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Papagoite from
Messina Mine, Musina, Musina Local Municipality, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Papagoite
Formula:CaCu[H3AlSi2O9]
Comments:Note: Colour alone is not indicative in identification between papagoite and shattuckite or in some cases ajoite (Debbie Woolf's conclusion after further discussions with author 25 years later).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzⓘ63 photos of Papagoite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Ajoiteⓘ19 photos of Papagoite associated with Ajoite at this locality.
Hematiteⓘ10 photos of Papagoite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Cuprorivaite7 photos of Papagoite associated with Cuprorivaite at this locality.
Tangeite5 photos of Papagoite associated with Tangeite at this locality.
Copperⓘ1 photo of Papagoite associated with Copper at this locality.
Clinozoisite-Epidote Series1 photo of Papagoite associated with Clinozoisite-Epidote Series at this locality.
Kaoliniteⓘ1 photo of Papagoite associated with Kaolinite at this locality.
Epidoteⓘ1 photo of Papagoite associated with Epidote at this locality.
Chlorite Groupⓘ1 photo of Papagoite associated with Chlorite Group at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Papagoite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Messina Mine, Musina, Musina Local Municipality, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Photo GalleryView Gallery (29 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:251976
Long-form Identifier:1:3:251976:0
GUID (UUID V4):ede41124-1f4b-4485-982b-f8b29d99aa83
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za AJOITE Messina Mine, Musina, Limpopo Province, South Africa I t...originating from the Messina mine in South Africa. (Note that the town where the mine existed was originally...originally named Messina but was renamed Musina after the 1994 political dispensation in South Africa. The registered...registered mine name remains Messina.) Since the early 1950s, the Messina mine has produced spectacular...original type-locality specimens from the New Cornelia mine, Pima County, Arizona, in the United States have
Journal (issue)
net Famous Mineral Localities: The Berezovsk District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia .....................quartz in the Artonvilla mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa .........................know, we supplied a DVD on the famous Pederneira mine with the May-June issue. This DVD is a supplement...staff of the British Museum (Natural History) in South Kensington on October 1, 1957, as Assistant Scientific... and he was in constant demand as a speaker at local clubs and societies. Three of his most popular talks--delivered
Journal (issue)
0026-4628 ‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada ..............................J. P. Cassedanne & L. Barreto The Messina mining district, South A frica .............................Valley Road Watsonville, California 95076 The Outlaw mine has long been known as an occurrence o f rare and...benjaminite, fo r which it is the type locality. The mine has been idle fo r more than 60 years, and because...More than 30 minerals have been identified from the mine and studies continue on the sulfosalt mineralogy
Journal (issue)
worden specimens van papagoiet van de New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona aangeboden. Meer details...from the Sant Marçal Mine, Montseny, Catalonia 14-18 New minerals in the Eureka mine, Catalonia (metamunirite...New minerals [06.10-10.11] 64-71 The Uchucchacua mine, Peru  SPIRIFER 37(4), 08.13  CAHIER DES MICROMONTEURS... Links : Papagoietkristalletjes van de New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona, USA. Beeldbreedte 3 mm...: Insluitsels van papagoiet in kwarts. Messina mine, Limpopo, Zuid-Afrika Kwartskristal 6.1 x 3.4 x 2
Report (issue)
Papagoite CaCuAlSi2 O6 (OH)3 ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...Arizona, USA); included in quartz crystals (Messina, South Africa). Association: Aurichalcite, shattuckite...USA): quartz, a joite (Messina, South Africa). Distribution: In the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona...Arizona, USA. In South Africa, from Messina, Transvaal. At the Sinclair mine, near LÄ uderitz, Namibia...References: (1) Hutton, C.O. and A.C. Vlisidis (1960) Papagoite, a new copper-bearing mineral from Ajo, Arizona
Catalog/List
RAINBOW OF AFRICA GEM & MINERAL COLLECTION Front Cover: Gems from the Rainbow of Africa Collection... Heritage Signature® Auction #5236 The Rainbow of Africa Collection Gems & Minerals October 15, 2015 | New...Signature® Internet Session 2 Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 (HERITAGELive...RAINBOW OF AFRICA COLLECTION You have in front of you our presentation of the Rainbow of Africa Collection:...The mineral riches of Africa are not the only things making up the Rainbow of Africa Collection. For the
Report (issue)
sillĂŠnite (Munihuaza, Mexico); quartz, papagoite (Messina, South Africa). Distribution: In the USA, in Arizona...Arizona, from the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co.; at the Moon Anchor mine and Potter-Cramer property,...Munihuaza, near Alamos, Sonora, Mexico. At Messina, Transvaal, South Africa. Name: For the type occurrence at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Shattuckite Rocks & Minerals 2009.84:544-550. Kunene District Kaokoveld, Namibia M any collectors choose to...locality, the Shattuck or Shattuck-Denn mine at Bisbee, Warren district, Cochise County, after which the mineral...mineral in named (Schaller 1915). The mine itself was developed by one of the Bisbee copper kings, Lemuel...Shattuckite occurs at the New Cornelia open-pit mine in the Ajo district, Pima County, occasionally in large quantities...Pinal County and include the Mammoth–St. Anthony mine (Anthony et al. 1995a), in drill core from the Florence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SOUTH AFRICAN MINERAL ARTIST RainerJacklc Downloaded by [Heriot-Watt University] at 01:19 30 December...book on rocks and minerals. Later, in 1981, in Africa, he discovered a water-worn quartz crystal while...not mistaken. His art has been exhibited in South Africa at Hartbeespoort (1993), Pretoria (1994), and...specimen itself.” Jackle resides in Hartbeespoort, South Africa, and in his spare time enjoys hiking in the...2001). ~ & with papagoite inclu&m and ular hematite, 5 x 8.5 cm, Messina, South Africa; Painting size
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and 3:30 P.M. • The Alte Elisabeth (Old Elisabeth) mine offers onehour guided tours of surface machinery...Sundays, 11:00 A.M. • The Reiche Zeche, a teaching mine, open to visitors, includes a collection of minerals...2.5-hour underground guided tours of the silver mine for those twelve and older. Open 9:30 A.M.–2:30...Calcite, 14 × 7 cm, from the United States (Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee). Jörg Wittig photo. Figure...important mineral location to see a view of the actual mine displayed on the wall. For additional information
Journal (issue)
MINERALS Red Lead Mine: J. Halpern specimen. J. Scovil photo. In this issue also: a new chapter J...Collector Interview series we interview well known South African collector Bruce Cairncross. Bruce is a professor...26 Miner George Quist in front of the Red Lead mine portal after a long day of specimen extraction....the Red Lead mine, Tasmania, Australia. Thanks to a successful partnership between mine owner Shane Dohnt...and specimen mining company Collectors Edge, the mine was reopened for specimen mining in 2013. The last
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....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...(8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite, N’Chwaning II mine, South Africa. v This special supplement
Book
negative Kristalle") aus der Emerald & Hiddenite Mine im Alexander County, North Carolina/USA. Aus der...negative crystals") from the Emerald & Hiddenite Mine, Alexander County, North Carolina/USA. From the...type parageneses are also known from North and South America. In North America particularly from the...carry quartz with „oil" inclusions. For a long time local collectors designated them „smoky quartz" as the...(Skapolith?) in Rauchquarz aus der Emerald & Hiddenite Mine, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA. Starky, pseudomorph
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
history of the Sweet Home mine, from its meager beginnings as an 1870s silver mine on the slopes of Mount...the primary source of essentially all Sweet Home mine rhodochrosite on the market today. Downloaded by...Robert B. Cook Auburn University Auburn, Alabama Mine Hill in Franklin and Sterling Hill in Ogdensburg...on early iron processing and mining on and near Mine Hill in Franklin and Sterling Hill in Ogdensburg...Ogdensburg between 1765 and 1850; the zinc deposits of Mine Hill and Sterling Hill; and details of the lands,
Book
Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) Reg. No. 1953/000441/07 The Estuaries...Century City, 7441 PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa Visit www.randomstruik.co.za and join the Struik...published edition, 2015: Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing editor:...Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa Dr Lynnette Greyling Department of Geological...Town Private Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701 Cape Town, South Africa Note: The authors and the publishers cannot
Book
Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) 1953/000441/07 Reg. No. The Estuaries...Century City, 7441 PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa Visit www.randomstruik.co.za and join the Struik...published edition, 2015: Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing...Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa Dr Lynnette Greyling Department of Geological...Town Private Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701 Cape Town, South Africa Note: The authors and the publishers cannot
Journal (issue)
luchtfoto (jaartal onbekend) van de New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, USA. Wandfoto museum...van ajoiet van de type-vindplaats, de New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, USA, aangeboden. Meer...746-750 Dmitryivanovite : a new mineral from the NW Africa 470CH3 chondrite characterized using electron backscatter...Anatolia, Turkey; etching of carrollite from Kamoya South mine, Katanga; Li-bearing pegmatites on the NW Iberian...MINERAL # 88, 08.09 5-20 MinĂŠralogie de l'ancienne mine de plomb de La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgique 22-26
Book (volume)
alteration of different kinds of stacking of layers, local defects, etc.). For this reason, the interpretation...Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...freedom per unit cell and qi and qj are deviations of local coordinates (i.e. lengths of chemical bonds and...frequencies of normal vibrations are determined by local force parameters of these bonds (see, e.g. Loghinov...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description:
Journal (issue)
p. 258 COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to...fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals...and Other Minerals from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona Chapter authors: Les...Presmyk and Tony Potucek The Mammoth-St. Anthony mine at Tiger has produced not only large amounts of...Frank Schultz staked the first claims in 1879. The mine began as several separate workings that ultimately
Journal (issue)
same Lime as I discovered mineral collecting, the local sedimentary geology has proved to be a mixed blessing...Lyangara, Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah. In most locations...fossils. These fossils are particularly prevalent south of Donalda in the Drumheller area which is home...each locality, and each specimen donated 10 the "local" museum at time of purchase. Goodall Farm-Sanford...immediate future... (next I 0-12 months?). The local newspaper ran some sort of general article on possible
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
Maple Avenue, 17th Floor • Dallas, TX 75219 Design District Annex • 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207...North American predators. This one came from Deep South Texas and sports a very beautiful spot pattern....smell. They are often called the “Big Gray Ghost of Africa” and many a hunter has tried to sneak up on this...that bore its head. Native now only to subSaharan Africa they are shoreline birds that use their long snipe-like...the skin of a fine large Stallion from southern Africa with excellent markings, few scars, and a brilliant
Book (edition)
Meta/lurgical and Mineralogical Society o/ South Africa Journal of Chemical Phy ics Journal cif the...and Proceedings of the Royal Socief) 1 of Ne,v South Wales JPSJ Journal of rhe Physical Society of...Cand CSPG Pennskiye gubemskiye wdomo.sti (Perm district ga=elle) Pl,ilosopl,ical Maga=ine Periodico de...Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the...104(3). 326-328 □ Achavnlitc, FcSe, hex .. Cacheuta Mine. Ccrro de Cacheuta. Sierra de Cacheuta. Mcndoza
Journal (issue)
Treasures Leather E dition M in in g H istory in South Australia Strictly lim ited edition, very finely... LH A ustralia. Illustrated m ining history: South $23 postpaid (H ) M ineralogy o f Alabama (1982)...$230 postpaid (foreign add $35) (H) C atalogue of South A ustralian M inerals Em pire of Silver D escribes...rizona. Gem stones T h e definitive review of South A u stralian opal localities. $15 postpaid (H )...) Illustrated m ining history: Bisbee, Opal, South Australia’s Gem stone P re p a id ord ers o n ly
Book
roof of asmall crystal-lined pocket, or vug, ina mine at Tintic, Juab County, Utah in the late thirties...From top to bottom: papagoite in quartz, Messina, North Transvaal, South Africa; rutile in quartz, Tavetsch...Mountains of southern Montana. C-8. The small Apex mine, near St. George, Washington County, Utah, has produced...came from the early workings of the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona. C-10. These are...delicate and was found inthe mines at Tsumeb, South West Africa. C-11 and C-12. One of the most startling
 
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