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Fairchildite 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:Fairchildite
Formula:K2Ca(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fairchildite 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:1233191
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1233191:2
GUID (UUID V4):739e78a9-523a-4f1d-8d01-ecdaa1396d3a
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Benfontein Kimberlite Sill complex (Kimberley, South Africa): Textural, petrographic and melt inclusion...the Benfontein Kimberlite Sill complex (Kimberley, South Africa): Textural, petrographic and melt inclusion...the Benfontein Kimberlite Sill Complex (Kimberley, South Africa): Textural, petrographic and melt inclusion...Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa 6 Department of Geology, University...emplacement coeval with other kimberlites of the Kimberley SC RI cluster. The Benfontein sills are characterised
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
polymict mantle xenolith from the Bultfontein kimberlite (Kimberley, South Africa). The inclusions host abundant...polymict mantle xenolith from the Bultfontein kimberlite (Kimberley, South Africa). In this paper we show that...xenolith (DU-1) from the Bultfontein dumps, Kimberley (South Africa). The Bultfontein dumps comprise waste...(including abundant mantle xenoliths) from the Bultfontein mine, which is one of four major diamond-producing...Off-cut of polymict breccia xenolith DU-1 (Kimberley, South Africa). Coin diameter = 2.4 cm. include blebs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magmaclast from the Venetia kimberlite cluster, South Africa Adam Abersteiner, Andrea Giuliani, Vadim S....magmaclast from the Venetia kimberlite cluster, South Africa, Chemical Geology (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo...magmaclast from the Venetia kimberlite cluster, South Africa SC R Adam Abersteinera,c *, Andrea Giulianib...from one of the ca. 520 Ma Venetia kimberlites, South Africa. The sample (BI9883) has a sub-spherical shape...recovered from a mine dump in the Venetia cluster of kimberlites in north-eastern South Africa. Our petrographic
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
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)
alkali (K, Na, Ba, Sr) carbonates (±F) (e.g., fairchildite (K2Ca(CO3)2), gregoryite ((Na2,K2,Ca)CO3), zemkorite...and -chlorides, where K-rich minerals (e.g., fairchildite, gregoryite, sylvite) are far more common than...alkali/alkali-earth (K-NaBa-Sr) carbonates (e.g., fairchildite, gregoryite, zemkorite, witherite), K\\Na chlorides...the Benfontein kimberlite sill complex (Kimberley, South Africa): textural, petrographic and melt inclusion...olivines in kimberlite from the De Beers mine, Kimberley, South Africa: International Kimberlite Conference
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nyerereite Na2Ca(CO3)2 and nyerereite-like phases, fairchildite (K2Ca(CO3)2) and other unidentified F- and V-bearing...magmaclast from the Venetia kimberlite cluster, South Africa. Chem. Geol. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016...Becker, M., Le Roex, A.P., 2006. Geochemistry of South African On- and Off-craton, Group RI I and Group...Berg, G.W., 1989. The significance of brucite in South African kimberlites. In: Kimberlite NU and Related...from Kalahari manganese fields (Republic of South Africa). Mineral Mag. 71, 193-201. CE Brey, G.P.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
al., 2007), Bultfontein, South Africa (Giuliani et al., 2017), Benfontein, South Africa (Howarth et al...al., 2016), De Beers, South Africa (Soltys et al., 2018), Tongo, West Africa (Howarth and Giuliani, 2020)...concentrations at Intertek Minerals Laboratory (Adelaide, South Australia). Samples were prepared by pulverising...are typically represented by carbonates (e.g., fairchildite, gregoryite, Jo ur zemkorite + other unidentified...similar example is shown in the Benfontein sills (South Africa), where K2O contents are very low (<0.15 wt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Unlike that, the appearance of K2 Ca(CO3 )2 fairchildite can be expected at crustal pressures since it...12 Å, Z = 3) with an eitelite-type structure. Fairchildite crystallizes in the space group P63 /mmc (a...355(2) Å). The Raman spectra of bütschliite and fairchildite are given in [11]. The listed carbonates have...found K-Ca carbonate (presumably K2Ca(CO3)2 fairchildite) Giuliani et al. (2012) [5] found K-Ca carbonate...carbonate (presumably K2 Ca(CO3 )2 fairchildite) and dolomite among the daughter phases in a melt inclusion
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
four occurrences) being commonly considered as local artifacts of secondary alteration (Watkinson and...mineral in kimberlite dikes in the Upper Canada Gold Mine (Watkinson and Chao, D 1973) and later in the...serpentine-poor kimberlites in the Upper Canada Gold Mine and in serpentine-free or serpentine-poor (up to...Chao (1973), shortite from the Upper Canada Gold Mine kimberlite has a late magmatic origin, while the...found in the groundmass of the Upper Canada Gold Mine kimberlite was interpreted as NU having a late
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
­K2Ca2(CO3)3 (≤ 0.1 GPa; < 547 °C) → K2Ca(CO3)2 (fairchildite), ­K2Ca2(CO3)3 (≤ 0.1 GPa; 547–835 °C) → K2Ca(CO3)2...High-pressure · K–Ca carbonates · Buetschliite · Fairchildite · Raman · Phase relations Introduction Phase...solid solution in K ­ 2CO3, K2Ca ­K2Ca(CO3)2, Fc fairchildite, Bu buetschliite, K2Ca2 ­K2Ca2(CO3)3, K4Ca5...sub-system K ­ 2CO3–CaCO3, they found that the fairchildite-to-buetschliite phase transition in ­K2Ca(CO3)2... The crystal structures of buetschliite and fairchildite have been refined by Pabst (1974) and Pertlik
Book
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
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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
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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
Report (volume)
Geochemistry of ocean island basalts from the South Atlantic: Ascension, Bouvet, St. Helena, Gough and...Island 269 FITTON, J. G. The Cameroon line, West Africa: a comparison between oceanic and continental alkaline...A. R. & JONES, G. C. The petrochemistry of the northern part of the Chilwa alkaline province, Malawi ...of the classic alkaline provinces, such as East Africa, southern Greenland and the Kola Peninsula, are...Kogarko (Kola Peninsula). The Cameroon line in West Africa (Fitton) includes both continental and oceanic
Book
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
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
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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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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
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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
Report (volume)
Geophys Union 93:17-18 Janardhanan S, Newton RC, Smith JV (1979) Ancient crustal metamorphism at low PH2O:...PH2O: Charnockite formation from Kabbaldurga, south India. Nature 278:511-514 Javoy M (1997) The major volatile...in deep-sea mud. Nature 492:163 Newton RC, Smith JV, Windley BF (1980) Carbonic metamorphism, granulites...central South African streambed in 1866, and the even more dramatic 83.5-carat Star of South Africa diamond...dubbed kimberlite (Davies 1984; Hazen 1999). The South African kimberlites’ cone-shaped deposits, which
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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
Report (issue)
(1979). Probe analyses (1) from Broken Hill gold mine, Coromandel , New Zealand. ACANTHITE. Nikolaeva...(1979). Probe analyses (4) from Broken Hill gold mine, Coromandel, New Zealand. AGUILARITE. Sugaki et...6528 (1983). Probe analysis, x-ray data from Sanru mine, Hokkaido, Japan. AGUILARITE. Sugaki et al., J....65-77 (1982). Microprobe analyses (5) from Sanru mine, Hokkaido. AGUILARITE. Vassalo Morales and Borodaev...Aufschluss 33, 367-373 (1982). Occurrence at Clara mine Black Forest. X-ray data, a 10.46, c 3.02A. AKERMANITE
 
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