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Fluoborite from
Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Fluoborite
Formula:Mg3(BO3)(F,OH)3
Comments:Found in foskorite rocks of the Phalaborwa complex as white mats grown in parallel alignment, associated with Iowaite and Magnetite.
Colour:White
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Magnetiteⓘ3 photos of Fluoborite associated with Magnetite at this locality.
Fluorapophyllite-(K)ⓘ1 photo of Fluoborite associated with Fluorapophyllite-(K) at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluoborite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:5198
Long-form Identifier:1:3:5198:9
GUID (UUID V4):51276930-3816-45e1-8b7c-43086e34f061
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 05:17 17 August 2017 of PALABORA Limpopo Province South Africa MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...Gauteng Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za A Figure 1. The abandoned Palabora open pit, photographed...bottom of the pit 300 meters below sea level. The Palabora* Igneous Complex (PIC) is located some 450 kilometers...kilometers northeast of Johannesburg in Limpopo Province, South Africa, just below the Tropic of Capricorn...and vermiculite from the complex. In 1956 the Palabora Mining Company was set up to develop the large
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new, well crystallized material from the Palabora open pit mine, Transvaal. Microprobe, carbon analyser...blue-green. K~YwoRos: iowaite, pyroaurite, Palabora mine, Transvaal Introduction IowArrE was first described... Among a suite of specimens from Palabora open pit mine, Phalaborwa, Transvaal, sent to one of us (R...identical with iowaite. The new material from Palabora mine is far superior to the original iowaite in purity...Description and occurrence The Palabora open pit works parts of the Phalaborwa alkaline complex, the carbonatite
Journal (issue)
minerant.org Muscovietkristallen van Jose Pinto Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, BraziliĂ«. Verzameling...Zwijndrecht. Info : Nico Kuik, Patrijsstraat 63, NL-3353 BA Papendrecht.  0031 78 6156615,  nicokuik@hetnet...voordeden (bvb Aris Quarry, Erongo, Scorpion Zinc Mine) wordt hier ruim aandacht aan besteed - alles ondersteund...416-422 The Albert silver mine and trippkeite occurrence 424-436 Grossular (Jeffrey mine, Canada) 437-439 Beyond...58-61 SpaktakulĂ€re Calcitfunde in der Gordonsville Mine, Tennessey 62-75 Neueigkeiten aus der Vulkaneifel
Report (issue)
Fluoborite Mg3 (BO3 )(F, OH)3 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal...03 3.40 9.81 Total 100.59 (1) Huerta del Vinagre mine, Spain; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...Sussex Co.; from near Blind Mountain, Bristol district, Lincoln Co., Nevada; in the Crestmore quarry...Co., California. Large crystals from the Cardiff mine and several roadcuts in the vicinity of Wilberforce...Au–Cu mine, about 75 km southeast of Pyongyang, Suan Co., North Korea. From the Palabora mine, Transvaal
Catalog/List
an shale, some with Arsenopyrite (Bedford Consols Mine, Devon England) The size varies from lxl to lx2...C315 single 1/2 ins NATIVE ARSENIC rich (Kusa Mine, near ,Bau, lx2 f.5 ‱2x2 EIO crystal, across. ...of Chalcopyrite. (16 level, Sim.ms Lade, Geevor Mine ,Cornwall) size reflects the area of botryoidal...80 lxl f.9 platy qrey-brown 5mm f.2.50 coverage Mine, small crystals of brown Devon) copper coloured...Cornwall) f.4 2x2 f7 metallic (Pyrite like) No 2 Mine, Chibougamau, lem rock. (Mt micros w1th Unusual
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Nineteen, Number Three Articles The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, A rizona by G. B. Allen & W. Hunt...........221 COVER: ANGLESITE from the Touissit mine, Morocco. The large crystal measures 4.5 cm. This...Chichibu mine” (by Kuniaki Kato and Hidemichi Hori), “ Collecting report: Hikagezawa gold mine, Shizuoka...Avenue Sun City, Arizona 85351 he Tonopah-Belmont mine is a micromounter’s paradise. An un­ common suite...sulfates, molybdates and chromates can be found at the mine. The abundance of species makes it an ideal introduction
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EDITORIAL COVER PHOTO: Bayldonite. Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Globular aggregates to 0...Simon Camm· Michael Merry ------- 16 ------THE VAN MINE S.J.S. Hughes -------26 ------A JOURNEY THROUGH... MINERAL NOTES SIEGENITE FROM ERGLODD MINE, TALYBONT, DYFED, WALES RGLODD Mine is located 200 metres east of...sphalerite (Livingstone l'I al., 1976); in the South Wales Coalfield it is found in clay-ironstone nodules...(1985) Siegenite in clayironstone nodules from the South Wales Coalfield. Joumal of the Russell Society 1
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
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themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral species...to explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent...(Canada); Markku Lehtinen (Finland); Bob Smith (South Africa); and Jay Zaveri (India) gave help. Marcelle...beautiful specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine in Mammoth, Arizona, consisting of small, glassy
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themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral species...explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in ...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent...(Canada); Markku Lehtinen (Finland); Bob Smith (South Africa); and Jay Zaveri (India) gave help. Marcelle...beautiful specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine in Mammoth, Arizona, consisting of small, glassy
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