 | Wu, Fu-Yuan, Yang, Yue-Heng, Li, Qiu-Li, Mitchell, Roger H., Dawson, J. Barry, Brandl, GĆ¼nther, Yuhara, Masaki (2011) In situ determination of UāPb ages and SrāNdāHf isotopic constraints on the petrogenesis of the Phalaborwa carbonatite Complex, South Africa. Lithos, 127 (1) 309-322 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2011.09.005 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | constraints on the petrogenesis of the Phalaborwa carbonatite Complex, South Africa Fu-Yuan Wu a,ā, Yue-Heng Yang...Council for Geoscience, Limpopo Unit, P.O. Box 620, Polokwane 0700, South Africa e Department of Earth...SrāNdāHf isotopes Carbonatite Phalaborwa a b s t r a c t The Phalaborwa carbonatite Complex, situated...situated in the northeastern part of South Africa, is characterized by copper and zirconium mineralization,...emplaced. In contrast to other carbonatites, the Phalaborwa Complex is characterized by high initial Sr and |  | | Book (edition) | | Southern Africa a Collectorās Guide ā Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones of Southern Africa & ā - ... T ~ '' .rats en&nes L of Southern Africa A Collectorās Guide - Struik Publishers (an operating...suggestions and advice. Authorās Preface Southern Africa has much to offer the amateur geologist, whatever...best plan is to take local advice wherever you are. 9 In small places try the local police station first...usually helpful and will know it there are any local gem clubs and how to get in touch with them. There |  | Howie, R.A. (1996) Cairncross, B. and Dixon, R. Minerals of South Africa, Johannesburg (Geological Society of South Africa), 1995. xix + 296 pp, numerous coloured maps and photographs. Standard Edition (ISBN 0-620-19324-7) U.S.$ 115.00; Luxury leather-bound collectors Edition (ISBN 0-620- 19325-5) U.S.$ 300.00 (available from the G.S.S.A., P.O Box 44283, Linden 2104, South
Africa). Mineralogical Magazine, 60 (402) 854-855 doi:10.1180/minmag.1996.060.402.22 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dixon, R. Minerals of South Africa, Johannesburg (Geological Society of South Africa), 1995. xix + 296 pp...2104, South Africa). This volume, which deals exclusively with minerals found in South Africa, combines...including H. BOOK REVIEWS Merensky in person. The Phalaborwa carbonatite complex, about 550 km NE of Johannesburg...open pit copper mines in the world; magnetite, uraninite-thorianite and baddeleyite are subsidiary products...Province includes the 3000 km 2 0 k i e p copper district with well-crystallized chalcopyrite and chalcocite |  | | Report (issue) | | Powder Pattern: Synthetic; may be confused with uraninite or cerianite. 3.234 (100), 1.689 (64), 1.980 (58)...Total 99.84 (1) Betroka, Madagascar. (2) Galle district, Sri Lanka. Polymorphism & Series: (2) 18.88...29 0.59 1.05 0.77 99.01 Forms a series with uraninite. Occurrence: An accessory mineral in granite...at Balangoda and near Kondrugala; in the Galle district; at Bambarabotuwa; and elsewhere. In Madagascar...Andolobe, and other localities. From Phalaborwa, Transvaal, South Africa. From Russia, in the Kovdor massif |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BOOK REVIEWS Merensky in person. The Phalaborwa carbonatite complex, about 550 km NE of Johannesburg...open pit copper mines in the world; magnetite, uraninite-thorianite and baddeleyite are subsidiary products...Province includes the 3000 km 2 0 k i e p copper district with well-crystallized chalcopyrite and chalcocite...followed by a 75-page alphabetical compilation of South African minerals, again well illustrated, and giving...prehnite was the first mineral to be described from South Africa (from the Karoo dolerites) and was also the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collector mineral, uraninite, has been suggested for this issueās Connoisseurās Choice. Uraninite is typically...brownish-black, grayish, or greenish, and in thin section uraninite is dark brown, yellowish, or greenish. It is brittle...at the addresses above. 328 ROCKS & MINERALS Uraninite is cubic (4/m 3 2/m). When well-crystallized,...aggregates, or scattered small grains. Ideally, uraninite is simple uranium oxide (UO,); however, it commonly...of Ce, La, and other rare earths; Al; and Ca. Uraninite is found in diverse geologic occurrences. It is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals of this species were colĀ lected at the Phalaborwa open pit in Transvaal. Due to the political situation...been exported. Several dealers traveled from South Africa to the Tucson show with a few new finds. Among...crystals. Figure 2: Baddeleyite, Phalaborwa open pit, Transvaal, South Africa. Figure 1: Moraesite, Galileia...this mineral available for sale by the kilogram! SOUTH A F R I C A Pyrosmalite Bob Jenkins, an exploration...of the state has some interesting minerals. Just south of Pilar, the unusual minerals are found in the |  | Huthmann, F.M., Yudovskaya, M.A., Frei, D., Kinnaird, J.A. (2016) Geochronological evidence for an extension of the Northern Lobe of the Bushveld Complex, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Precambrian Research, 280. 61-75 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2016.04.010 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Northern Lobe of the Bushveld Complex, Limpopo Province, South Africa F.M. Huthmann a,ā, M.A. Yudovskaya...Johannesburg, South Africa Department of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa and Department...Earth Sciences, University of the Western Cape, South Africa c IGEM, Moscow, Russia b a r t i c l e i n...Project) located in the Southern Marginal Zone of the Limpopo Belt north of the Northern Lobe of the Bushveld...succession and will therefore give an overview of the local geology. U/Pb baddeleyite ages for the main mafic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 05:17 17 August 2017 of PALABORA Limpopo Province South Africa MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court Warrandyte...524, Auckland Park 2006 Gauteng Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za A Figure 1. The abandoned...kilometers northeast of Johannesburg in Limpopo Province, South Africa, just below the Tropic of Capricorn...is Palabora; the name of the town, however, is Phalaborwa. ā Foskorite (or phoscorite) was originally named...has a special interest in minerals from southern Africa and the United Kingdom. Dr. Bruce Cairncross, a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | baddeleyite crystal ŽPC2. from the 2060 Ma Phalaborwa carbonatite, South Africa ŽHeaman and Le- Fig. 1. Box plots...orientation ŽFig. 1.. Three experiments, employing Phalaborwa baddeleyite crystals positioned in precise orientations...crystals employed in these experiments, from the Phalaborwa carbonatite, are excep- M.T.D. Wingate, W....age of 2060 Ma, as determined previously for Phalaborwa baddeleyite by IDTIMS Ž2059.8 " 0.8 Ma; Heaman...second. of 206 Pbq, 238 Uq and UOq measured in Phalaborwa baddeleyite crystals with c-axes distributed |  | | Report (issue) | | suggested that limestone at Kalkfeld, Okorusu, Phalaborwa, Lokupoi Hill (Napak), Toror, and Tororo were...further occurrences. The development of mining at Phalaborwa and Mountain Pass, in particular, established...and South America (Woolley, 1987), Part 2: Former USSR (Kogarko et al., 1995), and Part 3: Africa (Woolley...is clearly illustrated by the first (North and South America) volume, to which 32 new localities have...associated with the Bishoftu craters in the Debre Zeyt District of Ethiopia are now considered to be hot spring |  | | Report (chapter) | | geochronology and tectonic evolution of southern Africa R. E. H A N S O N Department o f Geology, Texas...Abstract: The Precambrian foundation of southern Africa consists of Archaean cratonic nuclei surrounded...present eastem and western margins of southern Africa. Coeval deformation in the interconnecting, transcontinental...Proterozoic geochronology and tectonic evolution of Africa south of the Equator (Fig. 1), emphasizing broad patterns...the Proterozoic tectonic framework of southern Africa, but there are still many gaps in our knowledge |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lower crustal metamorphism. There is no change in Ba, moderate loss in Rb, and extreme depletion in Cs...St Malo in Brittany (France) and Black Hills in South Dakota. The northern French Massif Central provides...(*) for samples with the code letter L. (ppm) K Ba Rb Sillimanite-garnet gneiss L176 35,184 91 L188...416 374 351 386 583 369 425 718 496 295 638 287 K/Ba 32.9 23.8 25.1 32.9 35.2 25.6 33.3 20.7 35.2 30...3 Table 1 (continued ) (ppm) L1611 R101I ppm K Ba 8049 7468 Th 501 352 U Rb 31 42 Zr Sillimanite-garnet |  | | Book | | populations. Countries such as China, Russia, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe...example, underground mining of narrow PGE reefs in South Africa is currently uneconomic and may cease within...similarity in geology with mineral giants like South Africa, Western Australia, and Canada suggests an enormous...the nineteenth century. Some lake ore deposits south of Iisalmi in eastern Finland were still studied...out at selected localities. Due to the lack of local roads, the research equipment had to be carried |  | | Book (edition) | | Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Angola and South-West Africa, i.a. Carbonatites are now the major sources...Canada Brazil Greenland, Europe, and the U.S.S.R. Africa India APPENDICES REFERENCES LOCALITY INDEX SUBJECT...Society of South Africa and C. A. Strauss and F. C. Truter (1950A) : Geological Society of South Africa and...Society of South Africa and R. L. Johnson (1961) 6-12: Geological Society of South Africa and R. L. Johnson... Figure Figure 10-1: Geological Society of South Africa and S.J. Shand (1921A) 10-5: American Journal |  | Seo, Jieun, Choi, SeonāGyu, Park, JungāWoo, Whattam, Scott, Kim, Dong Woo, Ryu, InāChang, Oh, Chang Whan (2016) Geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of the Yonghwa phoscoriteācarbonatite complex, South Korea, and genetic implications. Lithos, 262. 606-619 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2016.08.006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the Yonghwa phoscoriteācarbonatite complex, South Korea, and genetic implications Jieun Seo, SeonāGyu...of the Yonghwa phoscoriteācarbonatite complex, South Korea, and genetic implications, LITHOS (2016),...Yonghwa phoscoriteā IP T carbonatite complex, South Korea, and genetic implications SC R Jieun Seo1...Seoul National University, MA 1 D Seoul, 08826, South Korea Department of Geology, Kyungpook National...pipe shape within the Precambrian Gyeonggi Massif, South Korea. The phoscorite consists mainly of olivine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | orogenic belt, the North Qinling orogenic belt, the South Qinling orogenic belt and the Songpan fold belt...Shangdan suture and the Mianlue suture from north to south, respectively (Fig. 1a). The Qinling orogenic belt...association with pyrochlore super-group minerals, uraninite, rare earth minerals (including monazite-(Ce)...rocks (Fig. 3 h). Exsolution of betafite and uraninite can be identified in the fracture and/or grain...Ca2(Ti,Nb)2O6(OH,O)+2xUO2+2yR EE3+ Betafite Uraninite PR Oxyuranobetafite In addition, chevkinite-(Ce) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | T. .. . 308 Ardennite from the Grants uranium district, New Mexico (Sun, 363 Weber) 338 Arnold, D. C.... 130 AllisonE , . B... 346 Baddeleyite from phalaborwa, Alluaudite @isher). I 100 Eastern Transvaal...Fieldes,Williamson).....122 Hamley bornite from South Australia, analysis of (Zies, Mer. ..' 1001 win)...M . H . . . Hiemstra, S. A. BaddeleYite from Phalaborwa, Eastern TranszlJ vaal. . . Hildebrand, F. A......... 130 Robinson, S. C. and Sabina, A. P. Uraninite and thorianite from O n t a r i oa n d Q u e b |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fluorapatite, Inna Nala, near Fighar Village, Nagar District, Pakistan, 112-14; Microcline, Variety Amazonite...Park County, Colorado, 248-50; Pyrite, Park City District, Utah, 394-96; Rhodochrosite, Alma, Park County...Fluorapatite, Inna Nala, near Fighar Village, Nagar District, Pakistan, R.B. Cook, 112-14 Fluorapdtite, Virginia...Minerals of the Centennial Eureka Mine, Tintic District, Eureka, Utah, 406-16; Smoky Quartz Crystals from...Minerals of the Centennial Eureka Mine, Tintic District, Eureka, Utah, 406-16 Matty, J.M., see Geo-Currents |  | | Book | | periods of stability PLANET | 114 San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 om are uncommon...ct RIGHT: Round brilliant-cut white diamonds, South Africa and Canada Ā« 2.00 ct and 3.06 ct leaves the...Oklahoma, USA * 10 x 11 x 8 cm Talc, Mpumalanga, South Africa * 19 x 5 x 3cm Hardness 1 Hardness 4 Tale...Hardness 10 Quartz Diamond Diamond, Kimberley, South Africa * 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm | 19 MINERALS: PRODUCTS...crystals arranged in Cerussite, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia * 7 x 6 x 6 om Epidote, BrazilĀ» |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7700, Republic of South Africa of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering...P O Box 38668, Pinelands, 7430. Republic of South Africa. 0361-0128/10/3894/689-24 the mantle, as far...localities at craton margins, such as Jagersfontein, South Africa. The diamonds typically have low N contents...110 Mesozoic 250 UML UCS UHP DI E DI P M El Ba 200 Da Paleozoic ? Gr 542 Ko 582 Neoproterozoic...decreasing age. GII = Group II kimberlite (in southern Africa only). Lamproite: Bo = Bobi, Ar = Argyle, El = |  | | Book | | recognition criteria of uranium mineralizations on a local (individual deposit) and regional scale (uranium...individual deposits or districts. (in brackets country, district, deposit reviewed): Adamek P. (Scandinavia), Adams...(general), Bernik J. (Yugoslavia), Brynard S.A. (South Africa, Namibia), Chenoweth W. (Colorado Plateau, USA)...Saucier A.E. (Grants Region, N.M., USA), Smith RB. (South Texas, USA), Tan H.B. (Canada), Thamm J. (Colorado...Intragranitic Vein Uranium Deposits: Limousin/La Crouzille District, France. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | Rogers, J. J. W., Ragland, P. C., Nishimori, R. K., Greenberg, J. K., Hauck, S. A. (1978) Varieties of granitic uranium deposits and favorable exploration areas in the eastern United States. Economic Geology, 73 (8) 1539-1555 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.73.8.1539 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the dis~ semihatedand local concentrationsin albite-riebeckitegranites. 3. Local pegmatitesformed by in...example is the R6ssing depositof Namibia (South West Africa )--limited geochemicalinformationsuggeststhat...northern Virginia Blue Ridge (Irish Creek tin district and RobertsonRiver and LovingstonFormations;(4)...Virginia; (5) the 300-m.y.-oldplutonbelt of Georgia,South Carolina,North Carolina,and Virginia; (6) portionsof...massiveRSssingdeposit(Berning et al., 1976) of South West Africa (Namibia) has given impetusto the explorationof |  | | Book | | SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SRI LANKA SUDAN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIAN...must be used to supplement the information at the local ore deposit scale. Regional scale inputs are often...from depositscale studies whilst input from camp, district and regional studies is limited. And so, these...Stratiform fracture-controlled Krivoy Rog district, Ukraine Elkon district, Russian Federation Mary Kathleen...Anderson Mine, USA; Sierra Pintada district, Argentina Kirovograd district, Ukraine; Lagoa Real, Brazil Arizona |  | Wilde, Andy, Otto, Alex, Jory, John, MacRae, Colin, Pownceby, Mark, Wilson, Nick, Torpy, Aaron (2013) Geology and Mineralogy of Uranium Deposits from Mount Isa, Australia: Implications for Albitite Uranium Deposit Models. Minerals, 3 (3). 258-283 doi:10.3390/min3030258 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | K-feldspar, biotite, coffinite, brannerite, rare uraninite, ilmenite and rutile. An unusual U-Zr phase has...Introduction Uranium deposits of the Mount Isa Uranium District (Queensland, Australia) are examples of the epigenetic...ores. Table 1. Uranium resources in the Mount Isa district. Deposit Valhalla Skal Mary Kathleen Odin Bikini...minerals identified in this later study included uraninite, calcite, chlorite, anatase and a variety of sulphides...that is particularly well developed along north-south trending structures (Figure 1) [5,6]. Additionally |
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