 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 05:17 17 August 2017 of PALABORA Limpopo Province South Africa MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...Gauteng Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za A Figure 1. The abandoned Palabora open pit, photographed...bottom of the pit 300 meters below sea level. The Palabora* Igneous Complex (PIC) is located some 450 kilometers...kilometers northeast of Johannesburg in Limpopo Province, South Africa, just below the Tropic of Capricorn...and vermiculite from the complex. In 1956 the Palabora Mining Company was set up to develop the large |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | phoscorite–carbonatite association at Phalaborwa, South Africa Lorenzo Milani 1 & Robert Bolhar 1 &...of the phoscorite–carbonatite association at Phalaborwa. We trace the behavior of the compatible elements...Witwatersrand, PVT Bag 3, Wits,, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa 2 Department of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch...Stellenbosch University, PVT Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa 3 Department of Earth Sciences, University...the Western Cape, PVT Bag X17, Bellville 7530, South Africa revealing an evolutionary trend of decreasing |  | | Catalog/List | | Posjnadcit< II:. langitc,Main S1ope. DmkMine. Gunnosloke.ComwallScoley sky blue drusc on killns...RefMine. Gwinear.C omwnll fa RWD C:indlc wax ltke growihs...Reference example Ml £8 9.MMine. GuMislakc.Com-.nll Quanz rich wAf...reference sample M £20 20.Cassitcriic \:ls,.Polberro Mine. St Agnes. Cornwall ,\nrncti\C lus1rous cquan1 c...specimen.Ml £25 22.Goctlu1c,Rcs1orrncl Royal Iron Mine. Lost,\lth1el.C omwall Rich bot')oidal i:oc1h11e |  | | Catalog/List | | Kyanite show intersecting textures. Diamantina District, Minas Gerais, Brasil. 84A6(a) 5 x 5 cm 5.00 Highly...grade 84A3(c) 15.00 7.50 White Kyanite Clover, South Carolina. Quartzite (6 x 9 cm) with pyrite grains...over the fore-section amethyst crystals. The Irai District, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. combination is a delight...hydroxyl-apatite with large niobian perovFaraday Mine (now Madawaska Mine), crystal specimens, these two were worthy...quartz matrix (4 .5 x 4.1 cm); type locality . Moss Mine, Nordmark, Sweden . Nice miniature (8 x 5 cm) of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PalaboraIgneousComplex' A Brief Review PALABORA •{INING COMPANY LIMITED AND MINERALOGICAL MINE GEOLOGICAL STAFF Abstract...innumerable primitiveworkingson Loolekop, 177 178 PALABORA MINING COMPANY 15' LIMITED P..5' 35' ,...•...,..•" • • "..-.. PALABORA I,GNEOUS"---•._ ,.-.• s o ur • L,. AFRICA ! ..'• • • .", i J -"...1. Location map of the Palabora Igneous Complex in the Republic of South Africa. from which the Bantu...carbonatitein 1952 and the possiblestrategicimand azurite. The copper ore was transportedto portanceof this |  | | Catalog/List | | Prospectors Shop, Santa Fe. New Mexico. Hansonberg District Socorro County New Mexico £25 3 DANBURITE single...coverage of green coating on quartz with a little azurite, 2x2 £12 Brixlegg Austria I 5. APOPHYLLITE colourless...with micros of blue Kinoite in places £4 Christmas Mine, Arizona USA 16. MAGNETITE , black lustrous octahedral...pale green clinochlore plates palabora Pit Phalaborwa Transvaal South Africa I x2.5 £6 17. ROMANCHEITE...this is a compact mass, quite solid. Selasvatn south Norway £ 10 20. SCAPOLITE translucent single yellowish |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Park 2006 Gauteng, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za Desmond Sacco Johannesburg, South Africa All photos by the...Although the collection focuses primarily on the Tsumeb mine and the Kalahari manganese field, other “classic”...Onganja, Berg Aukas, Rosh Pinah, the Alto Ligonha district of Mozambique, the Goboboseb Mountains, and the...of the Congo. Despite this emphasis on southern Africa, there are also outstanding specimens from other...because this issue of Rocks & Minerals is celebrating Africa and its minerals, these will be featured here and |  | | Catalog/List | | with micros of blue Kinoite in places £4 Christmas Mine, Arizona USA J 7. MAGNETITE , black lustrous octahedral...pale green clinochlore plates palabora Pit Phalaborwa Transvaal South Africa l x2.5 £6 18. ENARGITE rich...this is a compact mass, quite solid. Selasvatn south Norway £ I 0 20. SCAPOLITE translucent single yellowish...good short-wave FLUORESCENT white . Yellow Pine mine, Clark County Nevada USA 2x1.5 £8 22. CALCITE white...green-grey covering , about 2x3 area, 1-lawkswood Mine Cornwall FLUORESCENT green Short wave £ 18 24. QUARTZ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Medal (gold) and gold-and-quartz specimen, Paymaster mine, Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Royal Ontario Museum...Brookite, Anatase, & Rutile from the Silver Link Mine, Ouray County, Ouray, Colorado, T. Rosemeyer, 327-30...Aurichalcite, New Mexico, 109; Utah, 377, 41 1 Azurite, New Mexico, 109; Utah, 377, 411 Classifieds,...Choice, R.B. Cook: Beryl, Variety Emerald, Chivor Mine, Chivor, Colombia, 332-34; Demantoid, Val Malenco...Fluorapatite, Inna Nala, near Fighar Village, Nagar District, Pakistan, 112-14; Microcline, Variety Amazonite |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...July-A ugust, 1991 in the collection from a specific mine, state or country, or all the gem beryls over 20...Europe and South America, $7.50/$8.00; by airmail to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, $8.50/$9 |  | | Book (edition) | | 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; |  | | Book | | Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) Reg. No. 1953/000441/07 The Estuaries...Century City, 7441 PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa Visit www.randomstruik.co.za and join the Struik...published edition, 2015: Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing editor:...Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa Dr Lynnette Greyling Department of Geological...Town Private Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701 Cape Town, South Africa Note: The authors and the publishers cannot |  | | Book (edition) | | Left: Internal reflections of hematite (red), azurite (blue), and malachite (green). Common Habit Many...bornitechalcocite/covellite-tenorite and/or malachite plus azurite; native copper and cuprite are less common in this...8 dark grey; 8 Mineral yes Högbomite yes Azurite Barite Yukonite yes Chamosite dark grey; 7 ... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of Cu sulfide deposits, • meteorites not known Azurite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Cuprite, Domeykite, Fe-oxides |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | country should he on view in the “city of gold.” South Africa is not well known for its institutional or statefunded...treasures of the earth. not only from South Africa but also from southern Africa as a whole and other regions...Mines and the Museum of the Geological Society of South Afiicil (Kennedy 1970). The Chamber of Mines collection...secretary and treasurer of the Geological Society of South Africu.) Several years later, in 1904, the collection...mammal-like reptiles from the famous Karoo region of South Africa, Cretaceous ammonites, Permian and Triassic |  | | Catalog/List | | ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South Norway Rich fine grained...- -1111 ALMANDINE Epteland, Evje-lveland area, South Norway 164 BERYL Kolsva, Vastmanland Sweden Rich...ANALCITE Bratthagen, near Larvik South Norway 1086 CALCITE Landsverk, Evje, South Norway Unusual rich yellow...··•··· --- -- . 168 ANORTHOCLASE Ula, near Larvik, South Norway 129 CHROMITE Kemi Finland Feldspar group...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden |  | | Book | | A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...sulfide) oxidizes to form anglesite (lead sulfate). Azurite (blue copper carbonate) can react to form malachite...this way keeps the original crystal shape of the azurite, it is called a pseudomorph, meaning “false form...ct RIGHT: Round brilliant-cut white diamonds, South Africa and Canada « 2.00 ct and 3.06 ct leaves the...for cutting other minerals. Tale, Mpumalanga, South Africa * 19 x 6 x 83cm Hardness 1 Hardness 4 Talc |  | | Journal (issue) | | EDITORIAL COVER PHOTO: Bayldonite. Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Globular aggregates to 0...Simon Camm· Michael Merry ------- 16 ------THE VAN MINE S.J.S. Hughes -------26 ------A JOURNEY THROUGH... MINERAL NOTES SIEGENITE FROM ERGLODD MINE, TALYBONT, DYFED, WALES RGLODD Mine is located 200 metres east of...sphalerite (Livingstone l'I al., 1976); in the South Wales Coalfield it is found in clay-ironstone nodules...(1985) Siegenite in clayironstone nodules from the South Wales Coalfield. Joumal of the Russell Society 1 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Nineteen, Number Three Articles The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, A rizona by G. B. Allen & W. Hunt...........221 COVER: ANGLESITE from the Touissit mine, Morocco. The large crystal measures 4.5 cm. This...Chichibu mine” (by Kuniaki Kato and Hidemichi Hori), “ Collecting report: Hikagezawa gold mine, Shizuoka...Avenue Sun City, Arizona 85351 he Tonopah-Belmont mine is a micromounter’s paradise. An un common suite...sulfates, molybdates and chromates can be found at the mine. The abundance of species makes it an ideal introduction |  | | Book | | 21:98100 Abstracts of the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates (chairman: K. Wenrich)...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Top right: Benitoite, 2 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, California...N‘Chwaning I mine, Kuruman, South Africa. Bottom right: Mimetite, 2.7 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia....Record: (1) Stephanite, Husky mine, Canada. (2) Wulfenite, Rowley mine, Arizona. (3) Diaspore twin, Pinarcik...Adelaide mine, Tasmania. (5) Andradite, Antetezambato, Madagascar. (6) Calcite, Mashamba West mine, Congo...(8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite, N’Chwaning II mine, South Africa. v This special supplement |  | | Journal (issue) | | P708324 geoniieuw ge ws w maandb blad va an de mine eralogiische kring k a antwer rpen v..z.w. 33(9)...Egyetem, H-4244 Újfehértó, Dózsa György út 32. <azurite@freemail.hu> BRIGHTON. Brighton Racecourse, Freshfield...trimmers for mineral collectors 95-99 The Palomo mine, Huancavelica Dept., Peru 103-109 Pseudomorphs from...125-130 Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil 131-135...BaCa2(CO3)2F2, a new mineral species from the Kirovskii mine, Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia 151-152 Fragile |  | | Catalog/List | | 2x2£15 ½"£5 1"£7 ANALCIME Orallhagcn, near Larvik South Norway Ojuela Mme, Mapimi, Mexico ADAMITE 1 0 98...Bay, Skye, Scotland AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 17 2 Rich mass of black crystal sections...ALBERTITE near Dingwall Scotland ANATASE Cuiba district, Gouveia Minas Gerais. Brazil 28 Quite rich black...lx2 £2 lxl£3 2x2£12 lx2£5 lxl £1 ----· Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minl10, Portugal...Andalucia Spain. Type Location New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England 140 grey bleby small botryoidal |  | Camprubí, Antoni, González-Partida, Eduardo, López-Martínez, Margarita, Iriondo, Alexander, Alfonso, Pura, Cienfuegos-Alvarado, Edith, Gutiérrez-Armendáriz, Eric, Morales-Puente, Pedro, Canet, Carles, González-Ruiz, Luis (2017) The Upper Cretaceous Guaynopa IOCG and Guaynopita porphyry copper deposits, Chihuahua, Mexico. Ore Geology Reviews, 81. 1096-1112 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.01.006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | attributed to Cenozoic extensional events. The local sedimentary country rocks (Figure 1) constitute...tremolite-actinolite and kaolinite, besides malachite and azurite as supergene minerals. Some hypogenic replacement...2011) crops out in an area of ~5 km2 about 5 km south of the IOCG Guaynopa deposits. It consists of quartz...pyrite and sphalerite plus widespread supergene azurite, malachite (Figure 2e) and native copper. The veinlets...are rich in chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite, with azurite and malachite as supergene minerals. Other smaller |  | | Catalog/List | | massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless... £6 BaCa .C0/3 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 975 ALTHAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway...x2 £ 1.50 2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting...Lepidocrocite. 3mm £3 FeO"OH Cl 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay, Scarborough Yorkshire A rare British mineral |  | | Book (edition) | | Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Angola and South-West Africa, i.a. Carbonatites are now the major sources...Canada Brazil Greenland, Europe, and the U.S.S.R. Africa India APPENDICES REFERENCES LOCALITY INDEX SUBJECT...Society of South Africa and C. A. Strauss and F. C. Truter (1950A) : Geological Society of South Africa and...Society of South Africa and R. L. Johnson (1961) 6-12: Geological Society of South Africa and R. L. Johnson... Figure Figure 10-1: Geological Society of South Africa and S.J. Shand (1921A) 10-5: American Journal |
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