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Kyanite from
Namakwa Sands Mine, Matzikama Local Municipality, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kyanite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kyanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Namakwa Sands Mine, Matzikama Local Municipality, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:601388
Long-form Identifier:1:3:601388:2
GUID (UUID V4):c0cca1cd-a6f1-42a9-b6fd-4899b881a464
Nearest other occurrences of Kyanite
43.6km (27.1 miles) ā“˜Kyanite occurrence, Koekenaap, Matzikama Local Municipality, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology of the Cenozoic Namakwa Sands Heavy Mineral Deposit, West Coast of South Africa: A World-Class Resource...Private Bag X01, Matieland, 7602, Republic of South Africa Abstract Exploration for heavy minerals along...of southwest Africa led to the discovery and subsequent delineation of the Namakwa Sands deposit near...1987. Currently, Tronox Limited controls the Namakwa Sands operation, which has developed into a significant...quality zircon and rutile concentrates. The Namakwa Sands deposit is classified as a megaresource with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
characteristics of heavy mineral deposits along the west coast of South Africa Received: 19 July 1996 / Accepted: 7...mineral beach and raised beach sands along the west coast of South Africa has developed into a major industry...Stellenbosch, Private Bag XI, Matieland, 7602 South Africa R.J. de Meijer Environmental Radioactivity Research...capabilities of the new system were tested along the Dutch coast to measure the concentration of natural radionuclides...radiometric characteristics or Ā®ngerprints of the sands were indicative of diĀ€erent sediment source areas
Report (issue)
SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SRI LANKA SUDAN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIAN...and environment, as well as waste management and mine closure. Other topics covered include storage of................................ 2 HEAVY MINERAL SANDS ....................................................................................... 35 5.3.4. Mine closure .................................................................................. 50 SOUTH AFRICA ...........................................
Book
Australia Jim Graham 4th 1991 Pretoria, South Africa Sybrand de Waal 3rd 1989 MontrƩal, Canada...USA Donald Hausen 1st 1981 Johannesburg, South Africa S.A. Hiemstra INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR APPLIED...since the inaugural meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1981 and this decenary event perhaps heralds...Tassinari, MMML 9 3 Metallogeny of CulampajƔ Gold District, Argentina Avila, JC, and Lazarte, JE 4 Systematic...formation and replacement of apatite (Bamble sector, South Norway) Engvik, AK, Ihlen, P, Korneliussen, A, Austrheim
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Resources Flagship, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Vic. 3169, Australia Jervois Mining Ltd, Level...Australia, HM accumulations occur along the east and west coasts of the country (Wallis and Oakes, 1990; Baxter...hundred metres (e.g. east coast deposits), to tens of kilometres (e.g. west coast deposits) or hundreds of...recovery of zircon and rutile concentrates from east coast deposits commenced in 1934 (Morley, 1981). The associated...Production in Western Australia commenced with recovery of ilmenite from the Capel deposits south of Perth
Report (issue)
able.pdf. Cover. Upper left, Ilmenite open pit mine at Tellnes, Sokndal, Norway. Photograph courtesy...jpg. Lower left, open pit mining of heavy mineral sands at the Maxville deposit on Trail Ridge near Starke.............................................. T15 Mine Waste Characteristics........................................................................ T16 Mine Closure...........................................charts showing percentage of estimated 2012 world mine production of ilmenite and rutile, and percentage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals (VHM) are abundant in the finest particles of sands and form placer deposits, which are formed in alluvial...aeolian environments [7ā€“13]. Additionally, while sands and placer deposits may have a low concentration...from placer deposits, mainly from marine beach sands [2,5ā€“12]. Frihy et al. [11] proved that dredged...economically profitable. The majority of beneficiation of sands or aggregates starts with a gravity separation to...development project. 2. Materials and Methods The sands used in this work were obtained from the beaches
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
These include: staurolite(Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)), kyanite (Al2OSiO4), sillimanite (Al2SiO5), andalusite (Al2SiO5)...underground mining techniques) or secondary mineral sands deposits (via dredge, dry or hydraulic mining) and...order to better understand the state of the mineral sands industry, is provided. This study will therefore...(Charlier et al., 2015). In Canada, the currently-active mine on the Lac Tio (or Allard Lake) deposit is an ilmenite-rich...(Charlier et al., 2015). In China, the currently-active mine on the Damiao deposit is located within a the Damiao
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
enstatite, hessonite, hiddenite, kornerupine, kunzite, kyanite, peridote, pyrope, rhodolite, spessartine, (chrome)...Canada,and and paleoplacers. Witwatersrand, Modern Africa occur in stratigraphic that developed when the...at(1900 Blind River-Elliot Canada, and Witwatersrand, South Proterozoic such as the Tarkwa Ma). World-classLake...World-classLake, deposits are at Witwatersrand, South Africa occur in stratigraphic series thatdodeveloped when...when the Earthā€™s atmosphere was different from Africa, Elliot Lake, Canada, Sierra Jacobina, Brazil, Tarkwa
Report (issue)
lā—„:s AFRICA *Algiers Tunis ā€¢ NISIA Tripoli Cairo* ALGERIA ,\-El Aaiun WESTERN SAHARA CAPE VERDE...Windhoek* Gaborone * Pretoria * Mbabane REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRIC1' \ Maputo * LESOTHO MAURITIUS (J Port... MINERALS YEARBOOK MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF r, AFRICA U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF MINES...reports and one world overview: Mineral Industries of Africa, Mineral Industries of Asia and the Pacific, Mineral...Mauritania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Morocco and Western Sahara . . . 105 Mozambique . . . . . . . . .
Book
Bahrain Greece Ian Graham The University of New South Wales Australia Editorial Ofļ¬ce MDPI St. Alban-Anlage...Rocks within Meta-Ultramaļ¬tes of Ilmen Mountains, South Urals of Russia: Evidence from Mineralogy, Geochemistry...Hofmeister Corundum Anorthosites-Kyshtymites from the South Urals, Russia: A Combined Mineralogical, Geochemical...and Chantal Peiffert Metamorphic and Metasomatic Kyanite-Bearing Mineral Assemblages of Thassos Island (Rhodope...Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, and a Distinguished
Report (issue)
Ilmenite Indium Iodine Iron Ore Iron and Steel Kyanite Lead Lime Lithium Magnesium Manganese ā€¢ USGS science...Slag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Kyanite and Related Minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Germany China, South Africa, Mexico Mexico, China, Canada, Madagascar, Brazil South Africa, Gabon, Australia...Indonesia, China China, Russia, Germany, Bolivia South Africa, Russia, United Kingdom, Germany Australia,...Finland, Canada, Russia Russia, South Africa, Un~ed Kingdom, Belgium South Africa, Turkey, Russia, Kazakstan
Book (edition)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mine Safety and Health Law . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyanite, Andalusite, Sillimanite, and Mullite . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foundry Sands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....University of Kansas and served as president of Western Mineral Associates. D reyer retired in 1984. Dr...Bloomington, Indiana Stratum Resources Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sara M. Robinson Consulting Geologist
Journal (volume)
(Hungary) (Croatia) (Hungary) (Slovakia) (Serbia) (South Africa) (Austria) (France) (Hungary) (Hungary) (Hungary).....................285 EG55 Mineral deposits of Africa...........................................................................319 EM61 Mineralogy of mine wastes and contaminated soil...................... Seismic tomography of cratons at regional and local scales shows ā€œknobsā€ of high-Vs material that can...produced and dispersed to the east and later to the south covering the neighbouring area with a few cm thick
Report (issue)
Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration. Back cover. A handful...niobium in Brazil; and platinum-group elements in South Africa and Russia), thus increasing the risk for supply....B3 Graph showing dates associated with all the mine sites on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyā€™s...production, U.S. apparent consumption, and U.S. mine production of antimony from 1900 to 2012..........the Hellroaring Creek prospect, which is located west of Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada.........
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
eclogite-type rutile deposits in the North Qaidam orogen, western China Xin Chen, Rongke Xu, Youye Zheng, Shubao...eclogite-type rutile deposits in the North Qaidam orogen, western China, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https://doi...eclogite-type rutile deposits in the North Qaidam orogen, western China Xin Chena, Rongke Xua*, Youye Zhenga,b*,...Piampaludo, Italy (Force, 1991; Liou et al., 1998), the Western Gneiss Region (Korneliussen and Foslie, 1985; Korneliussen... petrology and field relationships from east to west: the Dulan, Xitieshan, LĆ¼liangshan, and Yuka-Luofengpou
 
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