 | | Report (issue) | | Wet Shaft, Tsumeb mine (photograph by Dr Gabi Schneider, Geological Survey of Namibia) MINISTRY OF MINES...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA Director: B.G. Ho al BULLETIN 1 Type mineralogy of Namibia by Vaughan C. Daltry...the Geological Survey P.O. Box 2168, Windhoek, Namibia Price Local (+GST) Abroad (Post Free) R20.00 R25... ______ ........ Abstract The type mineralogy of Namibia is reviewed. One hundred and thirty-nine (139)...Twenty-three (23) unnamed phases are also listed. Namibia ranks second to Zaire as the most productive African |  | | Book | | North TsumebSpecial The Otavi Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | by R. Z. Kothavala Rare minerals of the Kombat mine, Namibia ................................ 421 by....439 by S. Petrussenko Minerals of the Beltana mine, Puttapa, South A ustralia 449 by P. Elliot Columns...ichigan 49930 (906) 482-9560 Michigan native copper; mine owner; wholesale, retail 411 Museum o f Geological...stilbite on the specimens were typical of that region. Bill Birch (1977) similarly encountered cavansite...striking a deal with the quarry owner for the rights to mine specimens. Sparse sprays of cavansite encountered |  | | Journal (issue) | | which can be visited during the summer months, some mine dumps are still accessible for collecting, and an...years, having first been noted in 1667 by local mine inspector and prospector Anders Malm [Malm is the...upper dumps along with the Nya Schaktet [New Shaft] mine at Långban [photo Erik Jonsson/ mindat. org] 7...Amerika, Hindenberg, and Japan gruvan’s [‘gruva’ is a mine in Swedish] brought their last ore buckets to the...Hill New Jersey USA, Garpenberg Sweden, and Kombat, Namibia. They originated as volcanogenic exhalative |  | Cámara, Fernando, Bittarello, Erica, Ciriotti, Marco E., Nestola, Fabrizio, Radica, Francesco, Marchesini, Marco (2015) As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: II. Braccoite, NaMn2+5 [Si5AsO17(OH)](OH), description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (1) 171-189 doi:10.1180/minmag.2015.079.1.14 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 171–189 As-bearing new mineral species from Valletta mine, Maira Valley, Piedmont, Italy: II. Braccoite, NaMn2+...[Si5AsO17(OH)](OH), has been discovered in the Valletta mine dumps, in Maira Valley, Cuneo province, Piedmont...provided, as well as gamagarite, hematite, manganberzeliite, palenzonaite, quartz, saneroite, tokyoite...tiragalloite, and with gamagarite, hematite, manganberzeliite, palenzonaite, quartz, saneroite, tokyoite...mineralogical variety, the small dump of the old Valletta mine one of the richest Italian deposits of arsenate |  | Brugger, Joël, Meisser, Nicolas, Schenk, Kurt, Berlepsch, Peter, Bonin, Michel, Armbruster, Thomas, Nyfeler, Daniel, Schmidt, Susanne (2000) Description and crystal structure of cabalzarite Ca(Mg,Al,Fe)2(AsO4)2(H2O,OH)2, a new mineral of the tsumcorite group. American Mineralogist, 85 (9) 1307-1314 doi:10.2138/am-2000-8-925 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occurring in altered Mn ore at the abandoned Falotta mine (Swiss Alps). Together with other arsenates, cabalzarite...cations. The mineral occurs in the abandoned Mn-mine of Falotta, Graubünden, Switzerland, and has been...A small Mn-deposit was excavated at the Falotta mine during World War II. Falotta belongs to the numerous...include Långban, Sweden (Boström et al. 1979), Kombat mine, Namibia (Dunn 1991), Franklin, New Jersey, USA (Dunn...Massive brandtite/sarkinite veinlets with minor manganberzeliite and grischunite (type locality; Graeser et |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2) are isomorphic. Nambulite from the Funakozawa mine, Iwate, Japan, was first defined as a new species...crystal structure of nambulite from the Funakozawa mine and emphasized its close relation to that of babingtonite...discovered as an independent mineral from the Tanohata mine, Iwate, Japan (Matsubara et al. 1985). Mukhopadhyay...from the Kombat mine, Namibia (von Knorring et al. 1978; Dunn 1991), from the Cerchiara mine, Italy (Balestra... nambulite was discovered from the Fianel Fe-Mn mine, Val Ferrera, Graubünden, Switzerland (Nagashima |  | Roth, Philippe, Meisser, Nicolas, Nestola, Fabrizio, Škoda, Radek, Cámara, Fernando, Bosi, Ferdinando, Ciriotti, Marco E., Hålenius, Ulf, Schnyder, Cédric, Bracco, Roberto (2020) Rüdlingerite, Mn2+2V5+As5+O7·2H2O, a New Species Isostructural with Fianelite. Minerals, 10 (11) 960 doi:10.3390/min10110960 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mn2+ 2 V5+ As5+ O7 ·2H2 O, occurs in the Fianel mine, in Val Ferrera, Grisons, Switzerland, a small Alpine...specimens recovered from the dump of the Valletta mine, Canosio, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy, where it occurs...arsenic; crystal structure; Fianel mine; Switzerland; Valletta mine; Italy 1. Introduction In 1996, Brugger...and the first new mineral species for the Fianel mine, where the exotic mineral association was summarily...screening of fianelite material from the Fianel mine, a specimen turned out to be abnormally As-rich |  | | Journal (issue) | | Northern Italy. 1— Cassagna mine 2—Gambatesa mine 3— Molana quarry 4— Molinello mine 5— Monte Bardeneto prospect...Bianco copper mine 7— Monte Bossea mine 8— Monte Coppello-Reppia prospect 9— Monte Porcile mine 10— Nascio...Nascio 11—Scrava mine 12— Pontori Prospect h CD ^ .L IG iU R IA f \ ( I A X , X. LA SPE^IA [ / ,...beauty or rarity. LOCATION The northern coastal region of the Tyrrenian Sea is called Liguria: the name...time the region has had a complex history. Genoa is the main city and the main harbor of the region; the |  | | Journal (issue) | | tephroite and bementite are better at Franklin; manganberzeliite crystals occur at Langban; brandtites occur...now found in a second occurrence at the Kombat mine in Namibia. At that locality, it occurs as dark glassy...b) Ogdensburgite has now been found in the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, associated with adamite...recently formed white crusts on timbers in the Max mine, Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria. See Gerhard Niedermayr's...MAGNETITE MAGNUSSONITE MALACHITE MANGANAXIN1TE MANGANBERZELIITE MANGANESE-HOERNESITE MANGANHUMITE MANGANITE |  | | Book | | K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 •nH20, ® Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4=...*21120, Mon. Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D( |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma |  | | Book | | 1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...including amateur col- lectors, company executives, mine owners, and vari- in the appropriate position. |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | cm1 is called the fingerprint region. Usually IR spectrum in this region contains very complicated series...overlapping bands. The importance of the fingerprint region is that each mineral species produces a different...500 to 800 cm1 can be considered as “fingerprint region” sensitive to the composition and the topological...see Fig. 1.9), but generally IR spectrum in this region is characteristic of all these minerals. In IR...olivenite from Tsumeb, Namibia (1); Zn-enriched olivenite from Tsumeb, Namibia (2); Zn-enriched olivenite |  | | Journal (issue) | | many fluorites, especially from the W illiam Wise mine in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. A woodworker since...years, and was caretaker of 362 the famous Kelly mine, M agdalena district (see vol. 20, no. 1, p. 13-24)...in the 1970’s. From 1994 until his death he was Mine Marshall at the Kelly under its new owner, Millenium...Oregon. Countless thousands of other fine Kelly mine specimens have also found their way into museums...Bulge), was buried in a special plot near the Kelly mine donated by J. Blue Sheppard. Died, Julian Grier |  | | Book | | transmission IR spectra of minerals in the far IR region. The PE discs are prepared at rather high temperatures...root-mean-square approximation of the spectrum in the region free of strong absorption. A review of the most...analysis for the IR spectrum of gmelinite-K in the region of Si–O-stretching vibrations carried out with...analysis for the IR spectrum of gmelinite-K in the region of Si–O-stretching vibrations carried out with...analysis for the IR spectrum of gmelinite-K in the region of Si–O-stretching vibrations carried out with |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver...Lake Co., Breckenridge(*), Summit Co., Ground Hog mine(*), Gilman Co., Silverton and Telluride, San Juan...Ledge mine, Nevada Co., Jamestown, Tuolumne Co., Colorado quartz mine, Mariposa Co., Bonanza mine, Trinity...Nelson, Westland, Otago, and Southland. Emperor mine, Vatukuola, Fiji. Mt. Kare, Papua New Guinea. In...localities in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador; Morro Velho mine, Nova Lima, MG, Brazil. sm DI:90, R:321, P&J:281 |  | | Journal (issue) | | l0/#2 Jeffrey mine (Quebec), Alpine Rodingites, Fluorite (Germany) $7 v.l0/#3 Taewha mine (Korea) Japan...Cassirer Memoirs (part II) $7 v.l l/#2 Red Cloud mine (NM), Malachite (Australia, Uraninite, Kornerupine...Hill $7 v.ll/#6 Broken Hill (Zambia), Cruziero mine (Brazii), Caplan Interview Rose Qtz. $7 v.12/#1...Zeolites $7 Enio (Brazil), Urubu (Brazil), Rock Candy mine (BC), Muddy creek (CO) $7 v.l2/#3 Pribram (Czecho...Mcguinnessite v.12/#6 Bunker Hill (ID), Yates mine (Que.), Ogdensburgite. Shavano Peak (CO) $7 v,13/#4 |  | | Book (edition) | | Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...(lower right, center) mimetite, Tsiimehb, Namibia; (lower, right) gold, Amazonas, Brazi!. All specimens from...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...ye ty a ara id (ean ® “1 le hI AAP : oo A Mine seh Ranier “i i : lever vei ekealps ; cet | | | Book (edition) | | Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...Arizona; (lower right, center) mimetite, Tsurneb, Namibia, (lower, right) gold, Amazonas, Brazil All specimens...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County; at the Double |  | | Book (edition) | | 44. c 1 3 .50 A. A natural occurrence at a coal mine in the (TL) Lvov-Volynsk basin, USSR. Achates. syn...09. c 7.76 A . Z=2 [PDF 27-620]. (TL) San Carlos mine. Guanajuato. Mexico. Named for S. Aguilar. Agustitc...PDF 34- 1 266 on synth. material]. (TL) Akaganc mine. Iwate Pref., Japan. Named for locality. 9 Akalidavyne... Unnecessary varietal name. (TL) L1ke Superior region. Alasanitc. error for alazanite. Znp. Vses. Min...Nufficld ( 1 954) Amer. Min. 39, 338]. (TL) Alaska mine. Colorado. USA. Named for locality. Alaun, syn. |  | | Book (edition) | | BM 1953,422: Ma ndarino: EJM 1994.337 (a doubtful mine ral) 7 .B: Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with Additional...Hawthorne. "Structure and chemistry of phosphate mine rals":MM 1998.141) 8.AA. With small cations (some...Cubic. Ta3d (230) a= 12.53A Z=8 (K0hn.1840') Manganberzeliite i A j (lgelstrom, 18942) Palenzonaite...8.CJ.15. Haidingerite-Vladimirite Group. In both mine rals. Cal6.7 J polyhedra and As(O,OH)4 tetrahedra...are occupied by NaO 6 octahedra; the interlayer region between the sheets is occupied by REE and Na polyhedra |
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