| Chukanov, Nikita V., Jonsson, Erik, Aksenov, Sergey M., Britvin, Sergey N., Rastsvetaeva, Ramiza K., Belakovskiy, Dmitriy I., Van, Konstantin V. (2017) Roymillerite, Pb24Mg9(Si9AlO28)(SiO4)(BO3)(CO3)10(OH)14O4, a new mineral: mineralogical characterization and crystal chemistry. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 44 (10) 685-699 doi:10.1007/s00269-017-0893-2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | assemblage from the Kombat Mine, Grootfontein district, Otjozondjupa region, Namibia, which includes also...Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region 142432, Russia 2 Department of Mineral Resources...contributions to the knowledge of the geology of Namibia. Keywords New mineral · Roymillerite · Britvinite...· Crystal structure · IR spectroscopy · Kombat Mine, Namibia 6 Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement...Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region 142432, Russia Chalcophile elements, such as Pb | | | Book | North TsumebSpecial The Otavi Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland...s Onganja Mine and Surrounding Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits...__ Republic of Namibia The President State House W°Ntdhoek FOREWORD Namibia is endowed with an...from near and far. Fine mineral specimen from Namibia are displayed in all the famous natural science | | Chukanov, Nikita V., Panikorovskii, Taras L., Goncharov, Alexey G., Pekov, Igor V., Belakovskiy, Dmitriy I., Britvin, Sergey N., Möckel, Steffen, Vozchikova, Svetlana A. (2019) Milanriederite, (Ca,REE)19Fe3+Al4(Mg,Al,Fe3+)8Si18O68(OH,O)10, a new vesuvianite-group mineral from the Kombat Mine, Namibia. European Journal of Mineralogy, 31 (3) 637-646 doi:10.1127/ejm/2019/0031-2856 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | a new vesuvianite-group mineral from the Kombat Mine, Namibia Nikita V. CHUKANOV1,*, Taras L. PANIKOROVSKII2...Sciences, Semenova Str. 1, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region 142432, Russia *Corresponding author, e-mail: nikchukanov@yandex...discovered in the Kombat deposit, Grootfontein district, Otjozondjupa region, Namibia, in association with...vesuvianite group; crystal structure; Mössbauer; Kombat mine; Namibia. 638 N.V. Chukanov et al. Table 1. Dominant...the Kombat deposit, situated in the Grootfontein district, Otjozondjupa region, northern Namibia. The | | | Book | REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA - MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAMIBIA FIRST...ENERGY Of the several hundred minerals present in Namibia, around sixty have been exploited. some, such as...base metals and industrial minerals have helped Namibia rank amongst the top five mining countries in Africa...terms of production and reserves. In this context, Namibia is a major producer of copper, lead, zinc, cadmium...unpublished. It is evident that mineral exploration in Namibia, as elsewhere. has changed from serendipitous discoveries | | | Report (issue) | 737 ® = 92:81 ± X-ray Powder Pattern: Tanohata mine, Japan. 3.559 (100), 7.13 (47), 3.078 (45), 6.70...0.98 3.12 1.50 0.20 99.36 100.25 (1) Tanohata mine, Japan; by electron microprobe, Li and H2O by wet...Fe0:01 )§=3:96 Si 5:02 O 14:00 (OH)1:00 : (2) Kombat mine, Namibia; corresponds to (Na 0:61 Li 0:40 ) §=1:01...accessory mineral in an albite-microcline-quartz pegmatite cutting the ore (Tanohata mine, Japan). Association:... marsturite, s¶erandite, quartz, albite, microcline (Tanohata mine, Japan); gypsum, brushite, cahnite | | | Journal (issue) | von Predazzo in Italien • Tsumebit von Gross Otavi, Namibia • Neufunde Axinit und Epidot in Peru • USA-Museen:...bei Halle a.d. Saale 118 Tsumebit von Gross Otavi, Namibia 130 Neue Mineralien 134 Neue Funde von...Stufe mit gediegenem Lockensilber von der Bulldog Mine, Creed Mineral County, Colorado. Breite 6,2 cm ...schon von vielen sehnsüchtig erwartete neue Buch NAMIBIA n -total überarbeitet op aktuell mit allen neuen...zahlreiche ungewöhnliche Bergkristalle aus der Region Damara in Namibia.Mehrfach schon reiste Stefan | | | Journal (issue) | Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...Specimens of fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...DRC as well (see figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens...common forms seen from most nearby localities in the region. Solid, botryoidal malachite samples are currently | | | 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. Back...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...Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite, N’Chwaning II mine, South Africa. v This special | | | Journal (issue) | by R. Z. Kothavala Rare minerals of the Kombat mine, Namibia ................................ 421 by....439 by S. Petrussenko Minerals of the Beltana mine, Puttapa, South A ustralia 449 by P. Elliot Columns...ichigan 49930 (906) 482-9560 Michigan native copper; mine owner; wholesale, retail 411 Museum o f Geological...stilbite on the specimens were typical of that region. Bill Birch (1977) similarly encountered cavansite...striking a deal with the quarry owner for the rights to mine specimens. Sparse sprays of cavansite encountered | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | granite formation, 1 Albite, experimental study of the equilibrium between poUucite, albite and hydrothermal...mineralization in, 325 Alstonite, from Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, 515 Alvanite, from the U.S.S...AUSTRALIA, an occurrence of lead oxycarbonate as a mine-fire product, 647; NEW SOUTH WALES,sapphire dating...experiments, 113; TASMANIA, ralstonite from the Cleveland Mine, 599 AUSTRHEIM, H., see ANDERSEN, T., 145 BANK,... telluride mineralization from the Ashanti gold mine, Ghana, 617 BRAITHWAITE,R. S. W. and Ksl~UT, J. | | Chukanov, Nikita V., Zubkova, Natalia V., Jančev, Simeon, Pekov, Igor V., Ermolaeva, Vera N., Varlamov, Dmitry A., Belakovskiy, Dmitriy I., Britvin, Sergey N. (2020) Zinc-rich and copper-bearing amphiboles from sulfide-free ore occurrences of the Pelagonian Massif, Republic of North Macedonia. Mineralogy and Petrology, 114 (2) 129-140 doi:10.1007/s00710-020-00694-z | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region 142432, Russia 2 Faculty of Geology, Moscow State...Experimental Mineralogy, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region 142432, Russia 5 Petrography, Mineralogy and...metasomatic rock are baryte, dolomite, calcite, albite, quartz, tilasite, Zn- and/or Cu-enriched silicates...rocks with minor baryte Sample 1 mainly consists of albite, clinopyroxene, Znbearing phlogopite and Zn-bearing...magnesioriebeckite and ferri-winchite), potassic feldspar, albite, quartz, minor zinc spinels, Zn- and Cu-bearing | | | Book | .,,., ..,,.... w + ..... . ·. .... . - Namibia Zauberwelt edler Steine und Kristalle ooa Dieses...Erdgeschichte 8 Zur Geschichte des Bergbaus in Namibia 17 Der Brandberg und die Mineralfunde in seiner...110 Auf Turmalinsuche in Namibia Die Demantoide von Tubussis in Zentral-Namibia 112 116 Sodalith von...Zeolithe vom Grootbergpaß in Namibia Kamphaugit-(Y) von der Rössing-Mine 120 124 126 136 Das Gahnit-Vorkommen...alpinotypen Klüfte aus der Gamsberg-Region 180 Die grünen „Amethyste" aus der Region des Gamsberges 195 Spektakuläre | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Comparisons are madewith other mineral depositssuchas Kombat(Namibia)and Franklin Furnace(New Jersey)which alsomay...quartz would havebeen depletedby the depositionof albite insteadandpervadeda dolostonecontainingopalCT,...Cu-Pbdepositof Kombat,Namibia (Innes and Chaplin, 1986). The mineralizationat Kombat is of particular... R. C., 1986, Ore bodiesof the Kombat mine, South West Africa/Namibia, in Anhaeusser,C. R., and Maske... v. 19, p. 1- 1988, Defernite from the Kombat mine, Namibia: A second occurrence, structure refinement | | | Journal (issue) | the Merelani mine, located on the slopes of the Lelatema Mountains in the Manyara Region, about 70 km...cover: Top left: Euclase, 2.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Colombia. Top right: Topaz, 8.4 cm, from Ouro Preto...left: Phosphophyllite, 2 cm, from the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Bottom right: Grossular, 3.5 cm...of the town of Brandberg, Daures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia. The occurrence was discovered in...Fluorapatite on elbaite, 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson | | | Journal (issue) | Articles Mineralogy and paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California...plus an interesting range o f rare species. The mine, first opened in 1903, continues to produce fine...fine specimens. T INTRODUCTION The Little Three mine is one of several mines located on the Little Three...Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed in the Little Three...state o f Minas Gerais, Brazil, and St. A nne’s mine, Karoi district, Zimbabwe. Fine specimens of dark | | | Show/Event (guide) | private appointments Topaz, Cleavelandite Mokrush Mine, Russia Thomas Spann Photo 2 3 CONTENTS 06...Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania. 14.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, mim specimen #1313:...written by Bryan Swoboda. 12 Väyrynenite. Lolu Dahku mine, Roundu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan...specimens from the mim museum Stibiotantalite. Urandu mine, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan... James Elliott photo 14 Malachite. Kalukuluku mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, D.R. Congo. 60 x 48 x 26 cm | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Osborne mine, IOCG-style Cu–Au deposit in Queensland, Australia. The history of the Osborne mine discovery...open cut kaolin mine in the south, and a currentlyoperating small-scale copper mine in the north. The...operated mines such as Kombat mine, Tschudi mine and Tsumeb mine. Kombat mine was closed in 2008 and...5 Mt at 2.46% Cu, 1.6% Pb and 18 g/t Ag. Tschudi mine, whose open pit mining started in 2014 with the...arenite of Tschudi Formation (Figure 8). Tsumeb mine, which had been mined from 1897 to 1996 with its | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | micaceous cleavage in a vug from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona, associated with grandreefite...Named for the Aravaipa mining district in which the mine is located. Arupite. V. F. Buchwald, 1990. Neues...of the wall crust in the lower adit of the Johann mine, Wittichen, Germany. Ideal formula CaMg(AsO4)OH...latter. On spoil tips of the abandoned Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Formula Ag4TeS. Cubic...1400. lens in the Asis West section of the Kombat mine, Namibia. Ideal formula 3PbO.PbCI~. Greyish crystalline | | | Catalog/List | brown blades quite richly distributed in Kombat Pit, Otavi Hausmannite ~ountain_s.Namibia .. . Pinkish-brown...lxl £8 rich orange coatiing on matrix Moon Anchor Mine,Maricopa ½" £5 Pb Zn CrO SiO F County,_ Arizona...Violet micro crystals on I cm white matrix Fuka Mine. Oicchu-cho, 1cm £8 Ca y11 ~ Q~l__. __ . .. ~a\Vll~mi~gu...Greenish-yellow . relatively rich coating on Moon Anchor Mine. Mariposa 5mm £4 I cm £8 . _P~_Cu_qll(As__~) 011...Russia ½" £7 K Mn Nb Ti SiO OOH -- - ----Lucky Cuss Mine, lxl £8 lx2 £20 479 QUEITITE Many small white blades | | | Journal (issue) | FLUORffE Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...Rhodochrosite, 11.5 cm, Good Luck pocket, Sweet Horne mine, Alma, Colorado. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe...2009 RICHARDSON BEARD COLLECTION cleavelandite albite/ 14.5 cm, PaprJJtNuristan, Afgha ·stan. Ex Steve...Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China. Ex Steve Smale Kunzite spodumene, 11 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais | | | Journal (issue) | Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...spent the rest of their lives there as miners and mine captains. Cornish tradition favored the collecting...build his mineral collection. His job at the Moonta mine was sampling ore for the company’s assay office | | | Journal (issue) | Minerals of the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia .............................................1 cm, from the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia. Irv Brown specimen; Jeff Scovil photo. See...the best vesuvianite specimens from the Jeffrey mine in Quebec. In this issue we present a review of...Herodsfoot Mine Work Readers who enjoyed Roy Starkey's superb article on the famous Herodsfoot mine in Cornwall...to the old engine house at the North Herodsfoot mine is being cleared of hundreds of tons of accumulated | | Brugger, Joël, Meisser, Nicolas, Schenk, Kurt, Berlepsch, Peter, Bonin, Michel, Armbruster, Thomas, Nyfeler, Daniel, Schmidt, Susanne (2000) Description and crystal structure of cabalzarite Ca(Mg,Al,Fe)2(AsO4)2(H2O,OH)2, a new mineral of the tsumcorite group. American Mineralogist, 85 (9) 1307-1314 doi:10.2138/am-2000-8-925 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | occurring in altered Mn ore at the abandoned Falotta mine (Swiss Alps). Together with other arsenates, cabalzarite...cations. The mineral occurs in the abandoned Mn-mine of Falotta, Graubünden, Switzerland, and has been...A small Mn-deposit was excavated at the Falotta mine during World War II. Falotta belongs to the numerous...include Långban, Sweden (Boström et al. 1979), Kombat mine, Namibia (Dunn 1991), Franklin, New Jersey, USA (Dunn...Graeser et al. 1989), together with quartz and albite; and (3) Thin open fractures and quartz or carbonate | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | leucophoeniclte rncgovernite-1i.ke 1182 from the Kombat mine, Namibia, 632' 838' 888 Dunn, P.J., see Peacor, D...pyroxene-beari.ng quartz syenite gnei.ss from the High Peaks region of the Adirondack Mountains, 26I Paces, J.8., see...new manganese hydroxyl-carbonate from the Kombat mine, Namibia, 632 Peacor, D.R,, R.C. Rouse, S.W. Bailey:...J.A. Nelen: Defernite from the Kornbat rnine. Namibia: A second occurrence. structure refinement, and...see Ru1e, A.C., using G.: Ordering behavior of albite Rajaball, method, 91 construction modified sequential | | Peacor, Donald R., Dunn, Pete J., White, John S., Jr.,, Grice, Joel D., Chi, Peter H. (1990) Lithiomarsturite, a new member of the pyroxenoid group, from North Carolina. American Mineralogist, 75 (3-4) 409-414 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | [100], Z = c. Lithiomarsturite occurs at the Foote mine in North Carolina as l- to 3-mm-diameter euhedralcrystals(forms...{100}, {010}, and {001}) in vugs in pegmatite with albite, fluorapatite, bavenite, brannockite, parsettensite...number of speciesthus far recognizedat the Foote mine exceeds100 and is still growing. Of thesethere are...in the "tertiary stage" paragenesis at the Foote mine. The elementsthat are most prevalent, in addition...Each vug examined is lined with euhedral white albite crystals, upon which have grown transparent prismatic |
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