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Agate from
Bloemhof, Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West, South Africa


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Agate
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bloemhof, Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West, South Africa
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:906209
Long-form Identifier:1:3:906209:2
GUID (UUID V4):df5b1279-3071-41e1-a93d-88dd20b6cdea
Nearest other occurrences of Agate
57.5km (35.7 miles) Schweizer-Reneke, Mamusa Local Municipality, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West, South Africa
70.5km (43.8 miles) Amalia, Mamusa Local Municipality, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West, South Africa
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ABTICLES. I.—ON THE DIAMOND F I E L D S OP SOUTH AFRICA. By T. RTJPEKT JONES, F.G.S., Professor of...DIAMOND BEGION.—The diamond-bearing region in South Africa, as at present known, is chiefly within the...Gariep (Cradoek Eiver). Bloemhof on the Vaal, two hours (12 miles) south-west of Potscherfstroom (Transvaal)...; and on the south side of tiie Orange Eiver, they have been found some miles north-west of Hopetown,...Modder, about 100 miles south by east of Xifkatleng; also a few miles south of Winburg (also in the Orange
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Konto-Nr. 296 222 05I BLZ 672900 00 Cl1efredakteurin Dr. Dorothee Mertmann lnstilut für Geowissenschaften...uni-holle.de l Fachberaterin fur Paläontologie Dr. Dorothee Mertmann I Halle/SaaleI E-Mail: dorothec...uni-halle.de Fachberater für Mineralogie Prof. Dr. Dr. Herbert PöllmannI Halle/SaaleI E-Mail: herberl...ABSTRACT Agntes did not receive any attention in South Africn, where 011/y din111onds are considered ge111sto11es...the mines being rehabilitated. A record of tl,e agate localions has become a reality, but unfortunately
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lithostratigraphy of the Riverton Formation, South Africa D. Claassen Council for Geoscience, P.O. Box...Box 5347, Walmer, Port Elizabeth, 6001, South Africa e-mail: dkilian@geoscience.org.za or debclaassen@gmail...debclaassen@gmail.com © 2018 September Geolocial Society of South Africa Abstract The Riverton Formation occurs intermittently...m at the Riverton type area southeast of Barkly West. Middle and Late Stone Age artefacts indicate an...to generalised regional impressions (Figure 2). SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY 2018 • VOLUME 121.3 PAGE
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Nooitgedacht (66), Kimberley South Africa M.C.J. de Wit De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. Africa Exploration. P.O...0046, South Africa E-mail: mike.dewit@debeersgroup.com © 2004 Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT...of the biggest alluvial diamond ever found in South Africa, the Venter diamond (511.25cts). The farm can...bank of the Vaal River just upstream from Barkly West and 15km northwest of Kimberley (Figure 1). Nooitgedacht...Nooitgedacht and De Hoop (65), a farm directly north of Nooitgedacht. However during 2001/2 only some
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Southern Africa a Collector’s Guide ■ Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones of Southern Africa & — - ... T ~ '' .rats en&nes L of Southern Africa A Collector’s Guide - Struik Publishers (an operating...suggestions and advice. Author’s Preface Southern Africa has much to offer the amateur geologist, whatever...best plan is to take local advice wherever you are. 9 In small places try the local police station first...usually helpful and will know it there are any local gem clubs and how to get in touch with them. There
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Phase 5. Sample Treatment D) World Production E) South African Diamond Occurrences 1. Large Kimberlite...kimberlites in South Africa 2.1 The Oaks 2.2 The Zebediela Kimberlites 2.3 The Bellsbank-Barkly West Area 2.4...River 3.3 Bushmanland 3.4 The Lower Orange River 3.5 West Coast Onshore Deposits 3.5.1 Koingnaas Complex 3...Port Nolloth to Alexander Bay 4. Marine Deposits (West Coast Offshore) F) Glossary of Terms Diamond Geology... their relative production contributions in South Africa were, primary (kimberlite) 8.63 million carats
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BETWEEN BARKLY WEST AND THE VAAL-HARTS CONFLUENCE IN THE NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA By FABRICE...deposits along the Vaal River, alluvial Barkly West and the Vaal-Harts confluence, have been worked... system in the area as well as the presence of local of the drainage trap sites in the river profile...criticisms during the course of this investigation. Dr. N. Hiller for his helpful comments and time spent... Anglo-Aaerican Mines Ltd., Corporation of South Africa and De Beers Consolidated for the provision
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Lichtenburg/Ventersdorp area of the North West Province, South Africa Mike C.J. de Wit University of Pretoria/Tsodilo...7195, South Africa e-mail: dewit@icon.co.za © 2016 December Geological Society of South Africa Abstract...Lichtenburg-Ventersdorp area of the North West Province are associated with north-south orientated sinuous 'runs'...(Transvaal Supergroup) at some 1,500 m elevation. East to west, this dolomite plain measures 150 km, and northsouth...the deposit is constrained by two populations of agate within the diamictites that are linked to two separate
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PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA M.C.J. DE WIT Department of Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa...co.za J.D. WARD 17 Buitekring, Stellenbosch, South Africa e-mail: jdw13@vodamail.co.za M.K. BAMFORD BPI...Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Johannesburg, WITS 2050, South Africa e-mail: marion.bamford@wits.ac.za M.J. ROBERTS...Johannesburg, South Africa e-mail: mike.roberts@debeersgroup.com © 2009 June Geological Society of South Africa...age have been preserved on the Ghaap Plateau north-west of Reivilo at 1455 m above sea level. The alluvial
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2. On the DIAmOnD-GRAVELSof the VAAL Rt'WiZ~R,SOUTH AI~RICA. By GSORGS W. STOW, Esq., of Queenstown...alludes to my paper "On the Diamond Fields of South Africa" in the ' Geological Magazine' for February...wmmu~~roaun~ of any previously published accounts of the district. How far in all essential points the actual sections...S OP rare a~OLOOICAT. SOC~'r~. [NOV. 8, the north bank of the Orange River, between Bethulie and Jager's...the direction of Albania, to the north, and of' Hopetown, to the south of the same river. At a drift (ford)
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DIAMOND-BEARING ALLUVIAL GRAVELS OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA DIAMOND-BEARING GRAVELS DRAINAGE WEATHERING...SYSTEMS THE ORIGIN OF THE ALLUVIAL DIAMONDS THE SOUTH-WEST AFRICA DIAMOND DEPOSITS THE VAAL RIVER ALLUVIAL GRAVELS...in the case of kimberlite from the Jagersfontein West fissure, one finds the perfect outlines of what...mber­ lites from various parts of the Union of South Africa . In order to give a clear idea of these crystals...a ki mbe!'lite from Vogelfontem or Jagersfontein West. PLATE 9 3 SuoE ro. 204. K1.MBERLITE FROM DuTOITSPAN
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fronds on an island of yellow sulphur crystal in an agate sea. A creation by Andrew Grima. Sale price f:560...over the North East with barely a mention, CORNWALL in depth, Scotland in detail, but the North East ...... jet at Whitby, and hurry on south. In an effort to redress this injustice, I set out to show the very...can be comfortably prospected on a field day from North Eastern centres of population. Geographically rhe...those areas south of the river Tyne which ;,re principally sedimentary and comprise the North Pennine orefield
Report (issue)
Catalogue ian yan Sera a Age Artefacts from Southern Africa in The British Museum Peter Mitchell A with...Catalogue of Stone Age Artefacts from Southern Africa in The British Museum Peter Mitchell with contributions...Catalogue of Stone Age Artefacts from Southern Africa in The British Museum Peter Mitchell with contributions...and cleavers, Pniel, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (photograph, P. Mitchell) For acomplete catalogue...Southern Africa Physiography Climate Ecological zones Historical Geography of Southern Africa 2. Southern
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St. An~w•a Crescent, Cardiff 15, Donegal! Square West, Belfast or through any Bookseller to lse:_ 1933...Kingdom . . . ... . .. (1922) Part II. Britisl1 Africa . .. . ,. . .. (1922) Par~ III. Britisl1 America...and New Zealand .. . (1922J Part VI. Europe and Africa (I!"oreign) ~ .. . (1922) Part VII. Foreign Arueriea.... ' • ' ' ' • I ' IMPERIAL INS'TITUTE SOUTH KENSINGTON, S.W. 7 The Imperial Institute was e...Andre\v 1s Crescent, Ca.rmff J 5, Donegall Square West, Belfast or thr-ough a.n.y Bookseller 1933 Price
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THE GREAT LANDS GOLD OF SOUTH A VACATION RUN FREE VISITING THE THE IN CAPE OF ZULULAND;...NARRATIVE OF COLONY, AND STATE, DIAMOND SCENES AFRICA NATAL, AND WAR WHICH ARE THE OF GOLD THE...a and work will see visit in South to that South Africa together are in the the and the...and and or the through, scenes views been Africa, of part travellers, settlers, gold familiar.... .280 288 DARTMOUTH THROUGH A HARBOUR. SOUTH VACATION RUN. I. CHAPTER GOING Those will
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Miers, MA, D.Sc., FRS Sir William Bragg, OM, KBE, FRS Dr. G.F. Herbert Smith, CBE, MA, D.Sc. Sir Lawrence...Midlands Branch: D.M. Larcher, FBHI, FGA, DGA North-West Branch: I. Knight, FGA, DGA Examiners: A. J....is Inclusions' and we are pleased to announce that Dr E. Gübelin will deliver the keynote lecture. This...mine, Kha district Looi mine, Kha district Looi mine, Kha district Looi mine, Kha district Notes Natural...mine, Kha district Finest. Only white after initial heating 6 7 Various, Champasak district Various
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OF OF SOUTH AFRICA MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF REPUBLIC OF THE SOUTH AFRICA...Second World War, and partly as a result of it, South Africa experienced vast industrial expansion. This...official ‘handbook on the mineral resources of South Africa, it has become necessary to revise, or rather...great diversity and magnitude of South African mineral deposits and local mining operations, the Economic...Chamber of Mines of South Africa with Mr G. H. Grange as co-ordinator, and the South, African mining industry;
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0-86976-258-3 0 DIRECTORATE: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Director: Dr Brian G Hoal II , MESSAGE FROM THE HONOURABLE...Namibia rank amongst the top five mining countries in Africa. both in terms of production and reserves. In this...century when the Gennan Colonial Office in South West Africa appointed Government Geologists to carry out...Geological Survey of South Africa opened a branch office under the direction of my great uncle, Dr Sidney H. Haughton...magnetite quartzites and sedex lead-zinc deposits of South Africa (Rozendaal, 1978; 1986; Ryan et al., I986) where
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Dicellograpsus 60 Post-Tertiary Ostracoda from North America New British Fossil Myriapod and New Phyllopodous...close of the Eocene Period Views of the “Star of South Africa” Diamond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13...Orange River Free State and the Transvaal, in South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Strata of Albany, Somerset, and Cradock, in South Africa 50 Sections in the Coprolite Pits of Cambridgeshire...Quarry near Millom . 305 Parallel Drift-ridges north-west of Holme . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Map of
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Current Mining - Mining in Brazil — Diamonds in Africa — The First Diamond — First Authenticated Diamond...Terraces Farther North of the River — Oranjemund Founded — Other Discoveries in Africa — Mining in Botswana...American Synthesis: G.E. — The Practice Apparatus — South African Success: De Beers — Mechanism of Synthesis...Diamond 20 FAMOUS DIAMONDS The Cullinan — The Star of Africa — The Braganza — The Excelsior — The Great Mogul...Raal, Director, Diamond Research Laboratory in South Africa, who managed to return a set of proofs and his
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doing the same for colored stones for nearly as long. Dr. Shigley and his coauthors started researching gem...in-depth experience from both the lab and the industry. Dr. Breeding and his coauthors are experienced researchers...In addition, producing nations, particularly in Africa, moved to derive greater economic benefits from...were combined under the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court of New Jersey 168 PRODUCTION AND MARKETS...unloaded its diamond stocks and a number of its South African mines, and was making plans to shift the
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Mandela Metropolitan University Port Elizabeth South Africa ISSN 2364-6438 Regional Geology Reviews ISBN...Mandela Metropolitan University Port Elizabeth South Africa ISSN 2364-6446 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-40859-0...sill at the top of the Great Escarpment looking south, through Desolation Valley, towards the distant...Bowring traversed Cape-Karoo routes with numerous South African geologists. He recognized early on that...the USA. Sam continued to work unselfishly with South African paleontologists, under his motto ‘no dates
 
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