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Calcite from
Clift Quarry, Paarl granite, Paarl, Drakenstein Local Municipality, Cape Winelands District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Clift Quarry, Paarl granite, Paarl, Drakenstein Local Municipality, Cape Winelands District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:259319
Long-form Identifier:1:3:259319:7
GUID (UUID V4):f270eeb9-40b6-4d78-bab2-86b561cb1df5
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Book
it • .i. 2nd SYMPOSIUM 5 CAPE TOWN and JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA JULY -AUGUST 1970 I ir V.: :...and Palaeontology 2nd SYMPOSIUM CAPE TOWN and JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA JULY-AUGUST 1970 « A Printed...traversing parts of the southern fold-belt of the Cape Province, of a down-faulted mass of Lower Cretaceous...fold-belt within the Great Karroo basin. It begins in Cape Town and terminates in Johan­ nesburg, and the road-distance...of outcrops mainly of sediments assigned to the Cape system, although along its northern rim sediments
Report (issue)
Proceedings of a Symposium held in Stellenbosch, South Africa 2–6 July 2007 Guest Editor-in-Chief: John D...of Stellenbosch Private Bag X1 7602 Matieland South Africa EESTRSE Editor: Colin Donaldson Guest Editors:...and Related Rocks (6th : 2007 : Stellenbosch, South Africa) Sixth Hutton Symposium on the Origin of Granites...proceedings of a symposium held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2-6 July 2007 / guest editor-in-chief, John...bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-8137-2472-0 (pbk.) 1. Granite--Congresses. I. Clemens, John D. II. Title. QE462
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November 2018; accepted 26 November 2018 Quartz and calcite veins are omnipresent in the Indus basin sedimentary...with an Eu/Eu* ratio of the veins (quartz and calcite) is >1 for the northern side (Tibetan side) and...deposition and the subsequent burial phase. The quartz–calcite veins are omnipresent in the mud/silt stone units...thrust in the north and the Zanskar thrust in the south. The Indus basin sediments were deposited until...1988; Searle et al. 1990; Clift et al. 2000; Sinclair and Jaffey 2001; Clift et al. 2002a; Henderson et
Report (edition)
GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTH WALES COALFIELD PART I ON. THIRD EDITION 0 l_ 969 PLATE I (Fro11tispiece)...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the South ales Coalfield PART I THE COUNTRY AROUND NEWPORT...Geological Survey Maps of the South Wales Coal-field. This great industrial district was one of the earliest...Cantrill,. who have been engaged further to the south and west in the ground comprised in Sheets 231,... L. Kitchin. The original Geological Survey of South Wales was unaccompanied by detailed explanatory
Journal (issue)
Howse). Humbermouth. Sandstone • . • • Halls Quarry Signal Hill. Clay Pits. • Georges Brook . • 1.... . . . • . . Geological Features. Production South Coast. . La Pone • . • West Coast • • . . Port au...117 Port au Port, 118 Grand Lake. St. Georges South Branch. Other Areas . 011 Shale and Bitumen. Peat...123 124 124 126 126 127 127 128 Cement Rock. Granite. 130 Gypsum • • • 130 iv Page Limestone •...10. Aguathuna limestone quarry • 11. 12. 13, 14. Humbermouth limestone quarry La Manche Lead Mine. •
Report (edition)
EXPLANATION OF SHEET 232 HE GEOLOGY OF THE ALES SOUTH COALFIELD PART II ABERGAVENNY By Aubrey Strahan...the Descriptiv� lVIemoir 011 the Geology of the South Wales Coalfield, embracing the country around Newport...account was given of the history of the mapping of South Wales by the Geological Survey. The present publication...written mainly by Mr. A. Strahan, who surveyed the south-eastern part of the map (Sheet 232) and supervised...has furnished an account of the important mining district which extends from Blaenavon to Rhymney, while
Report (issue)
Voc. Shetland Mainland, looking south across inshore islands to the Clift Hills and Fitful I-lead (F ro11ti...Institute of Geological Sciences, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, SW? 2DE. AUSTIN 'W. \VQOIJLi\ND...Complexes; Western Post-orogenic Complexes 41 7. Old Red Sandstone of Shetland: Western Outcrops-Walls...relationships 56 11. Geological map of the Esha Ness District 58 12. Geological map of Foula 59 13. Geological...Geological 111:ip of the Old Red Sandstone of south-east Shetland (with palaeocurrent directions) 63
Book
Street Auckland: 35 High Street SOUTH AFRICA Butterworth & Co (South Africa) Ltd Durban: 33/35 Beach Grove...scientists but mankind in general. Today in south-western England the geologist can examine the strata...established in 1949, it notified them all to the local authorities concerned as ‘Sites of Special Scientific... 62, last line of description of Meldon Aplite Quarry: Read “1966: Proc. Geol. Ass. 77, 230); also bavenite...established in 1949, it notified them all to the local authorities concerned as ‘Sites of Special Scientific
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study investigated the igneous rocks of the Pebble district and obtained major and trace element compositions...magmatism (101–88 Ma) in the Southwest Alaska Range. Local pre-mineral intrusions (99–95 Ma) are dominated...Mineralization at Pebble is associated with granodiorite to granite porphyry dikes related to the >165 km2 high-K calc-alkaline...required to produce the more evolved granodiorite and granite porphyry compositions. Despite the apparent lack...granodiorite and small volumes of granodiorite to granite porphyry dikes associated with ore formation. Previous
Report (edition)
EXPLANATION OF SHEET 231 The Geology • of the South ales Coalfield PARl' V THE COUNTRY AROUND MERTHYR...fifth part of the Memoir on the Geology of the South Wales Coal Field, is illustrated in Sheet 231 of...in 1900. The south-eastern part of the map was surveyed by Mr. Gibson, the south-western part by Mr.....correspond to the Llynfi Rock of the 1\iiaesteg district. .. • lV In addition to a large number of...in a direction somewhat east of south, while another part turned south-westwards down the Neath and Tawe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
amygdules were filled with calcite. Only a small portion of this calcite, however, can have belonged...Church-Hill Quarry, fropt which the road-metal is obtained, is jUl.'t outside Port !saac. The quarry by the...section in a newer quarry . Very fine exposures are also seen inland in a deep quarry a quarter of a mile...vesicles were afterwards filled with nearly pure calcite, which in some places has been replaced by chert...totally-different origin, for they are merely infiltrations of calcite. The shearing at the junction of the lavas and
Book
Bath Stone a quarry history J. w. A. E. McR. Cover: Hand operated crane. The upright axle could be...prior permission of the landowner. Bath Stone a quarry history by J. W. PERKINS, A. T. BROOKS & A.E....who lived there, and so on. One or two items in local caving club journal cover the old mines from that...north with Africa following, and occasionally shunting into southern Europe, while North and South America...years ago and saw 5 point. The terms opencast quarry and mine are used for clarity in many parts of
Book
128 and Route 3, where traffic from the west and south of Boston meets and passes at the rate of 168,000...Square. They crop out of the ground from Roxbury south to Brockton and from Braintree west to Needham and...128 and Route 3, where traffic from the west and south of Boston meets and passes at the rate of 168,000...mines beneath the Forbes Industrial Park and the South Shore Plaza, lots of legal questions would arise...into the Berkshires in 1981 and 1982 by several Western mining companies led to a survey of the former
Report (issue)
Peninsula Phillip Island South Gippsland 6 5 6 7 8 Eastern Northern Central Western THE ZEOLITE REGIONS...Peter Hall 3. Phillip Island. By Jack Leach 4. South Gippsland. By John Haupt 5. Eastern Victoria. By...Bernard Day 7. Central Victoria. By Derrnot Henry 8. Western Victoria. By John Bosworth 9. Chemistry of Victorian...guises. Allan Pring, Curator of Minerals at the South Australian Museum, provided indexed X-ray diffraction...Association Museum of Victoria Nunawading and District Lapidary Club Inc. Tony Annear Tylden Quarries
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deeper water turbiditic sequence of the succeeding Clift Hills Group might be broadly coeval with those of...tenuous and are not possible at formation level. A local succession immediately west of the Walls Boundary...East Mainland Megamonocline. This has a vertical western limb, which youngs to the east, and an eastern...Dalradian sequences of the Scottish mainland and Western Isles. Quartzofeldspathic orthogneisses contain...across the islands of Mainland, Yell and Unst. The western margin of the Boundary Zone is marked by occurrences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
located PT between the well documented sectors of western Ireland and Northern Ireland. We have RI reassessed...Igneous Complex, intrusive rocks of Connemara (western Ireland) and the Slishwood Division (Co. Sligo)...subduction polarity (from south to northward directed), magmatic activity in western Ireland is recorded by...development of an arc system distinct to that of western Ireland (Hollis et al., 2012, 2013ab; Stone, 2014;...Lough Nafooey arc developed from c. 490 Ma above a south-dipping subduction zone away from the Laurentian
Report (edition)
SlTRVEY. ENGL�t\.ND AND WALES. THE GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTH WALES COAij-FIELD. PART ,�111. THE COUNTRY AROUND...and ·a Supplementary Geological Bibliograpl1y of South ,vales a11d �lonmouthshire by 0. T. JONES, 1"I.A...latter l1aving been transferred to anotl1e1-- district, before the 1nap ,vas co1r1pleted. M1·. Dixon...of' an anticli11e. Tl1eir ot1tcrop is due to the local attenuation of the Old Red Sttr1clstone. The Lo...highest t1nd the lo,vest Coal-measures existi11g i11 South ,Vales, the total thicl�ness provecl amot1nting
Book
Geology of the Bristol district BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SUR VEY G. A. KELLAWAY F. B. A. WELCH CONTRIBUTORS...Ivimey-Cook M. Mitchell and Geology of the Bristol district Memoir for 1:63 360 geological special sheet (England...and WELCH, F. B. A. 1993. Geology of the Bristol district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey. Authors...edition, in press Memoirs Geology of the Bristol district: the Lower Jurassic rocks (Bristol geological...Chepstow (233, 250), 1961 Geology of the Malrnesbury district (251 ), 1977 Geology of the country around Wells
Report (edition)
GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Geology of the South Wales Coalfield PART IV THE COUNTRY AROUND PONTYPRIDD...Gef>!. S11rr.) RHONDDA FACH VALLEY LOOKING SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST !-ROM BLAE -LLECHAU PLATE I (Frontispiece)...THE fourth part of the Memoir descriptive of the South Wales Coal Field, is an explanation of the New Series...De la Beche himself, but it is likely that the western part was included in the survey made by Logan before...1899 .. The south-eastern part of Sheet 248 was surveyed by Mr. Strahan, the south-western part by Mr
Report (issue)
Report 2007 Center for Energy Economics (CEE) in Africa Since 2004, CEE has worked with African partners...midcareer professionals in countries along the West Africa Gas Pipeline (WAGP)—Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and Ghana—as...the indigenous work force, help companies meet local content requirements, and help “professionalize”...with local developments. CEE also develops public understanding of the energy industry in Africa and educates...African energy-sector issues. We collaborate with local partners in outreach (public education materials
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
volcanic islands: the Cretaceous sediments of Maio, Cape Verde Max Casson, Luc G. Bulot, Jason Jeremiah...volcanic islands: the Cretaceous sediments of Maio, Cape Verde, Gondwana Research(2019), https://doi.org/10...Maio, Cape Verde Max Casson1, Luc G. Bulot2,1, Jason Jeremiah3, Jonathan Redfern1 1 North Africa Research...oceanic volcanic island is one of nine islands in the Cape re Verde archipelago, and is unique to the Central...analysis. of The study of the island of Maio in the Cape Verde archipelago provides an opportunity to assess
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GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Professor Peter Clift Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana...Madrid, Spain Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa Printed and bound in the UK by Bell...serpentinized peridotites along the Zagros suture zone, western Iran: new evidence for mantle metasomatism due...solution in the formation of bedding-parallel calcite veins in an immature shale (Cretaceous, southern...deformation of the Solonker Belt and nearby regions in western Inner Mongolia, China Guanzhong Shi, Chao Liang
Book
J;:;{ GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION IN THE PENZANCE DISTRICT Superficial deposits (Drift) Quaternary Landslip...(Elvan) Carboniferous Aplite Biotite-granite Lithium-mica-granite Lamprophyre Devonian and ?Carboniferous... Geology of the country around Penzance The district around Penzance (Sheets 351 and 358) has been...stimulus here for geological invest.igation. The district featured on Maton 's geological map of Cornwall...in 1797 and accounts, both of the minerals and granite, were published around that time. In this memoir
Report (issue)
silver, and lead. Tombstone district, with lead-silver ores. Pearce district, with silver ores. Dragoon...Dragoon Mountains, Manzoro district. Dos Cabezas Mountains, Dos Cabezas and Teviston districts. Huachuca Mountains...County-Globe-Miami district, with ores of copper and silver. Dripping Spring Mountains, Barnes district, with ores...and silver. Payson district. Graham County-Galiuro Mountains, Rattlesnake district. Pifialeno Mountains...County-Clifton-Morenci district, with ores of copper and silver. Maricopa County-Vulture district, with lead and
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Silurian Minor intrusions of lamprophyre Skaw Granite (c. 425 Ma) and hornblende diorite UpperNappe...Group N eoproterozoic Boundary Zone Petester Granite Westing Group aplitic and pegmatic veins Hevda...Westing Gneiss WESTING ULTRAMAFIC ZONE (and Tonga Granite) Kirkaby Gneiss North Holme Gneiss Orknagable Formation...Tectonostrati raohical succession on Yell and western Hascosav (after Flinn, 1994) HASCOSAY SLIDE ZONE... Geology of Unst and Fetlar in Shetland The district described in this memoir is covered by Sheet 131
 
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