 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Canada J0P 1J0 laszlo.horvath@sympatico.ca SERANDITE Mont Saint-Hilaire, MontĂ©rĂ©gie, QuĂ©bec, Canada...Canada F or many mineral collectors, serandite is synonymous with Mont Saint-Hilaire. This extraordinary...often featuring large, sharp crystals. No other serandite locality has produced specimens equal in quality...Saint-Hilaire. For this reason a Mont Saint-Hilaire serandite has been chosen as the featured specimen in this...this Connoisseurâs Choice column. Serandite was first described as a new species from Rouma Island, Los |  | Moore, John M., Kuhn, Barbara K., Mark, Darren F., Tsikos, Harilaos (2011) A sugilite-bearing assemblage from the Wolhaarkop breccia, Bruce iron-ore mine, South Africa: Evidence for alkali metasomatism and 40Ar-39Ar dating. European Journal of Mineralogy, 23 (4) 661-673 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2011/0023-2117 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bruce iron-ore mine, South Africa: Evidence for alkali metasomatism and 40Ar-39Ar dating JOHN M. MOORE1,...Geology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa *Corresponding author, e-mail: h.tsikos@ru.ac...breccia at the Bruce iron-ore mine, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The upper portion of the breccia...a persistent wall zone that comprises tabular serandite [NaMn2Si3O8(OH)], albite, K-feldspar and lesser...albite, K-feldspar, quartz, sugilite, norrishite, serandite, armbrusterite and minor witherite, strontianite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za SUGILITE Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field Northern Cape Province...Province, South Africa P urple is a relatively uncommon color in the mineral world, and one of the most...Kalahari manganese field in South Africa and in one mine in particular, the Wessels mine (Dixon 1985). If it...it were not for the South African deposits, sugilite would be considered a rare mineral. Sugilite, KNa(Fe2+...History in Washington, D.C. The Wessels mine sugilite in South Africa sets the benchmark for sugilite |  | Origlieri, Marcus J., Downs, Robert T., Hoffman, Derek R., Ducea, Mihai N., Post, Jeffrey E. (2021) Marshallsussmanite, NaCaMnSi3O8(OH), a new pectolite-group mineral providing insight into hydrogen bonding in pyroxenoids. Mineralogical Magazine, 85 (3) 444-453 doi:10.1180/mgm.2018.2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral from the Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Marshallsussmanite...includes barrydawsonite-(Y), cascandite, pectolite, serandite and tanohataite. Parallel silicate chains form...separation of 2.458(2) Ă
. Unlike pectolite and serandite, O4 in marshallsussmanite acts as an H-bond donor...(1931) also proposed monoclinic symmetry for serandite. Standard references of the late nineteenth century...previous studies of pectolite, âschizoliteâ and serandite. Noting similarities in powder X-ray diffraction |  | | Report (issue) | | Tutop AgtakĂŽrfia, IlĂmaussaq complex, JulianehĂ„b district, Greenland. 2.875 (100), 3.044 (50), 3.241 (34)...AgtakĂŽrfia, IlĂmaussaq complex, JulianehĂ„b district, South Greenland; average electron microprobe analysis;...04O8(OH). (2) Wessels mine, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; average electron... Polymorphism & Series: Pectolite-schizolite-serandite series. Mineral Group: Pectolite group. Occurrence:...metasediments (Wessels). Association: Serandite, calcite aegirine, hydroxyapophyllite-(K), pectolite (Wessels). Distribution: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Marshallsussmanite Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field Northern Cape Province, South Africa M ineral collecting...wonderful specimen of bustamite from the Wessels mine in South Africa. I brought over the Smithsonian Institution...marshallsussmanite. Those collectors who acquired a Wesselâs mine bustamite back in 2011 are now the lucky owners...9.1 cm high, Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. This specimen...Jeff Scovil photo. Volume 89, May/June 2014 259 JOHN E. GARSOW For Gems & Minerals May 10-11 Lancaster |  | Kawachi, Y., Ashley, P. M., Vince, D., Goodwin, M. (1994) Sugilite in manganese silicate rocks from the Hoskins mine and Woods mine, New South Wales, Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 58 (393) 671-677 doi:10.1180/minmag.1994.058.393.18 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | manganese silicate rocks from the Hoskins mine and Woods mine, New South Wales, Australia Y. KAWACHI Geology...localities, the Hoskins and Woods mines in New South Wales, Australia. The occurrences are in manganese-rich...greenschist facies (Hoskins mine) and hornblende hornfels facies (Woods mine). Coexisting minerals are...members of the namansilite-aegirine and pectolite-serandite series, Mn-rich alkali amphiboles, alkali feldspar...Woods mine sugilite is colour-zoned with pale mauve cores and colourless rims, whereas Hoskins mine sugilite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Wessels and adjacent NâChwaning II manganese mines in the Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape...Cape Province, South Africa. Three flats of this material, initially thought to be ferrobustamite, were...collector specializing in the minerals of southern Africa. Preliminary analysis showed that the material...and a hardness of 5.5. At the type locality (Wessels mine), it occurs as aggregates of blade-shaped crystals...aegirine, calcite, hydroxyapophyllite-(K), and serandite. A second occurrence of marshallsussmanite has |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Taikanite, BaSrrMnl+O2lsi4or2l,from the Wesselsmine, South Africa: A chain silicate related to synthetic CarMnl+O2lsi4or2l...of taikanite from the Wesselsmine, Kalahari, South Africa, has been revised to BaSrrMnl*Or[Sioo,r] and...Mn3* minerals from the Wesselsmine, Kalahari, South Africa (Von Bezing et al., 1991;Dixon, 1989),we noticeda...blue), which occurred in a finegrained matrix of serandite-pectolitewith minor sugilite and a new amphibole...braunite collected at the Wesselsmine, Kalahari, South Africa. These sugilite brecciasoccur in the middle |  | | Journal (issue) | | 85741 Editor & Publisher Wendell E. Wilson Founder John Sampson White Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne...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...d e r n M in e r a l C o l l e c t io n CURATION John Sampson White Department of Mineral Sciences Smithsonian |  | | Journal (issue) | | mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa ..................................crystals on matrix, 17.2 cm, from the NâChwaning I mine, collected in 1978. Private collection and photographer...(2015â2016) Scott A. Rudolph Paradise Woods (2008â2016) John Dabney (2015â2016) Daniel J. Record Irv Brown (2009â2015)...(2016â2017) Eric D. Long Barry M. & Beth Kitt (2011â2016) John Schneider (2016) Dylan Stolowitz Steve Maslansky...com APATITE Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 11.5cm. Fine Minerals International |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | potassic-mangani-leakeite from the Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa 3 ROSA Micaela DANISI...from the holotype material (Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa) showed that this amphibole...SrMn3ĂŸ2[Si2O7](OH)2·H2O, and seranditeâpectolite in hydrothermally altered manganese ores of the Wessels Mine, Kalahari...Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa (Fig. 1). In subsequent studies of rare minerals from the same locality...potassic-mangani-leakeite from the Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. The bulky light crystals |  | Kawachi, Y., Coombs, D. S., Miura, H. (1996) NoĂ©lbensonite, a new BaMn silicate of the lawsonite structure type, from Woods mine, New South Wales, Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 60 (399) 369-374 doi:10.1180/minmag.1996.060.399.11 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the lawsonite structure type, from Woods mine, New South Wales, Australia Y. KAwacm, D. S. COOMBS Geology...the Woods ornamental rhodonite mine, 30 km NNE of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, where it occurs...lawsonite, Woods mine, Australia. Introduction THE Woods mine 30 km NNE of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia...n e s e - r i c h minerals i n c l u d i n g serandite (Kawachi, 1987), NaMn amphibole (Kawachi, 1991)...was recently described from the Wessels mine, Kalahari, South Africa (Armbruster et al., 1992, 1993) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to ensure that labeling is consistent with the local judging rules. For the systematic collector, and...Muscovite crystals forming a 10-cm rosette, Jose Pinto mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Table 3. Interlayer-deficient...spectacular recent find of muscovite was at the Jose Pinto mine, where more than a ton of beautifully crystallized...pink (manganoan) varieties are found at the Harding mine, Taos County, New Mexico (Jahns and Ewing 1977)...forms huge crystals. At Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal district, Russia, it forms large, dark red-brown (but surprisingly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | krauskopfite, mine. and X-ray and Mn-alkali ore, and it is found associated with serandite, amphibole...coarse-grained mode of occurrence, Hagidaira mine are found occurs as a fine-grained On the other...witherite. The powder diffraction mine are described. from the Fukumaki mine ore. The mode of occurrence...surrounded optical properties, data for the witherite mine. However, (unnamed are generally similar to those...ăźç 究 ă«éą ă㊠ăŻ,ć€ data of them are not determined mine yet. ăă ă« ăăź è ćł ă ăć éĄ ăæȘ è§Ł æ±ș ăź ć éĄ ă ă ă ăšæ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Hashupa and at Alchuri, in the Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan (Blauwet 2006). âąâGood crystals...niigataite for the type locality, in the Itoigawa-Ohmi district, Niigata Prefecture, in central Japan (Miyajima...in a sample of pumpellyite rock from the Wakasa district, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. The host rock consisted...striated epidotes in matrix, from the Calumet iron mine, Colorado. Epidote was described in 1801 by HaĂŒy...collectors. Within the United States, the Green Monster mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, has yielded superb |  | | Catalog/List | | orange crystals on cockscomb Barytes Mibladen district , Morocco 6x4 ÂŁ30 () , 1 5 APOPHYLLITE pale...5 x2.5 in 4x3 matrix Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese field N. Cape, South Africa ÂŁ30 11 LABRADORITE cut...10x6cm showing excellent play of colours Ampanihy District Madagascar ÂŁ25 13 OLIVINE variety FORSTERITE...dark grey veins in Feldspar Ricksburg Karibib District Namibia 5x3x2.5 ÂŁ 18 16 HILLEBRANDITE pale blue...but not fully exposed in some parts. 3 .5x3 Fuka Mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan ÂŁ 18 ~'i..'\~1~ 22 CHALCEDONY |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bag XO1, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa THE present list is divided into two sections;... Meet., IMA, 1986. 102. Mira Flores mine, H u a n u n i district, Oruro, Bolivia. FeA16(PO4)a(OH)8.4H20...Vulcanology at Pisa in cements of Cenomanian sandstones, northern University (Italy). Bohemia, Czech Republic. LaA13(AsO4)a(OH)6...accordingly. Gen~ve, 47, 45. From the Cap Garonne mine, Arsenoflorencite-(Nd). B. Scharm, M. Scharmov~t...Barstowite. C.J. Stanley, G.C. Jones, A.D. Hart, P. northern Bohemia, Czech Republic. Keller and D. Lloyd, |  | | 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) | | 0.01 [2.67] 0.07 99.76 (1) NâChwaning II mine, South Africa; average electron microprobe analysis, H2O... Association: Grossular, xonotlite, calcite, serandite-pectolite, strontiopiemontite-tweddillite, mozartite...Distribution: At the Wessels mine and NâChwaning II mine [TL], Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa. Name: Prefix...minerals from the Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa. Mineral. Mag., 66(1), 137-150. (2) (2002) Amer |  | Grice, Joel D., Lussier, Aaron J., Friis, Henrik, Rowe, Ralph, Poirier, Glenn G., Fihl, Zina (2019) Discreditation of the pyroxenoid mineral name âmarshallsussmaniteâ with a reinstatement of the name schizolite, NaCaMnSi3O8(OH) Mineralogical Magazine, 83 (3) 473-478 doi:10.1180/mgm.2019.21 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the IlĂmaussaq alkaline complex, JulianehĂ„b district, South Greenland, was initially described by Winther...the IlĂmaussaq alkaline complex, JulianehĂ„b district, South Greenland. The type material is stored in the...(NaM1CaM2CaSi3O9H), schizolite (NaM1CaM2MnSi3O9H), and serandite (NaM1MnM2MnSi3O9H). However, these authors did...pattern between end-members of the pectolite-serandite series. The unit cell was refined in the triclinic...previously reported intermediate compositions of the serandite-pectolie solid solution series. It shows the tri-periodic |  | | Journal (issue) | | waters of the lake, the pine forested hills with local groves of bright yellow aspens, and the fantastically...and the police were summoned on two occasions. Local newscasts delighted in the story! The show status...southeast margin of the basin near the town of South Lake Tahoe. Stories had been heard long ago that...RETAIL So Easy to Find ... On Bristol Just South of the South Coast Plaza Shopping Center. Martin Zinn...hotel room rates typically double during the event (mine going from a standard $99 a night to an unwarranted |  | Fairey, Brenton J., Timmerman, Martin J., Sudo, Masafumi, Tsikos, Harilaos (2019) The Role of Hydrothermal Activity in the Formation of Karst-Hosted Manganese Deposits of the Postmasburg Mn Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Minerals, 9 (7) 408 doi:10.3390/min9070408 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Deposits of the Postmasburg Mn Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Brenton J. Fairey 1,â , Martin J...Geology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6139, South Africa Correspondence: h.tsikos@ru.ac.za Current address:...Postmasburg Manganese Field (PMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa, once represented one of the largest...Postmasburg manganese field; hydrothermal; karst; South Africa Minerals 2019, 9, 408; doi:10.3390/min9070408...(KMF), the Postmasburg Manganese Field (PMF) was South Africaâs largest producer of this important component |  | Oberti, Roberta, Boiocchi, Massimo, Hawthorne, Frank C., Ball, Neil A., Ashley, Paul M. (2016) Oxo-mangani-leakeite from the Hoskins mine, New South Wales, Australia: occurrence and mineral description. Mineralogical Magazine, 80 (6) 1013-1021 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.037 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1013â1021 Oxo-mangani-leakeite from the Hoskins mine, New South Wales, Australia: occurrence and mineral description...and oxide at the Hoskins Mine, a Mn deposit 3 km west of Grenfell, New South Wales. The end-member formula...analysis, crystal-structure refinement, Hoskins mine, Australia. Introduction THE mineralogical and petrological...been confirmed at the Hoskins and Woods mines, New South Wales, Australia (Ashley, 1986, 1989; Hawthorne...Mn3ĂŸ 3 Mn2 . Many of the samples from the Hoskins mine studied by Ashley (1986, 1989) contain amphiboles |  | | Book | | 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...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma |
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