| | Report (issue) | Wet Shaft, Tsumeb mine (photograph by Dr Gabi Schneider, Geological Survey of Namibia) MINISTRY OF MINES...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA Director: B.G. Ho al BULLETIN 1 Type mineralogy of Namibia by Vaughan C. Daltry...the Geological Survey P.O. Box 2168, Windhoek, Namibia Price Local (+GST) Abroad (Post Free) R20.00 R25... ______ ........ Abstract The type mineralogy of Namibia is reviewed. One hundred and thirty-nine (139)...Twenty-three (23) unnamed phases are also listed. Namibia ranks second to Zaire as the most productive African | | | 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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | MITT.ĂSTERR.MINER.GES. 148 (2003) THE OTAVI MOUNTAIN LAND IN NAMIBIA: TSUMEB, GERMANIUM AND SNOWBALL EARTH...Neoproterozoic carbonate successions in the Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia, host a large number of polymetallic...Springs deposits, and are compared to the ores of Kombat and Berg Aukas. At Tsumeb, local pockets of germanite...structure. Massive Cu ore at the Khusib Springs mine is composed of tennantite, enargite, galena and...As, Sb, Ag, Ga, Mo, Sn, W and Re. Cu-Pb ores at Kombat and Zn-Pb ore at Berg Aukas generally carry lower | | | Report (issue) | MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NAMIBIA 1991 Open File Report l\ffi.S 31 2 Abstract Germanium...epigenetic ore bodies of Tsumeb, Kombat and Abenab. The Tsumeb Mine produced germanium in 1922 and from...2. Occurrences 2.1. Germanium 2.1.1. The Tsumeb Mine 2.1.2. Other occurrences 2.2. Gallium 3. References...germanium and gallium, occur in Namibia. These are known as the Tsumeb, Kombat and Abenab Mines (Fig. 1)....The Tsumeb Mine The only mine in Namibia that has ever produced germanium is the Tsumeb Mine. A comprehensive | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Although the collection focuses primarily on the Tsumeb mine and the Kalahari manganese field, other âclassicâ...are also represented, such as Klein Spitzkoppe, Kombat, Tschudi, Erongo, Onganja, Berg Aukas, Rosh Pinah...wolframite specimens from the Krantzberg mine close to Omaruru in Namibiaâthat caught his sonâs fancy. During...Beeshoek mine close to Postmasburg in the Northern Cape Province. He also visited Black Rock mine, located...on schorl, 2.9 cm, from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia. Figure 3. There are three exceptional Tsumeb | | | 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) | the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Top right: Benitoite, 2 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, California...NâChwaning 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, NâChwaning II mine, South Africa. v This special | | | Book (volume) | that are obviously beautiful, like an Illinois Fluorite or a colorful Tourmaline. And, those that are...Acanthite San Juan de Reyes Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 52 Adamite Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico,...(Cuproadamite with Ferrolotharmeyerite) Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 22 Apophyllite (on Stilbite) Jalgaon, Maharastra...Malachite) Liu Feng Shan Mine, Anhui Prov., China, 18 (& Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 32, 38-39...Quartz) Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 56 Calcite (on Fluorite) Elmwood Mine, Elmwood, Tennessee | | | Catalog/List | it collected when the Tsumeb Mine (as well as other mines of the region) were still in production in...engineering work took him to the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia. This mine is renowned for producing what are arguably...desert-like "Sperrgebiet" area of the southern coast of Namibia, with its fabulous wealth of gem diamonds. One...Ianâs interest stems from the family trips to Namibia, including the mines of Tsumeb. He worked with... 57001 Azurite Level 8, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia If the attachment point on the | | | Journal (issue) | von Predazzo in Italien âą Tsumebit von Gross Otavi, Namibia âą Neufunde Axinit und Epidot in Peru âą 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 sehnsĂŒchtig erwartete neue Buch NAMIBIA n -total ĂŒberarbeitet 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) | 75236 Uppsala, Sweden Water Science GROSBOIS Region III, Pennsylvania 19103, USA Consortium, Inc...Quantitative Hydrology DoNnALD Jor BENSON Nuclear Davip Region III, Hydrogeology STEPHEN H. Stow Oak Ridge...climatic features of Bangladesh vary from region to region and season to season. During the monsoon...to this region) to more than 2030 mm in the south-eastern (one study area belongs to this region) and north-eastern...shales and claystones in the geosynclinal foredeep region (east and southeastern part of Bangladesh) contain | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Ciudad Universitaria] at 14:10 29 December 2014 Fluorite, Berbes, Spain, 15 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger ...0 Ă 17.5 Ă 14.0 cm, Grahamâs Pocket, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado; Augustin de Valence...Figure 12. Elbaite, 20.5 Ă 19.5 Ă 21.0 cm, Paprok mine, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan; Augustin de Valence...5 Ă 7.5 Ă 7.5 cm, Kombat mine, Grootfontein district, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia; Augustin de Valence...(above). Pyragyrite, 5 Ă 13 Ă 13 cm, Valenciana mine, Guanajuato, Mexico; Augustin de Valence photo. | | Siidra, O. I., Krivovichev, S. V., Turner, R. W., Rumsey, M. S., Spratt, J. (2013) Crystal chemistry of layered Pb oxychloride minerals with PbO-related structures: Part I. Crystal structure of hereroite, [Pb32O20(O,â»)](AsO4)2[(Si,As,V,Mo)O4]2Cl10. American Mineralogist, 98 (1) 248-255 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4241 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | lead oxychloride mineral from the Kombat Mine, Grootfontein, Namibia, has been solved by direct methods...mineral recently described from the Kombat Mine, Grootfontein, Namibia (Turner et al. 2012a). Hereroite... hausmannite, jacobsite, and manganite. The Kombat mine ore bodies contain primary Pb-Cu-Zn(-Ag) sulfides...created a range of Pb-Mn-Fe silicate minerals in the Kombat deposit, as well as a variety of late-stage Pb-oxychloride...Cairncross, B. (1997) The Otavi Mountainland Cu-Pb-Zn-V deposits of Namibia. Mineralogical Record, 28 | | | 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 GrootbergpaĂ in Namibia Kamphaugit-(Y) von der Rössing-Mine 120 124 126 136 Das Gahnit-Vorkommen...schöner Cuprite und Malachite 163 166 168 Die Fluorite von Okorusu 171 Der Aris-Phonolithkomplex und | | Boni, M., Terracciano, R., Evans, N. J., Laukamp, C., Schneider, J., Bechstadt, T. (2007) Genesis of Vanadium Ores in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia. Economic Geology, 102 (3) 441-469 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.102.3.441 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 441â469 Genesis of Vanadium Ores in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia MARIA BONI,â Dipartimento di Scienze... mottramite, and vanadinite) in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia, once were considered the greatest vanadium...surfaces in carbonate rocks of the Neoproterozoic Otavi Group, which already contained primary sulfide orebodies...orebodies (Berg Aukas type). The V deposits the Otavi Mountainland represent a special low-temperature...been known to exist in the northern areas of the Otavi â Corresponding author: e-mail, boni@unina.it *Present | | | 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...with agreat source fo r Wholesale Only Illinois fluorite; Tristate fin e mineral specimens from minerals;...353-7285 M any o f us have lists, others Cave-in-Rock fluorite & are open by appointment or associated minerals;...ichigan 49930 (906) 482-9560 Michigan native copper; mine owner; wholesale, retail 411 Museum o f Geological | | Basson, I.J., McCall, M.-J., Andrew, J., Daweti, E. (2018) Structural controls on mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia. Ore Geology Reviews, 95. 931-944 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.03.028 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia I.J. Basson, M.-J. McCall, J. Andrew...Mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia, Ore Geology Reviews (2018), doi: https://doi...Mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia I.J. Bassona,c,*, M.-J. McCalla, J. Andrewb...Resources, 84 Dr Frans Indongo Street, Windhoek, Namibia c Department of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch...Africa Abstract The Namib Lead and Zinc (Pb-Zn) Mine is hosted within the Karibib Formation of the Swakop | | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | systems, 447 ALPS, fluorite vein mineralization in, 325 Alstonite, from Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria...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....inclusions, associated with oil bearing inclusions in fluorite veins, 335 Broken Hill, see New South Wales, Australia | | | Catalog/List | ARSENIOSIDERITE orange brown crusts on Hidalgoite (Gold Hill Mine Tooele County Utah USA) lxl f2.5O lx2 f5.OO 2x2...purple-brown crystalline masses (Colebrook Hill Mine,Roseberry, Tasmania) lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 2x2 f6.OO...BOKITE black to dark brown masses (Monumnt No 2 Mine Apache County 1/2 x 1/2 f3.5O lxl f5 C266 DEFERNITE...(BORON) pink cleavage in of otavi, Namibia) lem grey HAUSMANNITE (Kombat f3.5O C267 BUSTAMITE excellent...C269 CHABAZITE good covering location. (Ramsley Mine lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 of glassy micros Devon) 2x2 f6 | | | 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:...almost unique specimen. James Elliott photo 10 Fluorite and quartz, 21 cm aross, Planggenstock, Göschenenalp...written by Bryan Swoboda. 12 VĂ€yrynenite. Lolu Dahku mine, Roundu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan...specimens from the mim museum Stibiotantalite. Urandu mine, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan | | Schneider, Jens, Boni, Maria, Laukamp, Carsten, BechstĂ€dt, Thilo, Petzel, Volker (2008) Willemite (Zn2SiO4) as a possible RbâSr geochronometer for dating nonsulfide ZnâPb mineralization: Examples from the Otavi Mountainland (Namibia) Ore Geology Reviews, 33 (2) 152-167 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.012 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ZnâPb mineralization: Examples from the Otavi Mountainland (Namibia) Jens Schneider a,â, Maria Boni b,c ...Germany d Geological Survey of Namibia, 1 Aviation Road, Windhoek, Namibia Received 12 September 2005; accepted...Berg Aukas and Abenab West deposits, Otavi Mountainland (Namibia), which are hosted by Neoproterozoic...Nonsulfide deposits; Willemite; Geochronology; RbâSr; Namibia 1. Introduction Oxidized ores from nonsulfide...Mt @ 20 to 25% Zn; Berg Aukas and Abenab West, Namibia, ca. 3.5 Mt @ 15 to 25% Zn; and Beltana, Australia | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | and 558 pages later, ending with the Van der Plas mine. There is more, however, in the form of a chapter...10 percent of the photographs used in the first Namibia book are repeated here, so most are new. Many of...map showing its location in Namibia. Furthermore, unlike the first Namibia book that had multiple reference...reference lists after each region, there is one composite reference list at the end of the book making it...Aris, Berg Aukas, Brandberg, Cape Cross, Christoph mine, Erongo, Gamsberg, Giftkuppe, Goanikontes, Goboboseb | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Comparisons are madewith other mineral depositssuchas Kombat(Namibia)and Franklin Furnace(New Jersey)which alsomay...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...Springer-Verlag,p. 46-54. Martini, J. E. J., 1976, The fluorite depositsin the dolomiteseries of the Marico district... v. 19, p. 1- 1988, Defernite from the Kombat mine, Namibia: A second occurrence, structure refinement |
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