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Microcline from
Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22779
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22779:5
GUID (UUID V4):d817d2de-2652-4a8a-ac39-5f8b1decd75f
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
53.6km (33.3 miles) Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
61.1km (38.0 miles) Abenab West Mine, Abenab, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
61.3km (38.1 miles) Abenab Mine, Abenab, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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
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unpublished.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...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, chlorite
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Cervelleite, AgoTeS,a new mineral from the Bambolla mine, Mexico, and a description of a photo-chemical reaction...was collected from the waste dumps of the Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora,Mexico. Cervelleite occurs as...presenceof OH or HrO. In specimensfrom the Socrates mine and from the Clear Creek claim, the mineral occursas.... 8 2 ;5 8 9 section of material from the Ikuno mine, Hyogo Prefec- 1 7 . 7 , 1 8 . 5 , 5 . 9 1 , 6 ...samplesof a drill core from the Page-Williams gold mine at Hemlo, 35 km east of Marathon, Ontario, near
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sweden; and some orebodies in the Combat deposit in Namibia (Innes and Chaplin, 1986; Dunn, 1991). The metasomatic...anhedral inclusions up to 50 μm in size in quartz–microcline aggregates and irregularly shaped segregations... 677—683. Dunn, P.J., Rare minerals of the Kombat Mine, Mineral. Rec., 1991, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 421–425...Chaplin, R.C., Ore bodies of the Kombat mine, South West Africa/Namibia, Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa
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
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 (article/letter/editorial)
Fe3+(SO4)4O(H2O)2, is a new mineral from the Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile...the interlayer region. Alcaparrosaite is named for the locality, the Alcaparrosa mine. Three cotype specimens...series of quartz- 1319 1320 NEW MINERAL NAMES microcline NYF (niobium–yttrium–fluorine) pegmatites found...in Sb mineralization in the Western Carpathians region. Mineralized veins and stockworks of the Dúbrava...The first Cr-dominant amphibole from the Akaishi Mine, Higashi-Akaishi Mountain, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
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...lead oxychloride silicon-bearlng (Namlbia), Kombat mine, South West Africa 643 I44O Rouse, R.C., see
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
subduction accretion in the Pan-African Damara Belt of Namibia Shawn Kitt a,⁎, Alexander Kisters a, Nick Steven...South Africa Rockwater Consulting Namibia, PO Box 27344, Windhoek, Namibia c International Base Metals Limited...Explorations, PO Box 81136, Olympia, Windhoek, Namibia b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...discovery in the Pan-African Damara Belt of central Namibia. The deposit is situated in Mesoproterozoic gneisses...deposits hosted by basement gneisses in the Domes Region of the Lufilian Arc in Zambia. © 2015 Elsevier B
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
increase southward in the Nguba basin. In the southern region, the Kyandamu Formation contains clasts from the...Ubendian belt (2.1–1.8 Ga) is observed in the “Domes region” (Unrug, 1988) and within the Katangan belt (Cahen...and by logging of borehole cores from the Kipushi mine. A total of 115 samples (30 from Bunkeya, 50 from...western part of the Lufilian Arc (Kolwezi-Tilwezembe region, Fig. 1) as an unsorted grey or greenish grey conglomerate...and may be faceted or striated. In the western region, this formation contains a continuous horizon that
Journal (issue)
Westcott copper mine, comprised three separate collecting sites in two short adits and the mine dump. Nearby...Nearby was the Badger Level section of the Huglith mine complex, which was our other location. We were too...a layby in the forestry surrounding the Huglith mine. When we did so later in the day there were some...more interesting of the. sites at the •Westcott mine, though a few good finds were made in the two ad...• • •, :. • I Originally started as a copper mine in the latter part of the 1800s, the workin·gs at
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 (article/letter/editorial)
[100], Z = c. Lithiomarsturite occurs at the Foote mine in North Carolina as l- to 3-mm-diameter euhedralcrystals(forms...number of speciesthus far recognizedat the Foote mine exceeds100 and is still growing. Of thesethere are...pegmatite consisting principally of up to 2-cm microcline crystals in a groundmass of granular qvartz....in the "tertiary stage" paragenesis at the Foote mine. The elementsthat are most prevalent, in addition...virtually colorless.In one specimen lithpany's spodumene mine (commonly called the Foote iomarsturite is accompanied
Book (edition)
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... Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (sample: Melcher/Oberthür); PPL D Fine-grained
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diamictite (equivalent to the Varianto/Brazil and Chuos/Namibia diamictites), and conformably overlie rocks of...volcanism of the Askevold Formation (Nosib Group, Namibia). A gradational lithological transition between...Cailteux). ✠ Deceased. 700-km-long and 50-km-wide region from the Mwinilunga district in northwestern Zambia...in the Chuos Formation, west of the Otavi Mountain Land in Namibia, which have minimum ages of 746 ± 2...2001), suggests an extension of this belt to this region. At Kambove, two units of stratified to massive
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
contrast w i t h t h o s e in t h e n o r t h (Otavi District) w h i c h Martin t e r m e d m i o g e...circles). Inset shows location of South West Africa/Namibia. This paper is primarily concerned with those parts...contacts are gradational. The Swakop Group (or Otavi Group in the north) rocks overlap Nosib Group rocks...n e , sandstone shale quartzite, conglomerate Kombat Tschudi Group Subgroup Formation Unconformity...conglomerate, quartzite, itibarite, shale Discordance Otavi Abenab (2000) Discordance Auros dolomite, limestone
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
 
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