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Calcite from
Cullinan Mine, Cullinan, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cullinan Mine, Cullinan, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:259665
Long-form Identifier:1:3:259665:5
GUID (UUID V4):5a06ba9d-e1e9-4b4a-89d1-717be9c34b93
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
7.3km (4.5 miles) Edendale Lead Mine, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
11.6km (7.2 miles) Mamelodi Quarry, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
42.8km (26.6 miles) Albert silver mine, Thembisile Hani Local Municipality, Nkangala District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
46.2km (28.7 miles) Vergenoeg Mine, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
50.0km (31.1 miles) Argent, Delmas, Victor Khanye Local Municipality, Nkangala District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
50.8km (31.6 miles) East Trench, Transvaal Mine, Dwarsfontein Farm, Argent, Delmas, Victor Khanye Local Municipality, Nkangala District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
68.1km (42.3 miles) Radium, Bela-Bela Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
75.3km (46.8 miles) City Deep Mine, Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
76.0km (47.2 miles) Houtenbeck, Groblersdal, Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality, Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
91.5km (56.8 miles) Sterkfontein caves, Krugersdorp, Mogale City Local Municipality, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
References
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.. ... 403 by I. V Pekov & I. S. Lykova Sand Calcite from Fontainebleau, France ...................... I. Loffler & W. E. Wilson Reconstructing the Cullinan Diamond ........................................(2014) Dave Waisman (2014) Mineralogical Association of Dallas ~ issue was made possible in part by contributions...(2009-2014) the Fellows of the Mineralogical Record RASHLEIGH, P. (1797) Specimens of British Minerals selected...000(?), 46 being the exceedingly rare maximum number of plates). SOWERBY, J. (1804-i809) British Mineralogy
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within the Premier diatreme root (Cullinan Diamond Mine, South Africa): New insights to mineralogical-genetic...within the Premier diatreme root (Cullinan Diamond Mine, South Africa): New insights to mineralogical-genetic...org/10.1016/j.lithos.2019.04.020 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for...version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting...within the Premier diatreme root (Cullinan Diamond Mine, South Africa): New insights to mineralogical-genetic
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The extension of the western limb, Bushveld Complex (South Africa), at Cullinan Diamond Mine R. G. CAWTHORN*...MCKENNA School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, PO Wits, 2050, South Africa ABS TR ACT...ACT Mafic rocks of the Bushveld Complex at the southeastern end of the western limb, intersected in bore...bore core from the Cullinan Diamond Mine, are described. A 260 m thick ultramafic body of orthopyroxene and...considerably extends the eastern limit of Critical Zone rocks of the western limb of the Bushveld Complex. The whole-rock
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August 1972 with the object of increasing the knowledge and experience of its members in rock, mineral...{Minerals) Technical Adviser (Lapidary) Circulation of Journals Equipment Loans Co-ordinator Web Master...first member in a family £11.00 for second member of the same family £11. 00 for associate members £6...Persons up to 17 years of age and persons taking full-time study up to 21 years of age may opt for student...MEETINGS Meetings are nonnally held on the first Friday of each month at the Age Concern Hall, attached to Clair
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00 Discovery and Recovery of a Trophy “Float Copper” in Keweenaw County of the Michigan Copper Country...and rock from the outcrops was carried at the base of the glacier and the grinding action had smoothed...recede, its load of material was transported by glacial outwash or dropped in place. patina of green copper...coating the chunks. Usually there was a thin rind of cuprite coating the copper. These were in demand...collectors and were quickly sold to them. A huge amount of float copper has been recovered in the Keweenaw starting
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WORKS OF ART, GEMSTONES AND MINERALS Tuesday November 24, 2015 Los Angeles LAPIDARY WORKS OF ART, GEMSTONES...the auction. New bidders must also provide proof of identity and address when submitting bids. Telephone...available for lots with a low estimate in excess of $1000. Please contact client services with any bidding...to 6 for bidder information including Conditions of Sale, after-sale collection and shipment. SALE NUMBER:...Please note that all lots listed at the beginning of our printed catalog, if not removed immediately after
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Gemology The Cullinan Diamonds Zircon in Heated Sapphire Faceting Rhodonite THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE GEMOLOGICAL...GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF A MERICA ® Summer 2006 VOLUME 42, NO. 2 EDITORIAL _____________ 95 GIA..._______ FEATURE ARTICLES _____________ Applications of Laser Ablation–Inductively Coupled Plasma– Mass Spectrometry...Abduriyim and Hiroshi Kitawaki Summarizes the principles of this powerful technique and examines its usefulness...treatment and determining locality of origin. pg. 116 120 The Cullinan Diamond Centennial: A History and
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PREMIER DIAMOND SOUTH MINE, TRANSVAAL, AFRICA2 R. A. F. P•Ros•, GENERAL FEATURES OF DIAMOND DEPOSITS...DEPOSITS IN SOUTH AFRICA. Chief Localities.--The principal diamond mines of South Africa, locallyknownas...nearKimberley and elsewherein Cape Colony; at a number of placesin Orange River Colony; and near Pretoria in...productive of these mines are those of the DeBeers Consolidated Mines Company near Kimberley, and that of the...importance. This is especiallytrue of Rhodesia, where a number of diamond discoverieshave been made,
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Collection of D iamond C rystals with Notes on the Science, History, and Worldwide Localities of Diamonds...charismatic of mineralogical collectibles, but they are relatively rare in collections because of their high...small size and their limited availability outside of the gem trade. They also represent a rich and extensive...with the possible exception of Antarctica, and have been mined from hundreds of deposits worldwide since...Despite this seeming abundance of diamonds over the centuries, and the presence of at least token crystals in
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isotopic analysis of perovskite from the Premier (Cullinan) kimberlite, South Africa Fu-Yuan Wu a,⁎, Roger...Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences...P. O. Box 9825, Beijing 100029, China Department of Geology, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada P7B...kimberlite a b s t r a c t South Africa is characterized by multiple episodes of kimberlite intrusion. However...age and Sr\Nd isotopic compositions of the primary magma of most of the earlier emplacement events remain
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T54-64 E1, 75251 Paris, Cedex 05, France Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University,...2A7 c Department of Geographical and Earth Science, Gregory Building, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ...Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd., Southdale, 2135, South Africa Received 2 October 2006; received in revised...Editor: R.W. Carlson Abstract Mineralogical studies of deep-seated xenoliths and mineral inclusions in diamonds...variability is consistent both with the occurrence of reduced (methanebearing) or oxidized (CO2/carbonate-bearing)
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Kimberlite, carbonatite, and potassic magmatism as part of the geochemical cycle A R T IC L E IN F O Article...(2009), and Markl et al. (2012). Significantly, each of the above compilations is solely focussed around...regarded as a unique compositional end-member of the wide spectrum of low-volume, volatile-rich, mantle-derived...evolution of these exotic magmas. It is now time for a more holistic approach to the origin of low-volume...to sharpen our understanding of their source regions and the nature of the primary melts that form such
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2014 VOLUME L THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA Rough Diamond Auctions and...Their Market Impact Thirty Years of Argyle Pink Diamond Tenders Study of the Blue Moon Diamond Winter...Russell Shor pg. 253 Examines the growing percentage of rough diamonds being sold through auctions, a shift... Exceptional Pink to Red Diamonds: A Celebration of the 30th Argyle Diamond Tender John King, James E...rare polished pink diamonds from Australia’s Argyle mine that have been sold for 30 years through invitation-only
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org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.04.014 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for...version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting...PT Gemological Institute of America (GIA), 50 west 47th Street, New York City, NY, 10036, USA (*ksmit@gia...Microanalysis, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada. Abstract...ED MA NU Here we present SIMS data for a suite of Zimmi sulphide-bearing diamonds that allow us to
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THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA Large Cullinan-Like Diamonds with a Superdeep...Origin The Dreher Family of Gem Carvers Akoya Cultured Pearls from Australia A Chart of Ruby Inclusions Winter...Duncan Pay FEATURE ARTICLES 388 The Very Deep Origin of the World’s Biggest Diamonds Evan M. Smith, Steven...Explores an exceptional family of diamonds, referred to as “CLIPPIR” (Cullinan-like, Large, Inclusion-Poor...Examines the artistic heritage of the Drehers, an influential family of gem carvers in IdarOberstein,
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Museum (Natural History) OMNARD JAMES SPENCER, Keeper of Minerals in the British useum {Natural History) from...Department of Mineralogy officially on January 1, 1894, filling a vacancy caused by the death in 1892 of Thomas...labelling of the mineral collection and in his later years had also had charge of the collection of rocks...had studied chemistry at the Dublin Royal College of Science before going to Cambridge, where he studied...the mineral collection, and at the request of the Keeper of Minerals, [Sir] Lazarus Fletcher, he went
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Library of Living Thought From a THE (See pages 76-79.) DIAMOND. by the Author. CULLINAN photograph...Assoc., Inst. Soc. Soc. Psych. Hon. Cape Sc.D. of Good Elect. Eng., Hon. Mem. Roy. Phil. Soc. Glasgow... Soc., Chem. Metall. and Mining Soc. of South Africa, Amer. Chem. Soc., Amer. Philos. Soc., Roy... AND AND JUDGMENT TO I HER CAN I FRIEND OF YEARS. ADVICE EVER DEDICATE I OWE MORE REPAY...following THE sonal to nearly spent a the on of production artificial I 1896 in researches
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s SEM-based quantitative mineralogical analysis of peridotite, kimberlite, and concentrate Karin O....Advanced Mineralogy Research Center, Colorado School of Mines, 1310 Maple Street, No. 240, Golden, CO 80401...Technical Services (Pty) Ltd, Dunkeld, Johannesburg, South Africa a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...Quantitative automated mineralogy is the acquisition of mineralogical and textural data by scanning electron...mineralogy in peridotite xenoliths from Premier/Cullinan (South Africa). Understanding mantle mineral variability
 
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