| Locality type: | Town |
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| Species: | Papagoite |
| Formula: | CaCu[H3AlSi2O9] |
| Comments: | Observed as an inclusion in quartz and also as massive, isolated lumps (Cairncross 1991)
Note: Colour alone is not indicative in identification between papagoite and shattuckite or in some cases ajoite (Debbie Woolf's conclusion after further discussions with author 25 years later). |
| Colour: | Dark blue, royal blue, navy blue, when included in quartz |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Quartz | ⓘ68 photos of Papagoite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Ajoite | ⓘ19 photos of Papagoite associated with Ajoite at this locality. |
| Hematite | ⓘ11 photos of Papagoite associated with Hematite at this locality. |
| Cuprorivaite | ⓘ7 photos of Papagoite associated with Cuprorivaite at this locality. |
| Tangeite | 5 photos of Papagoite associated with Tangeite at this locality. |
| Copper | ⓘ1 photo of Papagoite associated with Copper at this locality. |
| Clinozoisite-Epidote Series | 1 photo of Papagoite associated with Clinozoisite-Epidote Series at this locality. |
| Kaolinite | ⓘ1 photo of Papagoite associated with Kaolinite at this locality. |
| Epidote | ⓘ1 photo of Papagoite associated with Epidote at this locality. |
| Chlorite Group | ⓘ1 photo of Papagoite associated with Chlorite Group at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Papagoite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Musina, Musina Local Municipality, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 20342 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:20342:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e25914a5-a858-4262-8e9a-6142223b5bbe |
| Localities for Papagoite in this Region |
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| Messina Mine, Musina, Musina Local Municipality, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za AJOITE Messina Mine, Musina, Limpopo Province, South Africa I t...quartz originating from the Messina mine in South Africa. (Note that the town where the mine existed...Messina but was renamed Musina after the 1994 political dispensation in South Africa. The registered mine...a fine example of material originating from the South African locality. Ajoite (pronounced ah-ho-ite)...Schaller and Vlisidis (1958) and named after the Ajo district where it was found. They characterized the species |  | | Journal (issue) | | net Famous Mineral Localities: The Berezovsk District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia .....................in the Artonvilla mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa .......................... 461...staff of the British Museum (Natural History) in South Kensington on October 1, 1957, as Assistant Scientific... and he was in constant demand as a speaker at local clubs and societies. Three of his most popular talks--delivered...to his poor health. Bob was involved in numerous local organizations, and also served as a member of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cassedanne & L. Barreto The Messina mining district, South A frica .....................................by pack animal and then by truck to one of the local smelters. Working these small, silver-bearing deposits...reviewing our 772-minute quadrangle map and the local geology, we concluded that Kelsey Canyon was not...since our research said the Outlaw mine was 1 km south of the Red Bird Toquima. After taking several pictures...Mumme (1981) based on materia from the AW mine, New South Wales. Benjaminite from this locality contains no |  | | Catalog/List | | RAINBOW OF AFRICA GEM & MINERAL COLLECTION Front Cover: Gems from the Rainbow of Africa Collection... Heritage Signature® Auction #5236 The Rainbow of Africa Collection Gems & Minerals October 15, 2015 | New...Signature® Internet Session 2 Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 (HERITAGELive...RAINBOW OF AFRICA COLLECTION You have in front of you our presentation of the Rainbow of Africa Collection:...The mineral riches of Africa are not the only things making up the Rainbow of Africa Collection. For the |  | | Book | | talc vug in 1997, is 1.7 cm long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals...and pegmatitic environments. In the mid- l 970s, local historian-collector William J. Brunet set out to...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...which they called the Bentley Lake Road occurrence, south of Bancroft. Sharp, flattened rhombohedral ilmenite...Girardville, itself 40 km northwest of Lac Saint-Jean in south-central Quebec, very large and sharp ilmenite Cl) |
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Messina Mine, Musina, Musina Local Municipality, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa