 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za SUGILITE Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field Northern...one of the most recognizable purple species is sugilite. It is also one of the minerals that occurs in...Fryer 1987) and as crystals. Good crystals of sugilite are rarer than the massive variety. They seldom...aspect of sugilite is that although the type-locality is Iwagi Island, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, by far...far the world’s largest deposit of sugilite is in the Kalahari manganese field in South Africa and in one |  | Clark, A. M., Smith, D. A., Symes, R. F., Tandy, P. C., Hart, A. D. (1995) Catalogue of Type Mineral Specimens in the Natural History Museum, London - With an appendix listing mineral species and varieties originally described from the British Isles. Natural History Museum, London. | Book | | (Cotype) BM 1985,00017 Nonh Lily mine, East Tinric District, Utah, USA C. Frondel & R.M. Honea. ( 1968) Amer...00239 , 240 Tunnel Extension mine, Ohio Mining District, Marysvale, Utah, USA C.J. Stanley, A.C. Roberts...-Cooperite (Cotype) BM 1930,00966 Rustenhurg district, Bushveld, Transvaal F. Wartenweiler (1928) in...---------Dalyite (Holotype) BM 64685 Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean R. van Tassel (1 952) Min. Mag...Holotype) BM 1961,00472 Eheliyagoda, Ratnapura district, Sri Lanka B.W. Anderson, G.F. Claringbull, R |  | | Journal (issue) | | first! Mineral of the Month: Sugilite by Hutch Brown, Editor Sugilite is a pink to purple cyclosilicate...petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi (1901–48) first described sugilite in 1944, when he found it in syenite (similar...Japan’s Iwagi Island. The Wessels Mine in Northern Cape Province, South Africa, produces sugilite from a...a manganese deposit. Sugilite has a Mohs hardness of 6 to 6.5 and a vitreous luster. Sources: Mindat...Mindat, Wikipedia. The Mineral Newsletter Sugilite from Palabora B, South Africa. Smithsonian National Mineral |  | | Catalog/List | | Korea, as well as extensive private collections in Japan, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States...DIAMOND PENDANT Coscuez, La Peña Blancas Muzo Mining District, Columbia Of large size for the species, this...TRAPICHE EMERALD Coscuez, La Peña Blancas Muzo Mining District, Columbia Trapiche emeralds are in a class by...CARATS CLUB” Onganja Mine, Onganja, Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia Miners extracting Copper...Illinois Fluorite was mined underground in a mining district in southeastern Illinois, especially in Hardin |  | | Book | | Rhodonite Pectolite Designers' heyday Dioptase Sugilite Iolite Benitoite Duchess of Windsor’s Cartier...Prismatic crystal form Massive crystal form Massive sugilite (purple) on rock groundmass 019 020 INTRODUCTION...Sodalite India Sapphire Tanzanite Aquamarine Japan Tourmaline Turquoise China Tanzania Garnet Ruby...known as the Statue of Liberty, stands on Liberty Island, New York, US. It was designed by French sculptor...Poseidon, makes the god’s identity coast of the Greek island Euboea, debatable, although most scholars in the |  | | Book | | Utah, U.S.A., who found the first braunite. Mount Ochi, Karystos, Greece. Reinecke, T. et al. (1991): Neues...(1989): Mineral. J. 14, 279. Flores mine, Huanuni District, Oruru, Bolivia. Agardite-(La) (La,Ca)Cu¢(AsO4)3(OH)6°3H20...discovery locality, at the Akagané mine, Iwate, Japan. Nambu, M. (1961) In MacKay, A.L. (1962): Mineral...locality, at Akatore Creek, eastern Otago, South Island, New Zealand. H.H. Khoo In Read, P.B. & Reay, A...engineer known for his work in the Limoges Altisite district. Chanteloube, Haute-Vienne, France. Na3k6Ti2[AlSigO26]Cl; |  | | Book | | Steatite Pyrope WA Succinite Quartz 180 Sugilite Rhodizite 186 Rhodochrosite Rhodolite 186...discussion of diamonds; and Ms. Alberico of the Japan International Trade Organiza- pensable to the realization...measures. Other units of mass are used locally. In “Japan the 18.75-carat mumme (3.75 grams) is used for cultured...lens-shaped, either round or elon- gated. The island fauna and flora and mythological scenes were the...everywhere in the Far East (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan) and even in Europe (by Asian immigrants) using |  | | Book | | /3-FeO(OH,Cl), E Tet. Brown. Akagane mine, Iwate, Japan. H=?, Dm=3.0, D(.= 3.6, IVF 04. Nambu, 1961. Min... Alcatore Creek, Eastern Otago, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. H= 6, Djj4= 3.48, D(,= 3.47, VHIE...Trie. Earthy yellow. Temple Rock, Utah, USA, and. Island Mt., Trinity Co., California, USA. H=?, Djjj=?...Resinous/vitreous white. Fujioka, Tatarazawa, Sanbagawa, Gunma, Japan. H=?, Dj44=2.29, D(.= 2.24, VHIF 11. Hori et ah...white, grey, pink, greenish, yellowish. Cyclops Island, Italy. H= 5-5.5, Djjj= 2.27, D(.= 2.26, VIIIF |
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Iwagi Island, Ochi District, Ehime Prefecture, Japan