 | | 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unpublished.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 |  | | 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 |  | Kitt, Shawn, Kisters, Alexander, Steven, Nick, Maiden, Ken, Hartmann, Karl (2016) Shear-zone hosted copper mineralisation of the Omitiomire deposit — Structural controls of fluid flow and mineralisation during subduction accretion in the Pan-African Damara Belt of Namibia. Ore Geology Reviews, 75. 1-15 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.10.035 | 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) | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 (issue) | | occurrences in Egypt, Malawi, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia, South Africa, Zaire (Congo) and Zambia. And more...Bou-Azzer, 9:69-73 Toussit mine, 11:59-61, 15:347-350 NAMIBIA Kombat mine, 22:421-425 Tsumeb (special...10:116-118 The Onganja mining district, 27:85-97 The Otavi Mountain Land, 28:109-130, 157 SOUTH AFRICA The...Messina mining district, 22:187-199 The Palabora mine, 22:255-262 The Kalahari Manganese Field, an update...The Jan Coetzee mine, 24:39-40 The Wessels mine, 24:365-368 The Kruisrivier cobalt mine, 27:417-428 The |  | | Book | | (mantovani@usp.br) R.McG. Miller PO Box 11222, Windhoek, Namibia (rmmiller@mweb.com.na) A. Misi Centro de Pesquisa...2004 in São Paulo (Brazil), 2005 in Windhoek (Namibia), 2006 in Punta del Este (Uruguay), 2007 in Stellenbosch...and Numees (Frimmel et al., 2002) formations of Namibia and the Jacadigo Group and Puga Formation of the...thermally subsiding basins, such as in northern Namibia, South Australia and northwestern Canada. The so-called...problematic fossil Otavia in middle Cryogenian rocks in Namibia as a sponge (Brain et al., 2001, 2003, 2008) and |  | | 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 | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma |  | | 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 | | 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (issue) | | The research chapter is a gold mine (or perhaps we should say a copper mine) of data; a trio of new species...of others. Geochemists will be puzzling for some (mine included) and look at some facts. time over the...surrounded on all sides (ex Tiger, Arizona; the Palermo mine, New Hampshire; and a new cept the ocean side) by...of rare mineral to rise. Who knows how long the mine will continue to operate? species at Tsumeb. In...Nations by which Southwest Africa was renamed “Namibia”; the Security Coun cil was requested to take |  | | Book (edition) | | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...series are also separately listed: andesine, oligoclase, labradorite, bytownite (series end-members albite...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | more than half an hour just walking through mine after mine, up inclines, past stopes and shafts, around...as you move along. Three cases of superb antique mine lamps highlight the whole presentation. For art...collection. Considering the frontier conditions of the region at that time, Troost’s museum was certainly unique...said to have been unmatched by anyone else in the region. With between 7,000 and 8,000 volumes, his library...milky quartz. Figure 4. Beryl, variety emerald, Muzo mine, Colombia. The crystal is 1 x 1.5 cm. Troost’s catalog |  | | Book | | Republic, 6 cm). Figure 1.2 Halite crystals (Namibia, 5.8 cm). 6 section devoted to the display of...(field of view 8 cm). Figure 1.3 An opencast iron ore mine (Postmasburg, South Africa). 7 microscopes, or...in groups 8–12, show marked deviation. In this region of the Periodic Table, electronegativity increases...bonded substances, the electrons are confined to the region between the nuclei of the bonded atoms and they...showing stepped, cubic crystal faces (Erongo, Namibia, 5.8 cm). hence occurs less commonly. Figure 4 | | | Book | | Republic, 6 cm). 6 by Figure 1.2 Halite crystals (Namibia, 5.8 cm). section devoted to the display of such...about identifying a Figure 1.3 An opencast iron ore mine (Postmasburg, South Africa). microscopes, or chemically...in groups 8-12, show marked deviation. In this region of the Periodic Table, electronegativity increases...substances, the electrons are confined to the region between the nuclei of the bonded atoms and they...showing stepped, cubic crystal faces (Erongo, Namibia, 5.8 cm). hence occurs less commonly. Figure 4 |  | | 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...1 -20.2 7.9/2.1 8.4 4. 4. Beryl Aquamarine Mine, Brazil dark blue dark blue antique Brazil medium...Brazil Africa cut cut Colombia Colombia Chivor Mine, 8B 3.7/2.3 5PB 5.3/2.8 8. 2B 7.9/2.7 2. 6PB 6 |  | | Journal (issue) | | many fluorites, especially from the W illiam Wise mine in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. A woodworker since...years, and was caretaker of 362 the famous Kelly mine, M agdalena district (see vol. 20, no. 1, p. 13-24)...in the 1970’s. From 1994 until his death he was Mine Marshall at the Kelly under its new owner, Millenium...Oregon. Countless thousands of other fine Kelly mine specimens have also found their way into museums...Bulge), was buried in a special plot near the Kelly mine donated by J. Blue Sheppard. Died, Julian Grier |  | | 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 | | 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)...as aventurescence and schiller. In sunstone (oligoclase feldspar) the inclusions are hematite and in...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 |
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