1981 definitive work Emerald and Other Beryls. He set standards for authors...Gloria & Gunther A 2001 Find of top-quality emerald crystals from La Pita at Maripi, Boyac
Journal (issue)
(11) 2.16 ct demantoid, (12) 1.05 ct emerald, (13) 1.99 ct red beryl, (14) 0.72 ct ruby, (15) 1.15 ct purplepink...available. Or the devastation inflicted on the emerald market when the stability of new and even traditional...marketed, and merchandized. In diamonds especially, the mine-to-market process has been severely tested. Vertical...snapshot of a decade—and a profound one at that—from mining and localities to treatments and synthetics to...more commercially important gem materials (i.e., emerald and other beryls, alexandrite and other chrysoberyls
 
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