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Quartz from
Doornfontein Farm, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa


Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Doornfontein Farm, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:979897
Long-form Identifier:1:3:979897:7
GUID (UUID V4):1f76cbbc-6e96-4c84-b985-7715aa4037c2
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
11.5km (7.2 miles) Glosam Mining Village, Gloucester Farm, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
11.9km (7.4 miles) Unnamed borehole, Tsantsabane Local Municipality, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
12.2km (7.6 miles) Aucampsrust, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
12.4km (7.7 miles) Beeshoek Mine, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
17.2km (10.7 miles) Lohatlha Mine, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
22.8km (14.2 miles) Kolomela Mine, Postmasburg, Tsantsabane Local Municipality, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
40.8km (25.3 miles) Bruce Mine, Gamagara Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
49.6km (30.8 miles) Sishen Mine, Kathu, Gamagara Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
53.9km (33.5 miles) Bovenongeluk, Siyancuma Local Municipality, Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
77.8km (48.3 miles) Griekwastad, Siyancuma Local Municipality, Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Postmasburg, South Africa. 1 (With Plate IX.) By Louis T. NEL, D.Sc. Geological Survey, U n i o n of South Africa...country ', Geological Survey of the Union of South Africa (Special Publication), Pretoria, 1929, 104 pp...Postmasburg area, situated in the northern part of the Cape Province, South Africa, zunyite has so far been found...rise about 800 yards to the south-east of Lace's Goat on the farm Doornfontein (no. M. 82), and in a patch...occupying the valley at the back of the homestead on the farm Klipfontein {no. M. 24). During an early survey
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HISTORY The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa “[An] accessible, nimble and moving account...creation of pre-apartheid South Africa.” —Washington Post Book World SOUTHERN AFRICA was once regarded as...leading up to the founding of the modern state of South Africa in 1910, Martin Meredith portrays the great...lay behind Britain’s empire-building in southern Africa. Diamonds, Gold, and War is a tale of high adventure...review The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa Martin Meredith is a journalist, biographer
 
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