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Digenite from
Sodalite mine, Orotumba (Oroutumba), Swartbooisdrif Dikes, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Digenite
Formula:Cu9S5
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Digenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sodalite mine, Orotumba (Oroutumba), Swartbooisdrif Dikes, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:612478
Long-form Identifier:1:3:612478:6
GUID (UUID V4):cc4815d4-15a6-4f7b-84d9-d4332f032b3e
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oxide±sulphide relationships in sodalite-bearing metasomatites of the Epembe±Swartbooisdrif Alkaline Province, north-west...north-west Namibia Received: 22 October 1998 / Accepted: 27 October 1999 Abstract The south-eastern...south-eastern part of Kunene Intrusive Complex (KIC), Namibia/Angola, is host to volumetrically signi®cant, and economically... concentrations of sodalite in the area around Swartbooisdrif, north-west Namibia. The mineralisation...metasomatic exchange with carbonatites of the Epembe± Swartbooisdrif Alkaline Province. This process led to the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALIZATION IN FERROCARBONATITE, SWARTBOOISDRIF, NORTHWESTERN NAMIBIA: CONSTRAINTS FROM MINERAL COMPOSITIONS...dykes of Swartbooisdrif, northwestern Namibia, transect the anorthositic rocks of the Kunene Intrusive...fenitized wallrock anorthosite (albite, biotite and sodalite), with Fe–Cu–Ni sulfides (assemblage: pyrite,...metasomatic formation of nearly pure, SO4-free sodalite. A subsequent increase in f(O2) led to a systematic...equilibria, fluid evolution, Swartbooisdrif, Kunene Intrusive Complex, Namibia. Sommaire Les filons de ferrocarbonatite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology, v. 108, pp. 953–986 The Kunene Anorthosite Complex, Namibia, and Its Satellite Intrusions: Geochemistry... 02150, Espoo, Finland Abstract The Kunene Complex of Namibia-Angola is one of the largest anorthosite...leucotroctolite intrusions. The Namibian portion of the Kunene Complex measures ~80 × 50 km, ~4,000 km2, and is...undeformed phase whose absolute age remains unknown. The Kunene leucotroctolites are among the least evolved troctolites...as −3; δ18O up to 7.5‰). In the periphery of the Kunene Complex are several, relatively small (<10 km2)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
transport through two mixing zones affected by acid mine drainage near Silverton, Colorado— Laurence E. Schemel...101 Complexly zoned fibrous tourmaline, Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil: A record of evolving magmatic...and remedial measures at the Troya abandoned Pb-Zn mine (The Basque Country, Northern Spain) —V. Iribar...associated with iron oxyhydroxides precipitated in acid mine drainage, by S. Rose and A.M. Ghazi—B. Dold 767...geochemistry of waste dumps at the Pb(Zn)-Ag Bottino mine, Apuane Alps, Italy—M. Benvenuti, I Mascaro, F.
Book
Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...s Onganja Mine and Surrounding Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits...__ Republic of Namibia The President State House W°Ntdhoek FOREWORD Namibia is endowed with an...from near and far. Fine mineral specimen from Namibia are displayed in all the famous natural science
Book
REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA - MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAMIBIA FIRST...ENERGY Of the several hundred minerals present in Namibia, around sixty have been exploited. some, such as...base metals and industrial minerals have helped Namibia rank amongst the top five mining countries in Africa...terms of production and reserves. In this context, Namibia is a major producer of copper, lead, zinc, cadmium...unpublished. It is evident that mineral exploration in Namibia, as elsewhere. has changed from serendipitous discoveries
Catalog/List
about 5111111 and some with bro ken tops. Tsumeb Namibia £25 (see left) B) Ix2 £ 15 2. ROSASITE thick blue...of micro xls and masses on 2x 1 matrix (Tsumeb Namibia)£9 3. PHOSGENITE single colourless crystal section...inch area of curious flattened c1ystals Nanisivik ,Mine, Baffin island , North West Territories Canada £25...seem a bit dull from this location £15 (Tsumeb Namibia) 6. RUTILE brownish reticulated c1ystals laying...Quartz, one x half inch area. Rooisand Gamsberg Namibia£ I 0 7. CASSITERITE pure brown masses, unusual
Journal (issue)
about I 000 meters long are a number ofpegmatite dikes associated with the emplacement of the Sierra Nevada...magnificent large smoky quartz crystals from one region of the Lake Tahoe basin. at the north shore near...will bring to light the occurrence of a second region containing collectible mineral . this time along...ally expose very obvious and significant pegmatite dikes full of pink microcline and abundant rnilh.'")'...stories that crystals had been fonnerly found in this region. How long ago these prospects had been dug, and
Journal (issue)
COVELLITE crystal cluster, 3 cm across, From the Leonard mine, Butte, Montana. Frederick H. Pough collection;...like bornite, chalcocite, colusite, covellite, digenite, djurleite, and enargite rank among the finest...the Butte mining camp, especially in the Kelley mine, was just full of vug holes . . . the holes, some...located in Butte, at the site of the old Orphan Girl mine. . . . So wrote a trainee miner, Jerry Dolph, concerning...an underground stope at Butte, Montana’s Kelley mine in the early 1970’s (Dolph, 1994). The wonderful
Book (chapter)
489 (1993). digenite-high = high-temperature cubic Cu1.8S, EJM 14, 591 (2002). digenite-intermed. = ...Minčeva-Stefanova 205 (1981). digenite-low = digenite, Kostov & Minčeva-Stefanova 205 (1981). digenite-sélénifère = Se-rich...Se-rich digenite, Aballain et al. 98 (1968). diginite = digenite, AM 68, 278 (1983). dihidrita = pseudomalachite...Egleston 133 (1892). Dimesojodatsodalith = synthetic sodalite, Doelter IV.3, 1121 (1931); [II.2,278] dimetric...(1980). ditroite = sodalite or nepheline, MM 39, 911 (1974). ditröyte = sodalite or nepheline, MM 39
Catalog/List
OH Ix! £3 lx2 £6 2x2 £10 34 ■ ANDRADITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Pale beige fine grained mass with reddish...serpentine. Ix! £5 lx2 £10 38 BANALSITE Benallt Mine, Lleyn Wales Rich brown mass with approx 5 % Cymrite...£15 2x2 £30 Ba Na Al SiO 22 BANNISTERITE Benallt Mine. Lleyn, Wales Dark brown veinlets throughtout calcite/...fairly sparse. Ix½ £7 CuSe 73 ■ BRAUNITE Praboma Mine, St Marcel ,Piedmont, Italy Dark grey massive with...FLUORESCENCE Long wave Jxl £4 442 ■■ CARYOPILITE Bemallt Mine, Lleyn Wales thin felty brown vens in Calcite Mn
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
age and provenance. Although the details of any region are complex, some general statements may help towers...geological regions of Canada 14 Appalachian Region In North America, the old, worn Appalachian Mountains...from the Atlantic Ocean. Formerly the Appalachian Region consisted of a submerged trough on the edge of...mountains, now largely eroded away. The Appalachian Region, includ­ ing the Atlantic Provinces and south­...Cordilleran Region Canada’s newest mountains are part of the Cordilleran Mountain region which spans
Journal (issue)
by von Knorring and Sahama from northwest­ ern Namibia, namibite has been identified from a number of...Elias mine, Czech Republic Mrazek et al. (1994) report an occurrence of namibite from the Elias mine, Jachymov...5’6Evans-Lou pegmatite, Quebec CZECH REPUBLIC 7Elias mine, Jachymov ENGLAND 8Buckbarrow Beck, Cumbria GERMANY...Hechtsberg quarry, Hausach NAMIBIA 10Khorixas UNITED STATES 3Stewart mine, Pala district, California...pegmatite-aplite dikes Clinobisvanite, beyerite Composite pegmatite-aplite dikes Schumacherite, pucherite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is certainly not uncommon i n g~nite-pegmatite dikes. MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF ZINC 577 and...transitions exist between chalcosine and digenite. 1 Digenite has an antifluorite structure with copper...the ease with which the transition chalcosine ~- digenite takes place with change in temperature or chemical...The lattice of danalite is similar to that of sodalite and will, therefore, contain zinc in four-coordination
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
manganese silicate, occurring as white needles in sodalite syenite xenoliths. After the unrecognized mineral...Sanidine Scheelite Sepiolite Serandite Siderite Sodalite Spessartine Sphalerite Steacyite* Steenstrupine-(Ce)...zirconium-bearing rocks occupy large expanses of the region. Eudialyte, for example, a relatively common accessory...The highest ratios measured in 1969 were for a sodalite syenite (1.33) and a feldspathic tawite (1.31)...composition, but weathering has blurred distinctions, Sodalite syenite. Bench levels. Although there were benches
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
usually found as an alteration product of nephelite, sodalite, or plagioclase, and may be associated with calcite...shoulder of the peak. Serpentine, var, Amianthus, and digenite may be found associated with the NA TROLITE. Some...NATROLITE crystals known have come from the headwater region of Clear Creek, San Benito County. Colorless to... Tick Canyon near Lang, California. An asbestos mine in Quebec, Canada, has produced NATROLITE crystals...crystals have been reported from the Ice Valley region of British Colombia. NATROLITE is commonly found
Journal (issue)
described from slags at Le Celine di Cotoriano Mine (Rosia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy). I have...basalt. I also saw some amethyst from Brandberg in Namibia -you may think ·'so what, kiddo", but I bet you...aesthetic end we saw the best stibnite from Xikuangshan Mine (Lengshuijiang, Shaoyang, Hunan Province, China)...on the This year, giYe the gift of information! Mine al The Mineral Collector's Mineral News, The Mineral...science - I too sit in an ivory tower. At least mine has a foundation. ----6 Collectors' Cases I always
Book
quarry Miarolitic cavities in nepheline syenite Sodalite syenite Igneous breccia Pegmatites Marble xenoliths...the igneous complex. In nepheline syenite and sodalite syenite pegmatites, just as in the case of granitic...named Monteregie is now the current name of the region. he name Mont Saint-Hilaire is used interchangeably...what is now the Richelieu River and Lake Champlain region, Samuel de Champlain first named the mountain Mont...protecting the only remaining primeval forest in the region. THE EARLY SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS T he earliest
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country...by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided...United States or of the Upper Silesian historical region in Poland, where the importance of ore-bearing...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO
Journal (issue)
Jr & J. S. White, Jr. Inesite from the Hale Creek mine, Trinity County, California.......................article “on the chondrodite from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Brewster, New York.” Two of the plates show 21...6-12 cm, Adamite with Hemimorphite from the Ojuela mine, pale green and purple Naica fluorites in small...Changma in Shandong Prov­ ince. Here the Victory No. 1 mine annually produces 1500 carats of gem quality diamonds...Japan. The Altay region is crisscrossed with promising gem-bearing pegmatite dikes which presently remain
Catalog/List
schists and are composed primarily of nepheline-sodalite syenite, foyaite, lujavrite, and urtite - all...polylithionite , nenadkevichite , nepheline , natrolite, sodalite, etc. The mineralogical oddity of the Kola rocks...silver-arsenide deposits of the Cobalt-Gowganda region , Ontario",Can. Min. 11:1-429. Slabs show globular...9 cm - 9 x 12 cm ... $15.00 AgCI , Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill , New South Wales. 10 x 5 x 4 cm matrix...MALACHITE, . . . $120.00 AESCHYNITE-Y Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba , Zaire. •82834 (a) Excellent green
Journal (issue)
page 2) Update on Rare Minerals at the Sweet Home Mine, Park County, Colorado Martin Jensen Collectors...examination of selected specimens from the Sweet Home mine which have either been recently exposed underground...original, comprehensive written work on the Sweet Home mine, the reader may refer to the special issue of The...Mineral News --------------------------- Sweet Home Mine Rare Minerals (Continued from page 1) Following...near its intersection with the main drift near the mine portal have yielded verifiable ankerite. Here, swarms
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
electron Probe 5-6 959 (Hollister, Lincoln 5., et al) Digenite, electron probe (Morimoto, Nobuo, er a/) 11-12...J. D.) Uranates (Sobry, R.) t-2 355 5-6 1065 Dikes SUBJECTINDEX TO VOLUME 56 Phosphates Alluaudite...(Graeber, Edward J., et al) ll-12 l9l'l SulJides Digenite, cell dimensions (Morimoto, Nobuo, ercl) l1-12...Book reviews (Mackenzie, R. C. (ed.)) 7-8 1497 Dikes Mineralogy Lamprophyre, United States, New Hampshire...ll-12 2145 (Fahey, Joseph J.) Framework silicates, sodalite group Haiiyne, occurrence, phase equilibria, petrography
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cualstibite, a new secondary mineral from the Clara Mine in the Central Black Forest (FRG). Chemie der Erde...chemical compo_ sition. Type locality is the Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Central Black Forest (Germany). Type...diameter in nepheline-microclineand sodalite-astrophyllite and sodalite-microclinepegmatites given,and somedo...826(90\042),2.706(50X004), The mineral o@urs on a mine dump sp€cimen as irrcgular platey segregationsup...Nuber and G. Trernmel(1984)Betpakdalitefrom Tsumeb,Namibia: mineralogy,crystal chemistryand structure. NeuesJahrb
Book
specimens, and note that these may vary from region to region, and from country to country. Useful information...England's Peak District is one of several tors in this region. They are made of the tough sandstone and shale...south-east England, and places in Above: Spitzkoppe in Namibia is one of many steep-sided granite monoliths in...valleys. Layers of the angle of the strata in the region. softer rock, such as clay, are eroded faster...benitoite, Subtle shimmer scheelite, adamite, sodalite and like silk because scapolite. of small parallel
 
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