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Cordierite from
Messina Mine, Musina, Musina Local Municipality, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cordierite
Formula:(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Comments:Occurs in most of the garnet-biotite-quartz rocks as anhedral grains containing numerous biotite inclusions. In hand specimens colour is grey-blue however in areas where hydrothermal alteration has occurred the mineral becomes greenish.
Colour:Grey-blue, greenish.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cordierite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Messina Mine, Musina, Musina Local Municipality, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:673481
Long-form Identifier:1:3:673481:7
GUID (UUID V4):8edec838-d51e-4e31-b12e-1f77b4751198
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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related to polymetamorphism in the Limpopo Complex, South Africa D.D. Van Reenen a , R. Boshoff a,⁎,...Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa b Department of Petrology, Geological Faculty...Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogologvka, Moscow district, 142432, Russia d Isotope Laboratory for Geology...Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban, South Africa f Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian...the Central Zone (CZ) of the Limpopo high-grade terrain in South Africa. Together, these two important
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amphibolite-facies metamorphism in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt: New geochronological, petrological and geochemical...X131Í Alice. S700. South Africa, and P.O. Hox 72196, Parkview. 2122, South Africa e-mail: ¡ay.barton@telkomsa...barton@telkomsa.net s 2008 December Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT NXV prfst-nt new geochronological...Venetia Klippen Complex in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, Thf combined data.sel.s provide evidence...Beit Bridge Terrane of the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, in particular witli regard to the titning
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the Neoarchean Verbaard grantioid, Limpopo complex, Southern Africa Rajesh Hariharan, Oleg Safonov, Thembiso...the Neoarchean Verbaard grantioid, Limpopo complex, Southern Africa. Lithos (2018), doi:10.1016/j.lithos...the Neoarchean Verbaard grantioid, Limpopo Complex, Southern Africa 3 Korzhinskii Institute of Experimental...Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa US 4 Graduate School of Life and Environmental...highlights this issue from the Limpopo Complex high-grade terrane in CR southern Africa. The Beit Bridge Complex
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metamorphic events in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Complex, South Africa L.L. Perchuk a,b,c , D.D. van Reenen...Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow District, 142432, Russia Department of Geology, University...Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa Received 11 September 2006; accepted 3 September...different D/M events in the Central Zone of the Limpopo high-grade (HG) terrain, which previously had been...data with the following conclusion: the CZ of the Limpopo Complex was subjected to three superimposed tectono-metamorphic
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polymetamorphism in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa Alfred Kröner, GĂŒnther Brandl, Sönke...polymetamorphism in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa, Precambrian Research (2018), doi: https://doi...polymetamorphism in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa Alfred Kröner1,2, GĂŒnther Brandl3, Sönke...3 4 5 Council for Geoscience, Limpopo Unit, Polokwane, South Africa GeoZentrum Nordbayern, UniversitĂ€t...Hong Kong, China Abstract The Central Zone of Limpopo Belt is a polymetamorphic and complexly deformed
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Granulite Complexes: Examples from the Limpopo Belt, South Africa L. L. Perchuka, b, c, D. D. van Reenenb...PO Box 524, 2006 Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa e-mail: dirkvr@uj.ac.za c Institute of Experimental...four such structures from the Central Zone of the Limpopo complex, which were formed during granulite exhumation...within the whole area of the Central Zone of the Limpopo complex. This implies that the rocks were metamorphosed...Neoarchean stage of the development of the Limpopo granulite complex. Local mineral equilibria and fluid inclusions
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Biotite^Hornblende Gneiss, Central Zone, Limpopo Complex, South Africa H. M. RAJESH1*, G. A. BELYANIN1, O....JOHANNESBURG, AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG 2006, SOUTH AFRICA 2 INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY RAA...PUBLICATION SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 A clear case study of local-scale, fluid-induced dehydration of the Paleoarchean...biotite^hornblende gneiss from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Complex is presented here. Field and petrographic...adjacent zonesçdarker Sand River orthogneiss with local occurrence of orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene, a
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0026-4628 ‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada ..............................J. P. Cassedanne & L. Barreto The Messina mining district, South A frica .............................Valley Road Watsonville, California 95076 The Outlaw mine has long been known as an occurrence o f rare and...benjaminite, fo r which it is the type locality. The mine has been idle fo r more than 60 years, and because...More than 30 minerals have been identified from the mine and studies continue on the sulfosalt mineralogy
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214 222 228 233 Proterozoic orogens of Southern Africa 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 v Mahanadi shear zone Nagavali-Vamsadhara...Aravalli-Delhi Orogenic Belt 2.5.1 Introduction 2.5.2 South Delhi Terrane 2.5.3 Sandmata Terrane 2.5.4 Sirohi...References Introduction The Limpopo Belt The Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt The Mahalapye Complex 4...Proterozoic orogens of India, Sri Lanka, Botswana, South Africa, East Antarctica, and Western Australia. All...Antarctica, Western Australia and some parts of the Limpopo Belt. We thank profusely the Geological Survey
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net Famous Mineral Localities: The Berezovsk District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia .....................quartz in the Artonvilla mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa .........................know, we supplied a DVD on the famous Pederneira mine with the May-June issue. This DVD is a supplement...staff of the British Museum (Natural History) in South Kensington on October 1, 1957, as Assistant Scientific... and he was in constant demand as a speaker at local clubs and societies. Three of his most popular talks--delivered
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composition from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa T. Sarkar Department of Earth Sciences...University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa e-mail: tapabrato@gmail.com H. Mouri Department...2006, South Africa e-mail: hmouri@uj.ac.za © 2016 September Geological Society of South Africa. Abstract...metamorphic evolution of the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt. However, most investigations on the P-T evolution...komatiitic composition, which occurs in the vicinity of Musina in the Central Zone. These rocks are composed mainly
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AND MELTING OF THE SAND RIVER GNEISS, LIMPOPO COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA H.M. RAJESH Department of Earth and...Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2001, South Africa e-mail: oleg@iem.ac.ru G.A. BELYANIN AND J...Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2001, South Africa e-mail: gbelyanin@gmail.com; jkramers@uj.ac...ac.za © 2014 December Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT A tonalitic vein from a representative...and Rajesh et al. (2013) from the Limpopo Complex in South Africa. The present study follows these two
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Department of Geology, University of Natal, Durban (South Africa) (Received August 15, 1973, revision accepted...margin particularly within the Zambezi and the Limpopo belts. The distribution of the associated early...development were due to thermal highs centred on the Limpopo mobile belt and possibly the Zambezi belt. INTRODUCTION...of the international metamorphic map of southern Africa b a s e d o n t h e c o n c e p t o f m e t a m...post-Shamvaian. (4) The granites and granitic gneisses. (5) Limpopo Group metasediments. ANCIENT BASEMENT RELICS --
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“sanukitoids” from the Bulai pluton, Central Limpopo Belt, South Africa: Implications for geodynamic changes...intrusive in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt (Limpopo Province, South Africa). It is made up of large volumes...2007) within the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, in South Africa. The goal of this study is twofold:...boundary. 2. Geological setting 2.1. The Limpopo Belt The Limpopo Belt (Fig. 1) is a ~ 650 km-long and ~200...high-grade granulitic terrane, outcropping in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. It corresponds to a
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An UnusualHydrothermal CopperDepositat Messina, South Africa J. B. E. JACOBSEN' ANDT. S. ‱{CCARTHY Abstract...ne passingthrough the Artonvilla mine. The orebodiesin the district include breccia pipes, fissure deposits...the latter being best developedin the Artonvilla mine, where four separatelodesare developed. The EmeryLodeis...intensehydrothermalalteration, is confined to a cordierite-biotite-garnet-gneissand a pyroxene granulite...sequenceof complexly foldedmetasediments of the Limpopo Group. Table 1 showsa broad outline of the regional
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metamorphic events in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Complex, South Africa” by L. L. Perchuk, D. D. van Reenen...July 2008 Available online 24 July 2008 Keywords: Limpopo P–T paths 1. Introduction In their latest paper...(2007) conclude that the Central Zone (CZ) of the Limpopo Belt was subject to two distinct high-grade tectono-metamorphic...be inferred and calculated for a large number of local mineral equilibria, which were successively established...minerals in the presence of garnet for a given local equilibrium at T and XGrt Mg (by using principles
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Venetia kimberlite pipes, Central Zone, Limpopo Belt, South Africa: Have these rocks seen granulite-facies...Park 2006, South Africa. e-mail: jmb@na.rau.ac.za © 2003 Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT...event (M3) in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt of southern Africa is considered to have occurred at ~2...the Central Zone. Introduction The Limpopo Belt of southern Africa is an Archaean to Paleoproterozoic...reworked rocks of the respective Cratons. The Limpopo Belt was long regarded as an orogen resulting from
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country rocks surrounding Venetia Mine, Limpopo Belt, South Africa: Evidence for a single palaeoproterozoic...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa Runshaw College, Langdale Road, Leyland, Lancashire...Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa d Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg...Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...2011 Available online 8 January 2011 Keywords: Limpopo Belt Structure Metamorphism Geochronology P–T–t
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rocks and crustal uplift history of the Limpopo belt, Southern Africa B.F. Windley 1, D. Ackermand 2, and...within the anorthosites of the Messina layered intrusion in the Limpopo mobile belt of Zimbabwe. The XMg...XMg range of the major minerals is as follows: cordierite (0.98-0.93); enstatite (0.97-0.86); chlorite...enstatite + corundum ~ cordierite + sapphirine; (4) sapphirine + sillimanite --, cordierite + corundum; (8)...kornerupine + corundum--* cordierite + sapphirine; (13) kornerupine ~ cordierite + sapphirine + enstatite;
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granulites of the Beit Bridge Complex (Limpopo Belt, South Africa): constraints from quantitative phase... Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa ABSTRACT Interpretations based on quantitative...migmatitic rocks from the Beit Bridge Complex (Messina area, Limpopo Belt) formed along a clockwise P–T path...composition: (1) a K, Al-rich garnet–biotite–cordierite– sillimanite–K-feldspar–plagioclase–quartz–graphite...(2) a K-poor, Al-rich garnet–biotite–staurolite–cordierite–kyanite–sillimanite–plagioclase–quartz–rutile
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metamorphism in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt (South Africa): Combined petrological and geochronological...three metapelitic garnet–biotite–sillimanite–cordierite–plagioclase–(K-feldspar)–quartz gneisses, two...2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Limpopo Belt; Neoarchaean; P–T-paths; geochronology; monazite...combined dataset from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, which is 334 L. Millonig et al. / Lithos...evolution of the Limpopo Belt. In particular, it is unclear whether the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt was
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Precambrlan anorthositic rocks of the Limpopo belt, southem Africa. Lithoa ~8, ~97-310. T w o sections...l~e anorthosite ,complex' were examined at Messina. South Afdca and at Pikwe, Botswana. Thirty XRF whole-rock...in stratigraphic order show that alkalies a t Messina increase upwards from leuco-gabbros to anorthosites...decrease and increase, respectively, with height at Messina, but 22 analyses from Pikwe show no such trends...Fe-rich. also like the Fiskenaesset ones. The Limpopo anorthositic rocks belong to a layered igneous
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P - T profiles from the Zimbabwe Craton to the Limpopo Belt, Zimbabwe T. Tsunogae a, T. Miyano a and J...P - T profiles from the Zimbabwe Craton to the Limpopo Belt, Zimbabwe. In: D.D. van Reenen, C. Roering...Ashwal and M.J. de Wit (Editors), The Archaean Limpopo Granulite Belt: Tectonics and Deep Crustal Processes...profiles in the eastern and western parts of the Limpopo Belt, Zimbabwe, were examined on the basis of mineralogic...Craton adjacent to the northern boundary of the Limpopo Belt is calculated to be 650-680°C for amphibolite
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geochronologic data from the Limpopo belt at Pikwe, Botswana, southern Africa MARTHA H HICKMAN JUHN wAKtrliiLD...of gneiss units in the Limpopo orogenic belt at Pikwe, Botswana, southern Africa, confirms two previously...Great Dyke (2,600 ± 1 2 0 m.y. ago), which cut Limpopo belt gneiss units to the north in Rhodesia. In...words: geocbrotiology, Limpopo orogenic belt, Rb-Sr isotopes. INTRODUCTION The Limpopo orogenic belt trends...the granite-greenstone cratons of Rhodesia and South Africa. It is a zone of intensely deformed, high-grade
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KATZ School of Applied Geology, University of New South Wales, P.O. Box 1, Kensington, N.S. W. 2033 (Australia)...sedimentary affiliation are known (Ookiep, W, South Africa). Introduction Areally significant and worldwide...deformation. The Selebi-Pikwe region in the Archaean Limpopo Mobile Belt underwent early granulite facies metamorphism...Selebi-Pikwe, Cu-Ni, Botswana (2) Ookiep, Cu, South Africa (3) Caraiba, Cu, Brazil Ores of felsic (anorthosite)...sedimentary affiliation (7) Gagnon, Canada (8) Messina, South Africa (9) Imataca, Venezuela Manganese concentrations
 
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