| Dunn, Pete J., Peacor, Donald R., Su, Shu-Chun, Nelen, Joseph A., von Knorring, Oleg (1986) Johninnesite, a arsenosilicate from new sodium manganese the Kombat Mine, Namibia. Mineralogical Magazine, 50 (358) 667-670 doi:10.1180/minmag.1986.050.358.12 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | sodium manganese arsenosilicate from the Kombat Mine, Namibia PETE J. DUNN Department of Mineral Sciences...rhodonite, kentrolite, and richterite, from the Kombat Mine in Namibia. Johninnesite has cleavages on (100} and...distinct. KEYWORDS: johninnesite, new mineral, Kombat Mine, Namibia. OVER the last ten years, a remarkable suite...minerals has been encountered at the K o m b a t Mine in Namibia. M a n y of these rare species and their assemblages...mineralogy, particularly to the mineralogy of Tsumeb and Kombat. The species and the name were approved by * Permanent | | Downs, Robert T., Pinch, William W., Thompson, Richard M., Evans, Stanley H., Megaw, Lauren (2016) Yangite, PbMnSi3O8·H2O, a new mineral species with double wollastonite silicate chains, from the Kombat mine, Namibia. American Mineralogist, 101 (11) 2539-2543 doi:10.2138/am-2016-5682 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | double wollastonite silicate chains, from the Kombat mine, Namibia Robert T. Downs1, William W. Pinch2, Richard...been found on a specimen from the Kombat mine, Otavi Valley, Namibia. Associated minerals are melanotekite...been found on a specimen from the Kombat mine, Otavi Valley, Namibia. It is named yangite to honor the...was found on a single specimen from the Kombat mine, Namibia, in the collection of the late John Innes...of the geology and mineralogy of the Tsumeb and Kombat mines with a mineral name, johninnesite (cf. Innes | | | 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 | | | 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 | | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | to the ore crushers or are thrown as waste into mine dumps. Modern mining methods, too, tend to be highly...unusually rich in fine specimens from Tsumeb, Namibia. A collection from Ralph Sutcliffe of England,...azurite, and vanadinite from Morocco, azurite from Namibia, rhodochrosite from South Africa, vivianite from...suites of the famous quality specimens from Tsumeb, Namibia, as any museum in the world. A total of $6 million...Pyromorphite, 3 inches tall, Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Idaho; gift of the mine owners. Figure 7: Adamite, 2V4 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 2) are isomorphic. Nambulite from the Funakozawa mine, Iwate, Japan, was first defined as a new species...crystal structure of nambulite from the Funakozawa mine and emphasized its close relation to that of babingtonite...discovered as an independent mineral from the Tanohata mine, Iwate, Japan (Matsubara et al. 1985). Mukhopadhyay...from the Kombat mine, Namibia (von Knorring et al. 1978; Dunn 1991), from the Cerchiara mine, Italy (Balestra... nambulite was discovered from the Fianel Fe-Mn mine, Val Ferrera, Graubünden, Switzerland (Nagashima | | Cámara, Fernando, Bittarello, Erica, Ciriotti, Marco E., Nestola, Fabrizio, Radica, Francesco, Marchesini, Marco (2015) As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: II. Braccoite, NaMn2+5 [Si5AsO17(OH)](OH), description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (1) 171-189 doi:10.1180/minmag.2015.079.1.14 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 171–189 As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: II. Braccoite, NaMn2+...[Si5AsO17(OH)](OH), has been discovered in the Valletta mine dumps, in Maira Valley, Cuneo province, Piedmont...mineralogical variety, the small dump of the old Valletta mine one of the richest Italian deposits of arsenate...descriptions of As-bearing minerals from Valletta mine (Cámara et al., 2014). The sample containing braccoite...the authors (MM) in 2012 in the dumps of Valletta mine, Vallone della Valletta, Canosio municipality, Maira | | | 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...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...discovered in a chromitite deposit in the Akaishi Mine, Higashi-Akaishi Mountain, Ehime Prefecture, Japan | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | chain. Keywords: Scheuchzerite, new mineral, Fianel mine, Val Ferrera, Central Alps, Switzerland, crystal...such as those at Långban in Sweden; the Kombat mine in Namibia; and at Franklin, New Jersey, U.S.A., are...Scheuchzerite occurs sparingly at the Fianel Fe-Mn mine near Ausserferrera, Ferrera valley, Graubünden,...Bustamite, wollastonite, and the pectolite-schizolite-serandite series. American Mineralogist, 63, 274–288. Plinius | | | 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) | 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 | | | 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 | 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...eudialyte, mangan-neptunite, polylithionite, serandite and steenstrupine-(Ce). General appearance: An...(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: | | | Journal (issue) | Morelandite Pseudomorph of Yanadinite La Aurora Mine Chihuahu, Mexico Fornacite DH Claims Gila County...due to a thorough study of the mine- Fig. 1 Descloizite, La Aurora Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico, SEM photo... depending on the exact Cu:Zn ratio. La Aurora Mine While wandering through the dealers' motel rooms...interest and use. Lanny Callenberg Mine reopening The Callenberg Mine at Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany is...will be the first mine to be operated for specimens in Germany, and also the first mine to open since WW | | | 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 | | | 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 | | | 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 (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 (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 | | | 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...gray 1.589. With aegirine. manganneptunite. and serandite. with greenish tint. R = 35 %. VHN = 26-61. Rare | | | Journal (issue) | localities like the Sweet Horne mine, Breckenridge, Mount Antero, the Sunnyside mine, Creede, Cripple Creek,...Collection" labels list the name of the lade or mine, the mining district and county, and the assay results...thread, some taken from the surface of the American mine and some from its deepest workings indicating that...that depth does not change the character of the mine. One is impressed by the money as well as the scientific...quartz, interspersed with gold, but the owner of the mine, Mr. Walker, seeing the cabinet, said that the piece | | | Journal (issue) | Jr & J. S. White, Jr. Inesite from the Hale Creek mine, Trinity County, California.......................article “on the chondrodite from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Brewster, New York.” Two of the plates show 21...6-12 cm, Adamite with Hemimorphite from the Ojuela mine, pale green and purple Naica fluorites in small...Changma in Shandong Prov ince. Here the Victory No. 1 mine annually produces 1500 carats of gem quality diamonds...nearly rival those from Saijo, Japan. The Altay region is crisscrossed with promising gem-bearing pegmatite |
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