| | 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 | | | 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unpublished.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 | | | 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 (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 | | | Journal (issue) | Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill mine, Idaho; Wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona; Calcite and Fluorite...Fluorite from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine from Pakistan; Wire Silver from Kongsberg, Norway;...in Calcite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia; Novacekite from the Brumado mine, Brazil; Elbaite from Nuristan...from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald from the Coscuez mine, Colombia. OUTSIDE BACK COVER: Beryl crystals: heliodor...aquamarine (right), 5.1 inches, from the Pioniera mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Freilich Collection. ♦ 4 | | | Book (edition) | MINE andtheir LOCALITIES JAN H. BERNARD AND JAROSLAV HYRSL INERALS DESCRIBED SINCE 2004 MINERALS...25111111, Naipa mine, Mozambique Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As deposit, Takab region, Iran Grandviewite...Domafov, Czech Rep. Juangodoyite, 60111111, Santa Rosa mine, Chile Back cover photo: Ho/fertile on hematite...piment pseudomo,phs after realga,; 75 mm, Palomo mine, Pen, Page 3: Stepite on arsenic, 45 111111,Jachymov...2(4) - 4.0(6) - 2.58(10) - 2.04(5). At the Kiura mine, Saiki City, Oita pref., Japan. IMA 2012-101. Adolfpateraite | | | Book | papers and 19 geological maps in Western Australia, Namibia and Greenland. Throughout his career, which has...4.3.9 The Brandberg West Greisen Vein Systems, Namibia . . 4.3.10 The Kalguta Mo-W-Be-Bi Greisen System.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5.1 Navachab, Namibia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Cu Deposits of the Matchless Amphibolite Belt, Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7...5 The Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag-V Deposits of the Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | | Catalog/List | pinkish fine grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4...guite rich black masses in matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1...fairly sparse, green crusts on matrix. (San Miguel Mine Moctezuma Mexico) 1cm piece £ 5 5mm £3 WITH UNUSUAL...CO/3 0 Quite rich yellow crusts on matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins...MINERAL !I dark red micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 up to 1.5cm £7 | | | Book | 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...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 •nH20, ® Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4=...*21120, Mon. Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D( | | | Journal (issue) | the first book on the subject: Early Underground Mine Lamps', it became the “bible” of lamp collecting...of learning and research on all types of antique mine lamps. He was truly a pioneer in his field. 0 The...(Franke, 1930; Hinthome, 1974), and the La Madrelena mine, Baja Califor nia, Mexico (Hinthome, 1974). The...pellyite. GEOLOGY Trumbull Peak is located within a region known as the western metamorphic belt (Bateman...dynamic metamorphism. The general geology of the region has been studied by Macdonald (1941) and Krauskopf | | | Book (edition) | Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the...104(3). 326-328 □ Achavnlitc, FcSe, hex .. Cacheuta Mine. Ccrro de Cacheuta. Sierra de Cacheuta. Mcndoza...AgardJte-(Ce), CeCu.(AsO4)i(OH).-3H1O, hex., Clara mine, central Black Forest, Gennany,A1ifSS(2004),17-23...(Y,Ca)Cu6(AsO.)i(OH).-3H1O. hex., Bou-Skourcoppcr mine, Ouarzazatc. Morocco,SS, 1447 □ Mixite group AgrelUte...Agullarite,Ag.Ses, orth., compareCervellelte, San Carlos mine,Guanajuato.Mexico, CM 12, 365-369 E11cairite group | | | Book | 248: Quartz (amethyst variety), Erongo Mountains, Namibia * 5 x 6 x 3 cm Page 251: Calcite, Irai, Rio Grande...hundred kilometers. Most of them orbit the Sun in a region called the asteroid belt, which is between the...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22... Massive sodalite, Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan...Brazil * 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, José Pinto Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 12 x 19 x 6 cm | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | member of the leucophoenicite group from the Kombat nine, Namibia, 2L3 Peacor, D.R., R.C. Rouse, J.H. Ahn:...chromite (zoned),413 clinopyroxene, 89, 863, 9O2 clinozoisite, 39 cordierite,255 corkite, 178 cryptomelane...965 Ni-O-SiO2, 280 Ni2Si04, 280 Nambulite, 230 Namibia, rj.bbeite, 213 Natalyite, 223 Natronambulite, | | | Book (edition) | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country...by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided...United States or of the Upper Silesian historical region in Poland, where the importance of ore-bearing...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO | | | Journal (issue) | now found in a second occurrence at the Kombat mine in Namibia. At that locality, it occurs as dark glassy...b) Ogdensburgite has now been found in the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, associated with adamite...recently formed white crusts on timbers in the Max mine, Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria. See Gerhard Niedermayr's...E CLINOCLASE CLINOHEDRITE -1898 CLINOHUMITE CLINOZOISITE CON1CHALCITE CONNELLITE COPPER CORUNDUM COVELLITE...CLINOCHLORE CLINOCHRYSOTILE CLINOHEDRITE CLINOHUMITE CLINOZOISITE CUSPID INE DATOLITE DIOPSIDE DRAVITE EDENITE | | | Journal (issue) | dumps, about 30 meters from the Sankt Goransgruvan mine. The zone contained many cerium minerals, as well...I (Gustav Vasa). The last active iron and copper mine, Biickegruvan, was closed by its owner, Fagerstabruk...district one of the oldest in Sweden. Though the mine was mainly worked for iron ore, copper ore production...important for the gun-making foundries. The Falu mine in the northern Bergslagen area was Europe's most...copper was accounted for by the Falu 188 copper mine. During this time, production at the Riddarhyttan | | | Book | 1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...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...including amateur col- lectors, company executives, mine owners, and vari- in the appropriate position. | | | Book (edition) | Rhodesia, and S.W. Africa: Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, and Namibia, respectively. However, although Madagascar is...and pressure conditions in a most clearly seen region may in rise greatly over a period of time....natural or synthetic but also to indicate the very mine from which it came! Inclusions are the most powerful... Ohio Epidote: Calumet, Colorado Rhodesia Clinozoisite: Baja California Idocrase: Chihuahua, Mexico...1 -20.2 7.9/2.1 8.4 4. 4. Beryl Aquamarine Mine, Brazil dark blue dark blue antique Brazil medium | | | Book (volume) | cm1 is called the fingerprint region. Usually IR spectrum in this region contains very complicated series...overlapping bands. The importance of the fingerprint region is that each mineral species produces a different...500 to 800 cm1 can be considered as “fingerprint region” sensitive to the composition and the topological...see Fig. 1.9), but generally IR spectrum in this region is characteristic of all these minerals. In IR...olivenite from Tsumeb, Namibia (1); Zn-enriched olivenite from Tsumeb, Namibia (2); Zn-enriched olivenite | | | Journal (issue) | by U. Burchard Recent discoveries at the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec . .. ................. . . .....Rhodochrosite, 3 inches wide, from the N'Chwaning mine, Cape Province, South Africa. Jeff Scovil photo...photo. RECENT DISCOVERIES aLtM JEFFREY MINE ASBESTOS, QUEBEC Marco Amabili Dipartimento di Ingegneria...Hutcheson, Asbestos, Quebec Canada J1 T 4J8 The Jeffrey mine in Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, is world1amous for...INTRODUCTION The Jeffrey mine in Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, is a huge chrysotile mine which began operating | | | Report (issue) | California, U.S.A. (Switzer and Bailey, 1953); Mihara mine, Okayama Prefecture and at Fuka, Okayama Prefecture...crystals in one mineralised pocket in the Wessels mine, Farm Wessels 227, Hotazel district, Northern Cape...Reef (Winterveld Norite-Anorthosite) of the Atok Mine, Farm Middelpunt 420 KS, Zeekoegat district, Northern...as an unidentified phase from the Noril'sk ore region, Russia, by Yushko-Zakharova et al. (1970) and...likely to have been the New Amianthus chrysotile mine, Joubertsdal 440, five kilometres north of Kaapsche | | | Book | 1 1 9 1 1 1 3 1 16 5 2 2 10 9 2 1 19 4 2 2 1 Namibia New Zealand Norway People's Republic of China Portugal...(trigonal) HBaAl 3 (AsOJ 2 (0H) 6 Locality: The Clara mine, near Oberwolfach, in the middle Black Forest, Germany...)(CO 3 )s(OH) 2 ·1.SH2 O Locality: T he Kamoto East mine, District ofKolwezi, southern Shaba, Zafre (Lat...Orthorhombic Fe(OH) 3 Locality: The Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Oco1rrence:...KAI2 (Si3B)O 10 (OH,F)i Locality: The Little Three mine, Ramona pegmatite district, central San Diego County | | | Journal (issue) | Articles Large barite crystals from the Elandsrand gold mine, South A fr ic a .................................Paterson (NJ), Brumado district Museum, Himalaya mine $10 (Brazil), Bosch Collection $10 v.9/#5 Turkish...Pit (PA-MD), Mcguinnessite v Pereta Mine (Italy), Cetine Mine (Italy) v Mineral Fraud, LeadhillsWanlockhead...$10 v .15/#5 Jacupiranga mine (Brazil), Jensen quarry (CA), Cunha Baixa mine, Paulkerrite $10 .16/#4...Kingsgate mines v .17/#4 National Belle mine (CO), Tip Top mine (SD), Stoneham Barite (CO) $10 $10 | | | Journal (issue) | Stibioclaudetite, AsSbO3, a new mineral from Tsumeb, Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 3 cm across, from the Machacamarca mine (Viboras Vein), near Colavi, Potosà Department,...good friend of mine, Jim Minette, worked as superintendent of a large open-pit borax mine that produced...W. E. Sheffield (fl. 1808) Chrysocolla Dalehead mine, Cumberland (Cumbria), England W. E. Sheffield was...Sowerby for study and illustration. The Dalehead mine, source of this chrysocolla, is also known as one | | | Book | stone came from — some¬ times down to the actual mine. Today it is commonplace to see in sale catalogues...rubies which transmit differentially in the UV region. The method used is described by Bosshart (1982)...very intense) bands in the violet; this absorption region may extend into the UV. Stones are orange to pink...stones). The fine dark blue beryls from the Maxixe mine and also the irradiated Maxixe-type beryl seen in...latter being accompanied by a high transparency region like those seen in emerald. 12. CHROME DIOPSIDE |
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