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Lizardite from
Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Lizardite
Formula:Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Phlogopiteⓘ1 photo of Lizardite associated with Phlogopite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Lizardite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1481499
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1481499:6
GUID (UUID V4):2670f84b-4e1e-44ef-acb5-74a779b0bbe8
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
4 TINZENITE rich, orange mass on quartz Cassagna Mine, Liguria Italy 2 x 2.5cm £7 7 "MOHAWKITE" a burnjshed...surface . good coverage about 1.5mm thick Cassagna Mine, Ne ,Graveglia Valley, Liguria Italy, I collected...with some reddish hematite areas 6x3.5x2cm Benallt Mine , Rhiw, Llyen North Wales £20 28 OLIVINE "bomb"...mass 4x4 and l cm thick Wiperminga Hill, Olary South Australia £8 39 STILPNOMELANE on QUARTZ thin brown...with a small amount of quartz 4x3.5cm £26 Erongo district Namibia 3 .,, ,r ·" .. ; :t.: 1-,: • - �
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cumberland, gilbertitc, 6o6. George and Charlotte mine, Tavistock, Devon, 'tavistockite', [ 23. Grassington... INDEX Drakewalls mine, Gunnislake, posnjakite, 740. Hingston Down Consols" mine, arthurite, 52o. Lee...Tomintoul, Banffshire, lithiophorite, 618. Leverburgh, South Harris, omphacite, 61. Loch Don, Mull, plumbogummite...(Espafia) Cabo Ortegal, Galicia, omphacite, 6L CarmeBta mine, Caceres, montcbrasite, 4t4. Santander, blende,...hydrogrossular, sheridanite, 735. India Chikla, Bhandara district, Maharashtra, juddite, 317, 7o8. Goldongri, Panchmahal
Catalog/List
grey-black rich crystalline mass 3x4 Broken Hill, New South Wales Australia £8 4 VANADINITE orange brown crystals...fibrous mass 5x3 Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St Lawrence Co., New York, USA. £7 6 MOHAWKITE...all over 4x4 surface. It's about lm thick Cassagna Mine, Ne ,Graveglia Valley, Liguria Italy, I collected...Cornwall £10 15 BA YLDONITE green, small scale botryoidal 1cm x 8mm on 2.5xlcm Penberthy Croft Mine St Hilary...SUGILITE mauve chip about 8mm Wessels mine, North Cape Province South Africa £8 31 CLINTONITE two or three small
Report (issue)
Geological Surveys, Common­ wealth Institute Building, South Kensington, London, S.W.7 (KENsington 3264, Ex.... Geological Map of the Hangha Chromite Mining District, reduced from 1 : 2,500 Field Survey " Surface...North ,, 17 Surface Geology of the North and South Bendu Pits ,, 18 5 LIST OF TABLES Table I Analyses...Chromiferous Dunite from Amba Pit, Hangha Chromite Mining District, Sierra Leone. 2. Detail of Chromite Banding...EXISTENCE of chromite in substantial quantity in the south-eastern part of the Sierra Leone Protectorate was
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 (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;
Catalog/List
~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay, Scarborough Yorkshire...Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 1073 AMBL YGONITE Eitarama,Ruanda, Central Africa Rich mass of black...Quebec, Can 1098 ANALCITE Bratthagen, near Larvik South Norway Rich fibrous pale grey-brown mass. Unusual...- - --··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker...North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety)
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
Catalog/List
£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...lx½£5 ZnAs0/4 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Rich mass ofblnck crystal sections ,on...£10 2x3 £15 Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix...F OH 2x2 £10 -------------------------Keystone, South Dakota U.S.A. 16 AMBLYGONITE Pure grey cleavable...LiNaAIP0/4FOH 1098 ANALCITE Bratthagen, near Larvik South Norway Unusual rich yellow vitreous mass in Syenite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AKHTER (S. M.), see QAISER(M. A.), 735. Alaer6n mine, Copiap6, Chile, arsenolamprite, 732. Ala di Stura...dickite or both, i28. Amblygonite, France, Maine, New South Wales, Saxony, anal., cell-dimensions, distinction...distinction from montebrasite, 4r4. Amblygonite mine, Caceres, Spain, montebrasite, 414. Amelia County, Virginia...New Zealand, anal., opt., X-ray, 453. Andamooka, South Australia, opal, 357. Andradite, chromian hydro-...from Mull and Morvern, 934. Bala Durga Gourishankar mine, Tummalatalupur, Nellore, India, microcline perthite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals, Box 312, Clayton South, Victoria 3169, Australia 3 Mineralogy Department, South Australian Museum,...nickel deposit, in the northeastern Goldfields district of Western Australia. Woodallite occurs as whorls...clusters of minute platelets up to 6 mm across in lizardite+brucite-altered dunite. Individual platelets are...curved. Associated minerals include chromite, lizardite, iowaite, pentlandite, magnetite, tochilinite...NNE of Leinster in the northeastern GoldÂŽ elds district of Western Australia. The main MKD5 orebody was
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
Catalog/List
crystals. Good display piece. Vambori, Ahmedhagar District, Maharashtra State, lndia about 5x2.5 inches £70...with micro Sphalerite on 2x2 matrix Lers Malines Mine, Gard, France £20 4. BENTORITE a very rare, Cr containing...crystals, possible Dickite micros too. Panteg-y-Gaseg Mine, Amlwch Anglesey, Wales £18 I 0. PENNANTITE small...matrix. Plates are about I to 1.5 mm size (Benallt Mine,Lleyn, Wales) £30 11. BOURNONITE good blocky grey...crystals,. all over 2.5 x2.5 inch surface Likasi Mine, Katanga Congo £25 14. SIDERITE rich red-brown
Catalog/List
British All page 7 Brianyoungite Scawtite; Lizardite Mineral with unusual elements Page 1 Greenockite...Cu UO PO/4 slightly radioactive. (Old Gunislake Mine Cornwall) a) green 3mm area on ropk, £3 ( b) IxhaJ...Phlogopite Mica. (Possibly slightly radioactive)(Palabora Mine,S.Africa lxl £5 1x2 £10 WITH UNUSUAL ELEMENTS...sections in matrix with Eudialyte.Rare not Rich (Umba Mine,Lovozero Massif,Kola Russia) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 239...silvery areas in matrix with Tellurite. (La Bambolla Mine Moctezuma, Sonora Mexico) lxl £10 14 x 54 ins £5
Book
A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...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...Hardness 10 Quartz Diamond Diamond, Kimberley, South Africa * 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm | 19 MINERALS: PRODUCTS...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22
Book (edition)
Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia;...vein in jasper (red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey...argentite reaction rim (greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL...matrix (dark grey); Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Germany
Catalog/List
~black cry~t~i;,o;-~;atrix. M~~nl Malo~O:. i:~n{ba District. IX I ins £5 2 AEGIRINE £10 Pyroxene Malawi lxl...cleavage Yakutia.Russia MnS lxl £9 ½x½ £3 IX½ Rawhide Mine. Mohave 255 ALA!\IOSITE Rich white cruslS on matrix...botryoidal with possible New East Wheat Russell mine, ½x½ 501 ALLOPHANE £4 -·-· . . ALSiO £2.SO B~~.~~~~t~...grey masses '1.\ith possible Alstonite Fallowfield mine, Ix½ £4 13 ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 micros. Hexham,Northumberland...ALUMOHYDROCALCITE A rare British mineral. Rich white veins South Bay, Scarborough ½x ½ £3 Ix½ Ix! £10 C.!_~_15_013
Catalog/List
mass of black crystals, some Mount Malosa, Zomba District, lxl ins £5 lx2ins _lyro?'~~e . __ __ _ ___ ___...Greenish, sparse, acicular micros in Penberthy Croft Mine, St 1cm £4 s AGARDITE Y Ca Cu As_O_O_H_____c_a_v_iti_e'-s-'in'-'-...215 69 3 11 Rich white crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Mohave ½x½£3 _P_b_S_iO_13 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...Hornblende ALLANITE Black areas in actinolite Bastnas Mine Sweden lxl £1.20 CeYFeSiO Quite attractive blue-grey...Grey veins in and on matrix, some with Fallowfield mine, Ix½ ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 Alstonite micros. Hexharn
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Khudag, Tomtor, etc.), P (Catalão, Jacupiranga, Palabora, Kovdor, Seligdar, Sokli, Tapira, etc.), Nb (Araxá...), Cu (Palabora), Fe (Kovdor, Palabora, etc.), Zr (Kovdor, Palabora, etc.), U (Araxá, Palabora, etc.)...), Au, PGE (Catalăo, Ipanema, Palabora, etc.), F (Amba Dongar, Maoniuping, etc.) with considerable amounts...exsolution inclusions of geikielite–ilmenite), Sr-Ba-REE-bearing hydroxylapatite and Sc-Nb-bearing baddeleyite...of forsterite alteration include serpentine (lizardite and clinochrysotile), clinochlore and, rarely
Catalog/List
mass of black crystals, some Mount Malosa, Zomba District, free standing. ______ ______ Malawi Black crystal...Greenish , sparse, acicular micros in Penbenhy Croft Mine, St cavities in quartz_________________ Hilary Cornwall... Rich white crusts on matrix. ALAMOSITE Rawhide Mine, Mohave Ixl £9 'A x A £3 1 xA Pb SiO/3_____________...Feldspar_____________ Black areas in actinolite Basinas Mine Sweden 1x1 £1.20 ALLANITE 9 Ce Y Fe SiO__________...Fallowfield mine, ALSTONITE 13 Hexham.Northumberland micros.____________________________ Ba Ca 00/3__________
Report (volume)
Argentina; Australia China; Czechoslovakia; USSR; South Africa MIXED HYDROTHERMAL AND RESIDUAL KAOLIN DEPOSITS...AND PETROLOGY INTRODUCTION CRYSTAL STRUCTURES Lizardite Structural refinements Electron microscopy Composition...powder diffraction Lizardite Chrystotile; Antigorite Single-crystal diffraction Lizardite; Antigorite Fiber...studies TEXTURES IN SERPENTINITES CASSIAR ASBESTOS MINE Serpentine textures and their distribution TRANSITIONS...SERPENTINE GROUP MINERALS Antigorite Chrysotile Lizardite Petrogenetic grids involving serpentine minerals
Book
Kuopio, Finland P. Heino Yara Suomi Oy, Siilinjärvi Mine, Siilinjärvi, Finland R.J. Herrington The Natural...US T. Huhtelin QP-FRB Outokumpu Ferrochrome Kemi Mine, Kemi, Finland E. Hyvönen Geological Survey of Finland...Survey of Finland, Rovaniemi, Finland, Mustavaara Mine Ltd, Oulu, Finland J. Kinnunen Mawson Resources...Oulu, Finland Contributors T. Mäki Pyhäsalmi Mine Oy, Pyhäsalmi, Finland H.V. Makkonen Geological...Taipale Palsatech Oy, Rovaniemi, Finland Mustavaara Mine Ltd, Oulu, Finland, Finland O.T. Rämö University
Book
t a t e d Bibliographies of Mineral Deposits in Africa, Asia (exclusive of t h e U S S R ) a n d Australasia...him. I have tried to include all ore districts in Africa, Asia (exclusive of the U.S.S.R.)> and Australasia...incluir todos los distritos mineros conocido en Africa, Asia (con exclusion de la Union Soviética), y...npOCTO npOtIMTaTb 3TH a8Meq8HMH. Bo BBeneHMH 60nee Ba~H~e HCTOtlHHKH CCMnOK B 6H6nHorpa~HRX p8cnono~eH~...nHH~rpeHa. BKn~qeH~ HeKOTopMe CXeM8THQeCKHe KapTM, nOK83~Ba~mMe npH6nHaHTenbHMe MeCTonono~eHHR pynooTnoxeHHM
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
Book
major producing districts, or a representative district if there are many. We name the chief mining companies...supply must come not merely from one district but from a single mine. Thus the physical properties of many...eclipsing the mineral magnesite in some areas; the trona mine rather than the Solvay plant is now the main source...comfort. Users of chromite, who must the USSR, South Africa, Albania, and wish that chromite deposits were...Republic of South Africa by the Department of Mines and the Geological Survey of South Africa; such profiles
 
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