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Augite from
Richards Bay, King Cetshwayo District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa


Locality type:Bay
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Richards Bay, King Cetshwayo District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1410995
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1410995:5
GUID (UUID V4):ad1fc65e-e269-49f3-94e0-e20b5d751191
Nearest other occurrences of Augite
10.3km (6.4 miles) Macibini meteorite, King Cetshwayo District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
68.9km (42.8 miles) Wangu Hill, King Cetshwayo District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
References
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the Witwatersrand, Private Bag X3, Wits 2050, South Africa d Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian...from the non-magnetic fraction of the Richards Bay (South Africa) heavy mineral concentrate. All samples...(ZrSiO4), and are widely exploited; the Richards Bay deposit (South Africa) being amongst the most important...the non-magnetic fraction of the HMC from the Richards Bay deposit. 2. Materials and methods 2.1. Sample...the concentration plant of the Richards Bay Minerals (RBM, South Africa) heavy mineral placer deposit
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regions (Brazil, India/Sri Lanka, southeastern Africa, southeastern United States, and southwestern Australia)...regions (Brazil, India/Sri Lanka, southeastern Africa, southeastern United States, and south­ western...and western Australia, southeastern and western Africa, India and Sri Lanka, Brazil, and the southeastern...Australia, southeastern United States, south­ eastern Africa, parts of Brazil, and the southern Indian/Sri Lankan...region of the Scott Coastal Plain, the Geographe Bay area, and the Eneabba region of the Swan Coastal
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NUMBER 1 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE FEDERATION OF SOUTH AFRICAGEMAND MINERALOGICALSOCIETIES VARDLEV'SGEM...Ring of R6S t_ap Unit 1nvar1cdto expose gato The South African Lapidary Magazine S.A S.A LAPIDA·RY LAPIDERE...31701 BRAAMFONTEIN 1 MAGAZINE TYDSKRIF 2017 SOUTH AFRICA Honorary Editor: J. BRASG Hon. Assistant Editor..._Diego. See Page 6. Published by the Federation of South African Gem and Mineralogical Societies. Submission...preferably be no smaller than postcard size. The South African LapidanJ Magazine 2 Published four times
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Volume 4A: Volume 4B: Volume 5: Volume 6: The South Atlantic The North Atlantic The Gulf of Mexico and...and Resources Institute University oj South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina and Francis G. Stehli College...Stehli. Includes bibliographies. CONTENTS: v. I. The South Atlantic. - v. 2. The North Atlantic. - [etc.] -...Department of Geology University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Frans J. Emmel Bruce H....and Geophysics University of Sydney Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Contributors vi Charles S.
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Namakwa Sands Heavy Mineral Deposit, West Coast of South Africa: A World-Class Resource of Titanium and Zircon...Private Bag X01, Matieland, 7602, Republic of South Africa Abstract Exploration for heavy minerals along...along the coastal strip of southwest Africa led to the discovery and subsequent delineation of the Namakwa...geomorphic evolution of the west coast of southern Africa since the Cenozoic, which was driven by regional...climatic patterns. Introduction The west coast of South Africa hosts a variety of mineral deposit types, of
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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...reason of the great diversity and magnitude of South African mineral deposits and local mining operations...Chamber of Mines of South Africa with Mr G. H. Grange as co-ordinator, and the South, African mining industry;
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Centre, British Geological Survey, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK; kmgo@bgs.ac.uk Environmental...Cooljarloo, Australia; OSCOM, India; Richards Bay, South Africa; Trail Ridge, USA Zirconium Zircon...Cooljarloo, Australia; OSCOM, India; Richards Bay, South Africa; Trail Ridge, USA REE Monazite; xenotime...setting, with active northwards subduction in the South Aegean and post-collisional alkaline magmatism in...the enriched lithospheric mantle [40,42–45]. In south west Turkey, the CiMACI province is expressed by
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1. Mafic dyke swarms in the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa 189 3.4.2. The Mackenzie dyke swarm, Canada...controls of intracontinental alkaline magmatism in Africa 194 3.5.2. The Damaraland alkaline province, Namibia...intraplate magmatism around the Vredefort Dome, South Africa 6.3.4. Metamorphism and fluid generation; metamorphogenic...Bushveld lgneous Complex, South Africa 8.2.3. Molopo Farms Complex, South Africa and Botswana 8.3 Magmatic...troctolite-anorthosite complexes 8.4.1. Voisey's Bay Ni-Cu-Co 8.5 Komatiite-related magmatic ore deposits
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Durban-Westville,Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa (Received 7June 1993; accepted 13 August 1993)...illustrated, the number " 2 " is entered, a count on augite is recorded, whereas " 5 " would register mica...assistance. Mr. V. Hugo of Richards Bay Minerals, and Mr. C. G. A. Marshall of the South African Geological Survey...on Applied Mineralogy (ICAM "91). Pretoria, South Africa, unpaginated. Hutchison, D. S., 1974, Laboratory
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regions. Term broadly applied in the SW USA and South America. Carbonatization A type of hydrothermal...and ultrabasic igneous rock containing essential augite and olivine with accessory plagioclase and orthopyroxene...the ensuing years. The Beisa uranium mine in South Africa provides a good example to illustrate this point...Deposit (1) (2) (3) (4) By-products Palabora, S. Africa Panguna, Papua New Guinea Bingham, USA El Abra... and Lornex. A similar approach was adopted in Africa and Australia but without the same degree of success
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The effects of tarnishing and carbon-coating 2a South Marcasite, pyrite and sphalerite. Ashover, Pennines...metals in these ores. Bushveld, Republic of South Africa The Bushveld Complex (extending for 180000 km)...sulphides. Chromitites, Bushveld, Republic of South Africa (Plate 7) Layered chromitites are found within...1984) Gabbro association Bushveld, Republic of South Africa Within the Bushveld Complex, platinum group...1982; Stumpfl and Merensky Reef, Republic of South Africa (Plate 11) The Merensky Reef lies close to the
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naturellement dans les sables, quand la roche se décompose (augite, kyanite, grenat, etc.]). if, Un marbre ou calcaire...minéraux triés industriellement - par exemple de Richards Bay Minerals, Minelco ou Tiwest Company - permettent...libérer des minéraux intéressants : olivine verte, augite noire. Pourquoi ne pas récolter un sable à proximité... Amphiboles (nom de groupe] Anatase Andalousite Augite Barvytine {Barvte) Cassitérite Chromite Kyanite... si on la connaît ; le nom du département, du district, de la région, de la rivière, du lac, etc ; le
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the south-eastern corner of the Coastal Batholith near Arequipa, Toquepala-Cerro Verde district; in the...(Fig. 28-12). The gold deposits in the Georgetown district are of Proterozoic age. From Branch (1966), with...to the bulk of porphyry Cu-Mo deposits (in the south-western United States and adjacent Mexico, in Chile...but there are minor exceptions. In the La Plata district N.W. of Durango, Colorado (Eckel et al., 1949;...contact. 1037 Fig. 28-17. La Plata Au,Ag,Pb,Zn district, S.W. Colorado, showing distribution of ore veins
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Asbolane Atacamite Atokite Attapulgite/palygorskite Augite Aurostibite Autunite Axinite-(Mg) Azurite Baddeleyite...salinity as a result of devolatilization of subducted South Pennic rocks. During the Paleogene orogeny under...igneous rock consisting essentially of nepheline and augite. The accessory minerals are apatite, cancrinite...olivine-free with more than 90% mafic mineral (melilite , augite), with minor amounts of feldspathoids and locally...phenocrysts and black to dark brown pyroxene, mostly augite. Picrite Pulaskite A light-colored, granular or
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Asbolane Atacamite Atokite Attapulgite/palygorskite Augite Aurostibite Autunite Axinite-(Mg) Azurite Baddeleyite...salinity as a result of devolatilization of subducted South Pennic rocks. During the Paleogene orogeny under...igneous rock consisting essentially of nepheline and augite. The accessory minerals are apatite, cancrinite...olivine-free with more than 90% mafic mineral (melilite , augite), with minor amounts of feldspathoids and locally...phenocrysts and black to dark brown pyroxene, mostly augite. Picrite Pulaskite A light-colored, granular or
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Formerly Assistant-Secretary, Board of Education, South Kensington. Author of Ornament in European Silks-...Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief for the British East Africa - Yue-chi. Protectorate; Agent and Consul-General...Consul-General at Zanzibar; Consul-General for German East Africa, 1900-1904. C. F. A. Charles Francis Atkinson...Victoria Nyanza (in l Zambezi; Zululand. Author of South Africa from the Great Trek to the Union. F. T. M....(Australia): History. William II., King of the Netherlands; William III., King of the Netherlands; William the
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can be illustrated by recording the action of Echo Bay Mines. In 1979 this company's silver property was...(International Nickel Company ofCanada). This left Echo Bay with a large debt to service. In order to reduce...critical in the USA, but in the Republic of South Africa (RSA), a major source of all three, they are...and uranium is an important by-product of many South African gold ores. Among industrial minerals the...develop the 450+ Mt eu-U-Au Roxby Downs Project in South Australia, Western Mining Corporation and British
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the south-eastern corner of the Coastal Batholith near Arequipa, Toquepala-Cerro Verde district; in the...(Fig. 28-12). The gold deposits in the Georgetown district are of Proterozoic age. From Branch (1966), with...to the bulk of porphyry Cu-Mo deposits (in the south-western United States and adjacent Mexico, in Chile...but there are minor exceptions. In the La Plata district N.W. of Durango, Colorado (Eckel et al., 1949;...contact. 1037 Fig. 28-17. La Plata Au,Ag,Pb,Zn district, S.W. Colorado, showing distribution of ore veins
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Million tonnes oil equivalent 4000 Asia Pacific Africa Middle East Europe and Eurasia S. and Cent. America...America 85 90 3500 95 00 05 4000 Asia Pacific Africa Middle East Europe and Eurasia S. and Cent. America...aeromagnetic survey over an Eastern Transvaal Coalfield, South Africa. (From Campbell, 2005). Reproduced with permission...permission of the Geological Society of South Africa. W 10 E 20 30 40 50 shotpoint 1.0 0.1 #6 #5...the increasing energy of the shallow water as the bay fills with sediment. Where the bays have filled sufficiently
Report (volume)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah--Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125 South State St. SAN FRANCISCO, California--Customhouse...rock types 133 Cross section through the Kalavos district Cyprus showing relationship of massive sulfide...represents an individual deposit (or, rarely, a district), cumulated in ascending grade or tonnage. Where...lump everything from a single district (and then argue about district boundaries). For the most part...5). GENERAL REFERENCES Geological Society of South Africa, Special Publication 1 (1969); Economic Geology
Report (issue)
niobium in Brazil; and platinum-group elements in South Africa and Russia), thus increasing the risk for supply...Cave-in-Rock subdistrict, Illinois-Kentucky fluorspar district............................................G3...Cantabrian salt-related carbonate-hosted mineral district in north-central Spain..........................Red Dog mining district in Alaska and the stratigraphy of selected deposits in the district...............the Precambrian tectonic framework of southern Africa...............................................
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Spitzbergen 79 Sweden 79 Turkey 79 United Kingdom 79 Africa 80 Angola 80 Botswana 80 Cameroon 81 Egypt 81 Ethiopia...Mozambique 82 Namibia 82 Niger 82 Nigeria 82 South Africa 82 Swaziland 83 Tanzania 83 Zaire 83 Zambia...Bangladesh 84 India 84 Iran 85 Pakistan 85 Central and South America 85 Argentina 85 Bolivia 86 Brazil 86 Chile...Republic of Vietnam 93 Philippines 93 Republic of (South) Korea 94 Taiwan 94 Thailand 94 Australasia 95 Australia...United Kingdom 136 Europe 137 Australia 146 South Africa 146 United Nations 146 Russia 148 People’s Republic
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strata and exemplified by those of Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Major-element geochemistry of nephrite...from British Columbia, Canada, and Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. They are Mesozoic ortho-nephrite and...orthonephrite jade deposits have also been described from South Island, New Zealand (Beck, 1970; Finlayson, 1909;...Serpentine Belt of New South Wales, Australia (Hockley et al, 1978) and the Jordonow district, Poland (Heflik...(Heflik, 1968). Para-nephrite jade of South Australia Para-nephrite jade occurs within the Precambrian crystalline
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Corporation of South Africa, the Chair of Economic Geology at Rhodes University, South Africa, and since...appointments at the Astrobiology Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, and the China University of Geosciences...which has included work in Europe, southern Africa, South East Asia, New Zealand, the southwest Pacific...Felsic Phase of the Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3.6 The Sn-W Deposits.... . . . . . . . 4.4.4 Sabie-Pilgrim’s Rest, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4.5 Capricorn
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petroleum reserves of the Middle East and northern Africa are as follows in billions of barrels: Saudi Arabia... France and overseas affiliates Republic of South Africa Figure 1-9 Uranium production, 1948- 71, from...from the United States, Canada, Republic of South Africa, France and African affiliates, Belgian Congo... > .10 do Azelick, Madaouela <.10 South Africa, South West Africa: Witwatersrand, Rossing Precambrian...Miocene and Pliocene concong lome rate. Central Africa Republic: Bakouma Total Source of Data 9,000
 
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