 | | 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 (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 |  | | 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unpublished.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 |  | | Book (edition) | | brown in yes with brownish tint fine grains 41 Lautite Goldfieldite isotropic, occasional anomalous bluish... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL...argentite reaction rim (greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Kazakhstan/Russia 1 Flin Flon 3 Australia Namibia Amulet, Buchans, Calumet, Tetreault 6 Australia...mean of Cdsp. ppm Number of deposits Share of mine production 1 , % Exhalative (VOLCEX and SEDEX)...mean 3290 Unweighted mean 4040 1 Share of zinc mine production according to Tikkanen, 1986. TABLE 7...Cdsp (Table 6). The mean weighted for the share of mine production is 3290 ppm. Zinc smelters produced 7...Altyn-Topkan mineral ized areas of the Karamazar region: Geochemistry, 1959, no. 4, p. 4 0 6 - 4 1 5 . |  | | Book (edition) | | 01-40 Tiemannite II/C.01-50 Coloradoite II/C.01-60 Lautite II/C.02-10 Chalcopyrite II/C.03-10 Eskebornite...(yellowish white), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(greenish grey), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(bluish grey shades), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // 8 Gold A ...sample - photo A), dolomite (dark grey); Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden [j]; Nic |  | | 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( |  | | 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 |  | | 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 | | transmission IR spectra of minerals in the far IR region. The PE discs are prepared at rather high temperatures...root-mean-square approximation of the spectrum in the region free of strong absorption. A review of the most...analysis for the IR spectrum of gmelinite-K in the region of Si–O-stretching vibrations carried out with...analysis for the IR spectrum of gmelinite-K in the region of Si–O-stretching vibrations carried out with...analysis for the IR spectrum of gmelinite-K in the region of Si–O-stretching vibrations carried out with |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver...Lake Co., Breckenridge(*), Summit Co., Ground Hog mine(*), Gilman Co., Silverton and Telluride, San Juan...Ledge mine, Nevada Co., Jamestown, Tuolumne Co., Colorado quartz mine, Mariposa Co., Bonanza mine, Trinity...Nelson, Westland, Otago, and Southland. Emperor mine, Vatukuola, Fiji. Mt. Kare, Papua New Guinea. In...localities in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador; Morro Velho mine, Nova Lima, MG, Brazil. sm DI:90, R:321, P&J:281 |  | | Book (edition) | | Tennantite (zincian) Tennantite (mercurian) Lautite Watanabeite Polybasite Chaboumeite Eskebomite Cylindrite...479-487 481-480 480-480 2-4 2-2 5-3 9-7 8-8 Lautite Watanabeite Polybasite Djurleite Miargyrite CU4(As...13-14 Ag16As 2Stl 135 219 447 415 420 Samsonite Lautite Lapieite Crooke site Cuprobismutite 33-35 33-35...Monoclinic (pseudo-cubic) Provenance Santa Lucia mine, La Luz, Guanajuato, Mexico 21°00'N,101°16'W Standard...SeS Symmetry Orthorhombic Provenance San Carlos Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. 21'04'N 101'33'W Standard |  | | Book | | localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing | | | Book (edition) | | 31-32 31-34 566-470 487-486 479-487 2-4 2-2 5-3 Lautite 481-480 480-480 9-7 8-8 Djurleite Miargyrite...Polybasite Parapierrotite Pearceite Samsonite Lautite Lapieite Crookesite Cuprobismutite 33-35 33-35...1 Provenance ate 31.0 Santa Rete Lucia fosto mine, cco La Luz, ON eh GW 5 —— WTIC (Zeiss, 314) Monochromator...Air 19.8 Ry Orthorhombic 470 eee San Carlos Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. leis 546 _ 339 650 308...Trigonal Provenance Alekseev deposit, Sutemskii region, Stanovoi range, Russia Air ra 470 51.6 546 |  | | Book (edition) | | Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...(lower right, center) mimetite, Tsiimehb, Namibia; (lower, right) gold, Amazonas, Brazi!. All specimens from...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...ye ty a ara id (ean ® “1 le hI AAP : oo A Mine seh Ranier “i i : lever vei ekealps ; cet | | | Book (edition) | | Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...Arizona; (lower right, center) mimetite, Tsurneb, Namibia, (lower, right) gold, Amazonas, Brazil All specimens...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County; at the Double |  | | Book (edition) | | 44. c 1 3 .50 A. A natural occurrence at a coal mine in the (TL) Lvov-Volynsk basin, USSR. Achates. syn...09. c 7.76 A . Z=2 [PDF 27-620]. (TL) San Carlos mine. Guanajuato. Mexico. Named for S. Aguilar. Agustitc...PDF 34- 1 266 on synth. material]. (TL) Akaganc mine. Iwate Pref., Japan. Named for locality. 9 Akalidavyne... Unnecessary varietal name. (TL) L1ke Superior region. Alasanitc. error for alazanite. Znp. Vses. Min...Nufficld ( 1 954) Amer. Min. 39, 338]. (TL) Alaska mine. Colorado. USA. Named for locality. Alaun, syn. |  | | Book (edition) | | 2.CB.35. Germanite-mooihoekite group 2.CB.40. Lautite 2.CB.45. Wurtzite group 2.CB.50. Enargite group... Cubic, P43n (218) a = 10.59A Z =2 2.CB.40. Lautite. Sphalerite-like linking of Cu[AsS3] . As[CuAs2S]...1933 2 ) Cubic, P43n (218) a = 10.62A Z =2 Lautite (Frenzel, 1881 1) Stibiocolusite Cu u V(Sb,Sn...BM 1953,422: Ma ndarino: EJM 1994.337 (a doubtful mine ral) 7 .B: Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with Additional...Hawthorne. "Structure and chemistry of phosphate mine rals":MM 1998.141) 8.AA. With small cations (some |
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