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Gypsum from
Vanrhynsdorp, Matzikama Local Municipality, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vanrhynsdorp, Matzikama Local Municipality, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:262884
Long-form Identifier:1:3:262884:4
GUID (UUID V4):0081e4c3-4617-4f33-ae5c-49d3648ca583
Localities for Gypsum in this Region
Maskam gypsum mine, Vanrhynsdorp, Matzikama Local Municipality, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
Nearest other occurrences of Gypsum
16.8km (10.5 miles) ⓘMaskam gypsum mine, Vanrhynsdorp, Matzikama Local Municipality, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
74.9km (46.5 miles) ⓘGalsyfer Mine, Kaalberg Farm, Matzikama Local Municipality, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
87.2km (54.2 miles) ⓘElands Bay Cave, Cederberg Local Municipality, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
88.0km (54.7 miles) ⓘDiepkloof Rock Shelter, Cederberg Local Municipality, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Group, South Africa Hartwig E. Frimmel ⁎ Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch...Rondebosch 7700, South Africa Received 19 September 2005; accepted 1 May 2007 Available online 10 May...Widouw Formation (Vredendal Outlier, westernmost South Africa) revealed that the entire group is an equivalent...Chemostratigraphy; Gifberg Group; Neoproterozoic; South Africa 1. Introduction Both the interpretation and...frimmel@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de. possible equivalents in South China (Zheng et al., 2004); (ii) the 715–680 Ma
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Group, South Africa HARTWIG E. FRIMMEL1,2 1 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town...Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa 2 Present address: Geodynamics & Geomaterials Research Division, Institute...Abstract: The Vredendal Outlier near the South African west coast lies in an intermediate position between...further north and the Cambrian Saldania Belt further south. It consists of a sedimentary succession of siliciclastic...to the development of the Saldania Belt further south. The Karoetjes Kop and Bloupoort Formations both
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Hydrogeological Properties of Gypseous soils in South Africa M. Greyling and J.L. Van Rooy University of...Natural and Agriculture Sciences, Pretoria, South Africa e-mail: melissa199@gmail.com; louis.vanrooy@up...Society of South Africa. All rights reserved. Abstract Gypseous soils occur in the western arid and semi-arid...semi-arid regions of South Africa and Namibia. These soils exhibit a complex nature and abnormal behaviour...behaviour due to their gypsum content and as such they have become more prevalent in research. As these
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Southern Africa a Collector’s Guide ■ Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones of Southern Africa & — - ... T ~ '' .rats en&nes L of Southern Africa A Collector’s Guide - Struik Publishers (an operating...Ltd.) Struik House Oswald Pirow Street Foreshore, Cape Town 8001 First edition 1976 Second edition 1983...©E.K. Macintosh Cover design by Neville Poulter, Cape Town Lithographic reproduction by Tien Wah Press...Ltd, Singapore Photoset by McManus Bros (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town Printed and bound by Interpak, Pietermaritzburg
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TECTONICS, GLOBAL CHANGE AND EVOLUTION: A FOCUS ON SOUTH WESTERN GONDWANA Editors CLAUDIO GAUCHER Departamento...Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, 13 Johannesburg, South Africa (blancogonzalo2@hotmail.com) P.C. Boggiani Instituto...Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa, and Geodynamics & Geomaterials...Johannesburg, Private Bag X607, 6620 Oudtshoorn, South Africa (gagerms@global.co.za) L. Gómez Peral Centro...meetings were successfully held: 2003 in Cape Town (South Africa), 2004 in São Paulo (Brazil), 2005 in
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-x ARTICLE The O’okiep Copper District, Namaqualand, South Africa: a review of the geology with emphasis...Abstract The O’okiep Copper District is the oldest formal mining area in South Africa. Between 1852 and 2002...Suite. Almost all of the copper in the O’okiep District occurs in the Koperberg Suite, of which there...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa e-mail: tom.clifford@wits.ac.za ore) that,...setting The regional setting of the O’okiep Copper District is shown in Fig. 1. The Richtersveld Subprovince
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OF OF SOUTH AFRICA MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF REPUBLIC OF THE SOUTH AFRICA...Second World War, and partly as a result of it, South Africa experienced vast industrial expansion. This...official ‘handbook on the mineral resources of South Africa, it has become necessary to revise, or rather...great diversity and magnitude of South African mineral deposits and local mining operations, the Economic...Chamber of Mines of South Africa with Mr G. H. Grange as co-ordinator, and the South, African mining industry;
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Thomas SchlĂŒter Geological Atlas of Africa With Notes on Stratigraphy, Tectonics, Economic Geology,...since the inception of the Geological Atlas of Africa Project, I have been fortunate to have had support...the compilation of geological overview maps of Africa grew out from the conviction of my late supervisor...Verlag, photographs 2; 4. Geological Society of South Africa, photographs on ps 62; 193; 217. Harry N. Abrams...invaluable mass of information on the geology of East Africa. To Dr. Wolfgang Wramik (Rostock) I am indebted
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British Columbia California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Department Florida Georgia...Wis. Wyo. Yukon 3 New Mexico Nova Scotia New South Wales Northern Territory Northwest Territories New...Pennsylvania Queensland Rhode Island South Australia South Carolina South Dakota Saskatchewan Tasmania Tennessee...Virgin Islands Virginia Victoria Vermont Western Australia West Virginia Washington Wisconsin Wyoming Yukon...(Wales) Aberdeen (Scotland) Aberdeen (South Africa : District) Aberdeen Angus cattle Aberdeenshire (Scotland)
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Socialist Republic N.T. N.Y. Neb. Nev. Scotia South Wales Northern Territory Northwest Territories ...Socialist Republic South Australia Ind. Indiana S.C. South Carolina Kan. S.D. South Dakota Ky. Kansas...Vermont W.A. W.Va. Western Australia British Mich. N.J. N.M. Columbia District of Columbia New...Mexico P.E.I. P.R. Aust U.K. Island Wash. West Virginia Washington Wis. Wisconsin Wyo. Yukon...(Scotland) Aberdeen (South Africa T2- -429 27 T2- -412 35 : T2- -687 15 District) Aberdeen Angus cattle
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Germany Maarten J. de Wit, Port Elizabeth, South Africa François M. Roure, Rueil-Malmaison, France ...Rocha Formation (Dom Felicano Belt) at the Atlantic coast of Uruguay. These metasediments, based on the detrital...(Gariep Belt) cropping out in the western borders of Namibia and South Africa. They were split up in the Mesozoic...Mesozoic during the south Atlantic Ocean opening”. Photo by Mathias Hueck Printed on acid-free paper This...Ortelius was the ïŹrst to recognize the match of the South American and African Atlantic margins (Ortelius
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MARGINS Volume | The South Atlantic THE OCEAN BASINS AND MARGINS Volume 1: The South Atlantic Âą 1973 ...Department of Geology Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio Volume 1 The South Atlantic PLENUM PRESS...Division of Plenum Publishing Corporation 227 West 17th Street, New York, N.Y. 10011 United Davis...GĂ©ttingen, Germany Department of Geology Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio Walter C....State University, Columbus Port Elizabeth, South Africa Institute of Polar Studies Department of Geology
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Office: SHEFFIELD, YORKSHIRE also in: U.S.A. · SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA RHODESIA & SWITZERLAND ‱ l ‱...Erosion Cycles and Associated Surfaces of Mengo District, Buganda. By J. W. Pallister, M.Sc., F.G.S., M... . . . . facing p. 5 Erosion Cyclesof Mengo District, Uganda · Fig. 1 Summit Heights on the Buganda.... . page 31 relationship of the . . . . ,, 34 District, Uganda . facing p. 34 Movement of Groundwaterin...he was serving in the field in various parts of Africa (1918-46) and that in which he has been working
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vacationing on the Natal Coast of South Africa. Wilson uses it as a symbol of the Ivory Coast. DIAMONDS: FROM...blood, my father (a distinguished editor ol the Cape Times) having been one ol lour sons ol a sullragan...became imbedded in the Witwatersrand formation in South Africa . 98 Continental Shields of the Earth. 101...108 The Hope Diamond (Color Plate). 129 Map of South Africa . 133 Distribution of known kimberlite occurrences...Diamond (Color Plate). 163 Divers operating off the coast of Namaqualand (Color Plate) . 167 DeBeers Recovery
Report (issue)
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A. 6009, Australia. Copyright...contribution by J. J. Veevers . Southern Africa: Karoo Basin and Cape Fold Belt ...................0404.... eastern Australia, Antarctica, southern Africa, and south- August 1986. At that meeting, Powell and...sectors of its reconstructed 10,000 km extent from western Argentina to northern Queensland. Each sector was...picture of how the basin evolved. Four sec- ern South America, standard format, so were that identified
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place names EUROPE| Pages 24-25| Pages 72-73 SOUTH AMERICA GENERAL MAPS Nations Nations Nations Nations...of Europe of Asia & Australasia of Africa of North America of South America Indian & Pacific Oceans Atlantic...America 48 Central America 50 Antarctica & South America Africa France 15M 14 Spain Portugal 1:m 15...the Baltic 1:25M 13 Netherlands Belgium 18,19 Western Russia 1:10M 20,21 Nations of Asia & Australasia...29 1:10M 30 South-East Asia, Mainland Central China 1:10mM 31 1:20M Australia & South West Pacific 82:33
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place names. Ss ating, ae 4 * Pages 72-73 SOUTH AMERICA GENERAL MAPS Nations Nations Nations Nations...of Europe of Asia & Australasia of Africa of North America of South America Indian & Pacific Oceans Atlantic...Pages 32-33 2-3 4-5 22-23 46 53 71 36-37 52 76 AFRICA CITY PLANS TIMES BOOKS A Division of H arperCollinsPublishers...America 48 Central America 50 Antarctica & South America Africa 54 Europe 52 Italy 60 SolarSystem TheEarth...1:mM 28,29 South-East Asia, Mainland 110M 30 CentralChina 1:10m 31 Australia & South West Pacific 1:20M
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North Dakota CARL HAYDEN, Arizona GEORGE McGOVERN, South Dakota GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin LEE METCALF, Montana...-------------------------------------------- 109 West edge of San Juan Basin ---------------------------------...areas -------------------------- 145 Mogollon district -------------------------------------------------------------...-------------------------------------------324 Gypsum and anhydrite---------------------------------...Pennsylvanian gypsum--------------------------------------------------- 3 2 9 Permian gypsum and anhydr
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TODAY Pages Scale’ 60-61 | MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA West 62-63 6-29 Title STATES AND TERRITORIES CONTINENTAL...104-105 FRANCE AND Scale 1:20 000 000 134-135 USA West 1:8 000 000 136-137 USA North Central 1:8 000...000 000 SWITZERLAND 1:6 000 000 142-143 USA South Central 106-107 SPAINAND PORTUGAL _ 1:6 000 000...148-149 SOUTH AMERICA __ 1:35 000 000 112-113 AFRICA 1:45 000000” 114-115 NORTHWEST AFRICA 1:20 000...NORTHEAST AFRICA 1:20 000 000 118-119 CENTRAL AFRICA 1:15 000 000 120-121 SOUTHERN AFRICA 1:15 000
Report (volume)
(Japan) Gonzalo Veiga (Argentina) Maarten de Wit (South Africa) IUGS/GSL publishing agreement This volume...DONNADIEU, Y. Modelling the Snowball Earth 151 Africa SHIELDS-ZHOU, G. A., DEYNOUX, M. & OCH, L. The...Neoproterozoic glaciation in the Taoudéni Basin, NW Africa 163 MASTER, S. & WENDORFF, M. Neoproterozoic...diamictites of the Katanga Supergroup, Central Africa 173 TAIT, J., DELPOMDOR, F., PRÉAT, A., TACK...sequences of the West Congo and Lindi/Ubangi Supergroups in the Congo Craton, Central Africa 185 HOFFMAN
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latitude. For example, the angular coordinates 74° 00' west longitude, 40° 45' north latitude, locate a point...passing through the point in New York, measured west 74° 00'. These relations are A may similar system...surface. On the earth, measured in degrees north or south from the equator, whereas the a spherical projection...of these faces lie passes through the north and south poles of the projection, it is called a vertical...of the spherical projection with the eye at the south pole, the intersection of the lines of sight with
Report (issue)
JUNE COWEN 1977. Mountain diamonds The Roof of Africa — that’s what they call the wild peaks and sweeping...(CURACAO) ASBESTOS (AUSTRALIA) COAL (CANADA) GYPSUM (USA) Whatever you're mining, wherever you're...Manager GEORGE CURRIE Editorial Director MICHAEL WEST A.R.S.M., B.Sc., F.1.M.M. Precious Metals Older...Central and South America Australasia Far East Southern Africa Central and East Africa West Africa North Africa...Africa and the Middle East Northern Europe Western Europe Eastern Europe Publisher URSEL en = FORT
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continent. The major part of the Gondwananhistory of Africa took place during Palaeozoic times. One can point...by epeirogenic swells, particularly in Central Africa and by the reactivation of Pan-African faults especially...the NW to the SE of Africa--the first Late Ordovician inlandsis centred in NW Africa cover a large part...Permo-Carboniferous glaciation centred in southern Africa set off arid and semi-arid conditions in the north;...N i g e r i a n Shield a n d in s o u t h e r n Africa, a n d was sealed by the post P a n - A f r i c
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Hamburg, Germany GSSA Geological Survey of South Africa HMB Humboldt Museum Berlin, Germany MM Manchester...Museum, Laramie, Wyoming WAM Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia WDC Wyoming Dinosaur...dominated the scene, and the Morrison Formation of the western USA is the bestknown LagerstÀtte preserving these...Supergroup in South Australia (after Gehling, 1988). (blue-green algae) comes from cherts in Western Australia...Stratigraphy of the late Proterozoic Pound Supergroup of South Australia, showing the position of the Ediacara
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der Krista/1kunde, reprinted by Sandig, Walluf, West Germany, 1970). 6 INTRODUCTION FIG. 1.5. (a)...2-fold axis is to the right of A, along the east-west direction. The presence of the 4~ and 6-fold axes...east-west direction) will generate another cornrna from the one given at 8 , namely on the south side...Diffraktionstechnik, X-ray Crystallography Equipn1ent, Rirnstig , West Germany). Compare with Fig. 1.5b. %.' ', ~ ·...latitude. For example, the angular coordinates 74°00' west longitude, 40°45' north latitude, locate a point
 
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