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Muscovite from
Grand Parade Mine, Mwami (Miami), Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Dealer/Collection Label
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Grand Parade Mine, Mwami (Miami), Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:711730
Long-form Identifier:1:3:711730:5
GUID (UUID V4):07a9695c-42fc-47ad-a066-df26a2cdabe9
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
7.1km (4.4 miles) Turning Point claims, Mwami (Miami), Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
7.3km (4.5 miles) St Anns Mine (St Anne Mine; St Anne's Mine; St Ann's Mine), Mwami (Miami), Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
9.8km (6.1 miles) Last Hope Mine (Lost Hope Mine), Mwami (Miami), Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
87.7km (54.5 miles) Mterikati pegmatite, Mwami (Miami), Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
References
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Journal (issue)
Geological Society of Zimbabwe G Z S June 2015 Newsletter No. 2 of 3 of 2015 Fun was had by all...Society of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box CY 1719, Causeway, Harare Geological Society of Zimbabwe Newsletter ...Nickeliferous Archean Madziwa Igneous Complex, Northern Zimbabwe: Petrological Evolution, Magmatic Architecture...Society of Zimbabwe Annual Symposium 28/11/2014, Geology Department, University of Zimbabwe – Summaries...Ben Mapani ……….. The History of Mica Mining in Zimbabwe – Tim Broderick ………………….. Citation for the A.E
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PRE-BULAWAYAN METAMORPHITES In the area south and west of Selukwe, Stowe (1968, pp.17--22; 1971, p.379)...Gatooma-Hartley; (11) Gwanda; (12) Gwelo; (13) Lonely Mine; (14) Lower Gwanda; (15) Makaha; (16) Mashaba; (17)...Tod's Hotel; (P) Topisi; (Q) Triangle---Chiredzi;(R) West Tuli. morphism, noted by Oldham {1968, pp.189--190)...successions are noted, viz. 12 km in the Bulawayo District (Amm, 1940), 24 km at Hunters Road, Gwelo (Macgregor...regions. The pattern is obscured by sediments in the west and a Pan-African metamorphic overprint in the north
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COVER:Superbtwinnedyellowfluoritecrystal 15 mm on edge from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria.PeterBriscoeCollection. T'wENTY...T CUMilRJA EDITOR David I. Green -12- LA.KE DISTRICT -16- MARKETING Peter J. Briscoe Tony Stubbins...of Northern England. This specimen from ~ry Gill Mine, once part of the Fred Bull collection, is°'currently...appear on old mineral label ) and the Furne s district of Lancashire. Durham has also changed shape with...Egremon~ ... ~------·-.--· ........ -{ Lake District N. Yorks Moors • iBL so~ CUMBRIA L ·,. \ ;:f
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Th e descript ion of the coast is arr anged from west (Bea chy Head ) t o east (Cliff End) ; but so as...flats so characteristi c of this part of Sussex and West Kent . The main drainage of the Weald is from th...chief gales and heavy tid es come from th e south-west , th e most pot ent attack is being mad e on th...when a high tid e coincides with a st rong south-west gale is an experience not easily forgotten, since...Viewed on a bro ader scale, th e watershed of th e district (correponding to th e main line of uplift emerging
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aragonite is commonly found in caves and on the walls of mine levels. A considerable amount of research has been...MikeWoodexamininga vesicularTertiarybasalton the west coast of the Duirinish peninsula, Isleof Skye. Whathe...the time of his death in 1982, at the age of 36, west-ofEngland mineral dealer Richard Barstow had accumulated...display specimen (say a Fallowfield Mine witherite or a Heights Mine fluorite) for a few hundred pounds...list of the minerals of Cornwall in UK Journal of Mine & Minc,rals No. 21 - 7 - the Comisl, Mineral ReferenceMa1111al
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REMARKS by PROFESSOR R. A. L. BLACK 95 MISTRESS MINE by H.J. MARTIN 96 DELEGATES IN ATTENDANCE • INDEX...excess of 12 million pound, already. valued ·at mine·. The main minerals. of cot1r,e. have been tin....particularly the tructure at depth. As Minister of Mine . 1 am extremely interested in the po sibilities...i n g pegma t i tcs ma\· conta i n worka ble muscovite. Th\:y a re sccrt: t i o� pegmatitei. but have...all gold belts. They ;m: much oldcr t han t he Miami tyre (:ivailable ages arc generally greater than
Journal (issue)
Briscoe produced a display themed on a single mine. Cambokeels Mine (sometimes known also as Cammock Eals),...sparkling pyrite crusts. A couple of photographs of the mine provided an interesting backdrop. Simon Harrison...exceptional pieces from Rotherhope Fell Mine, Boltsburn Mine and Heights Mine. The Rotherhope Fell material included...from Boltsburn Mine and a large elongated yellow fluorite cube on barite from Hilton Mine, which was a...featured a large group of clear fluorite from Heights Mine next to a bed of deep green cubes from the same
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ffn rl1,·ir price usi ng a sysrr·1n unknown in rhe West. Ownl'l's and buyl.'rs pur o n<: of their han ds...TEMPERATURE MEDIUM TEMPERATURE ~ Kyanite - muscovite Ca ca rbonate limestones anda lusite - HIGH...HIGH TEMPERATURE ➔ si ll imanite ➔ muscovite -➔ K-feldspar+H20 and corundu m ➔ Ca carbonate limestones...House, Edinburgh. Sat 29 & Sun 30 May 1999 Lake District Gemstone, Mineral & Fossil Fair North Lakes Hotel...varit's wirh rhe depth Scato 1 , .. to ,o o of the mine - from a fow people raking a few days o r weeks
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imaees in the article on fluorite from the Rogerley Mine, Weardale, in the last edition of this journal....problematic, the famous blue fluorite from Florence Mine in west Cumbria commonly register a dirty pink on film...photoDavidGreen. working of the Strontian Barite mine. The habit, bipyramids with large prism faces, is...assemblages. As well as quartz, the dumps of the barite mine have produced relatively large (> 1 mm) pale pink...bonanza-type silver deposit at Alva. Airthrey Hill Mine has recently produced specimens of pinkish barite
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L 10h11Pearce COVER:CERUSSITEfrom Pentireglaze mine, St. Minver, Cornwall with crystals to 32mm. Specimen...single crystal I 0 mm in length from Force Crag mine, Braithwaite, Cumbria (See Mineral News). Figure...Quartz crystal 40 mm"in length from South Crafty mine, Cornwall. Manchester Museum specimen purchased...crystals to 5 mm on pyromorphite. from Force Crag mine, Braithwaite, Cumbria. Figure 4. Synchysite rosettes...recently from St. Peters Mine near Allenheads, orchumberland. In the 1930's this mine produced some of the
Report (Issue volume)
Diamond Evaluation Survey, Basutoland I. Rocker and West African shaker in operation at Sekameng in the lowlands...meng. Plate II Geological Sections in Dominica, West Indies . • I. Roadside section in Gravel and Limestone...of the opportunity to visit some of the mines in West Africa. In July and August Dr. D. J. Masson Smith...supplies. Mr. Evans made a brief visit to north-west Acholi, Uganda, in June to advise on geophysical...coal deposits of Africa, especially those in south-west Tanzania and Zambia, have been the subject of much
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the last hard rock mines in England. Frazer's Hush mine in Weardale is scheduled to close shortly and South...unfortunately this was too little too late to save the mine. A few hand specimens of siderite displaying drusy...cassiterite and wolframite were collected just before the mine closed. South Crofcy will perhaps be best remembered...Isles where large excavations have been made in mine dumps and left unfilled. This type of activity gives...pharmacosiderite collected from a shaft dump of Ting Tang mine (see separate article in this issue). The locality
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BOULBY MINE David Green NEWS and EVENTS Mick Wolfe Richard Bell 33 OLSACHERITE FROM WATERBANK MINE Steve...of the di covery of the matlockite pocket at Bage Mine Wirks\vonh. Derb) hire and its rediscovery by th...Victorian mineral dealer Bryce Wright. The Bage Mine matlockite was found in as ociation with large cry...StrontianBarileMine, Strontian,Highland. UK Journal of Mine, & MincrJls No. 25 -3- preserve mineralogical...definitionon the crystaledgesshow. UK Journal of Mine & Minerals No. 25 -7- specimens so most stereomicroscopes
Journal (issue)
applications (Review) J. Naden 63 Mineralogy of Snelston mine, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England P.S. Jackman... with rauenthalite or phaunouxite, from Ivy Tor mine, Devon, England R.S. W Braithwaite, M.G.H. Merry...Society, 6(2), 75-80 ( 1996). MINERALOGY OF SNELSTON MINE, NEAR ASHBOURNE, DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND Philip S. JACKMAN...Kettering, Northarnptonshire NNI6 8UB Sneiston mine is situated on a Lower Carboniferous Limestone inlier...Snelston mine, and discusses tbe geology and mineralisation of tbe deposit. INTRODUCTION Snelston mine (National
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From Rocks to Riches ... Soil From Prospect to Mine—The Exploration Game .............- 175 9. The...by the lava flows (basalts) of New Brunswick’s Grand Manan Island, and by those of North Mountain, a...canic rock found along North Mountain, NS and on Grand Manan Island, NB. Light-coloured igneous rocks...which all the beds remain flat-lying. Rocks of the Grand Canyon region in the American southwest show this...surface currents and winds are deflected to the west by the Earth's rotation. This combination of factors
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Australia Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 41 Steelcase Road West, Markham, Ontario, Canada Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd...terrain (after J. M. Graham). An example from south-west of Lough Neagh where the drumlins rise from flat...(after J. K. Charlesworth). 26. The geology of south-west Connacht (based on the Irish Geological Survey)...near Limerick. 33. The peninsulas and rias of south-west Ireland (based on the Irish Geological Survey)....Geological section of the Bride and Lee valleys to the west of the city of Cork, to illustrate the decreasing
Book (edition)
(Edwin T.) Economic Geology of the Hill District, North-West provinces of India. Allahabad, 1S77. Atklnson...steel tools, concluded that the opening of a quartz mine was it may be safely practically impossible. The...eight dollars) ... In Tibet gold is sacred to the Grand The same Sar-pun makes the round of the Tibetan-goldonce...finds its way to Gar-tokh (tokh, or thok, means a mine) and ultimately, through the Kumauni merchants,...highest mountain of India " mons visited this district, altissimas Indicorum Capitalia," our author
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Flowers, 74 Frontiers of Enchantment, 312 Goodbye West Country, 74 Great Indian Chiefs; 77 Isaac Ncivton...7-1317. For illustrated booklet write: ROBERT T. West 81st Street their trips, friends their — every...summer plan to visit a dude ranch and see what the West has to offer. Relax and get healthy and then return...correspoiulence invited. New York City • At Grand Central Palace Scli/iellfe/i LANDSCAPE DESIGNER... Willoughbys, What until such reputable no West recently 32nd stores Street. N. was considered
 
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