 | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | from huge salt mines in Lower Silesia, Poland—a region which now has come up with two new occurrences...in 2016 in a disused tunnel of the Sieroszowice mine, and the Spirifer website, with typical conscientiousness... Ag, and Pt-group elements. In the Sieroszowice mine, which exploits both halite and Kupferschiefer,...crystals. Halite, 3.5 cm, from the Sieroszowice mine, Lubin district, Lower Silesia, Poland. Spirifer...======= Halite, 6.5 cm, from the Sieroszowice mine, Lubin district, Lower Silesia, Poland. Spirifer |  | | Report (issue) | | 737 ® = 92:81 ± X-ray Powder Pattern: Tanohata mine, Japan. 3.559 (100), 7.13 (47), 3.078 (45), 6.70...0.98 3.12 1.50 0.20 99.36 100.25 (1) Tanohata mine, Japan; by electron microprobe, Li and H2O by wet...Fe0:01 )§=3:96 Si 5:02 O 14:00 (OH)1:00 : (2) Kombat mine, Namibia; corresponds to (Na 0:61 Li 0:40 ) §=1:01...pegmatite cutting the ore (Tanohata mine, Japan). Association: Aegirine, manganoan arfvedsonite, rhodonite...(Tanohata mine, Japan); gypsum, brushite, cahnite, chlorite, kentrolite, barite, calcite (Kombat mine, Namibia) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Tony Nikischer...Specimens of fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District of Katanga began to appear...ten {I 0) years ago (see figure J ). Although the mine was first worked superficially in the 1930s for...DRC as well (see figure 2). Today, the Mindingi Mine continues to produce wonderful malachite specimens...common forms seen from most nearby localities in the region. Solid, botryoidal malachite samples are currently |  | | Book | | REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA - MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAMIBIA FIRST...ENERGY Of the several hundred minerals present in Namibia, around sixty have been exploited. some, such as...base metals and industrial minerals have helped Namibia rank amongst the top five mining countries in Africa...terms of production and reserves. In this context, Namibia is a major producer of copper, lead, zinc, cadmium...unpublished. It is evident that mineral exploration in Namibia, as elsewhere. has changed from serendipitous discoveries |  | Chukanov, Nikita V., Zubkova, Natalia V., Jančev, Simeon, Pekov, Igor V., Ermolaeva, Vera N., Varlamov, Dmitry A., Belakovskiy, Dmitriy I., Britvin, Sergey N. (2020) Zinc-rich and copper-bearing amphiboles from sulfide-free ore occurrences of the Pelagonian Massif, Republic of North Macedonia. Mineralogy and Petrology, 114 (2) 129-140 doi:10.1007/s00710-020-00694-z | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region 142432, Russia 2 Faculty of Geology, Moscow State...Experimental Mineralogy, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region 142432, Russia 5 Petrography, Mineralogy and...amounts of baryte, Zn-enriched silicates (talc, aegirine-augite, magnesioriebeckite and ferri-winchite)...quartz, Znbearing phlogopite, magnesio-riebeckite, aegirine-augite, spessartine, epidote-group minerals and...baryte (sample 5); d: 1 – ferri-barroisite, 2 – aegirine-augite, 3 – epidote-group minerals, 4 – baryte |  | Jambor, John L., Bladh, Kenneth W., Ercit, T. Scott, Grice, Joel D., Grew, Edward S. (1988) NEW MINERAL NAMES. American Mineralogist, 73 (7-8) 927-935 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 776(3) Carbonate-vishneviteoccurs in poikilitic aegirine-nepheline(white light), dichroic with O : red...sodium manganesearsenosilicate from the Kombat mine, Namibia. Mineral. Mag.,50,667670. Johninnesite*...Corporation. The mineral occurs at the Kombat mine, 49 km south of Tsumeb, Namibia, but is in late-stageveins that...the vanadium analogue of sahlinite, from the Kombat mine, South West Africa. Neues Jahrb. Mineral. Mon...name is derived from the type locality, the Kombat mine, a copperJead-silverdeposit 49 km south of Tsumeb |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | ARSENIOSIDERITE orange brown crusts on Hidalgoite (Gold Hill Mine Tooele County Utah USA) lxl f2.5O lx2 f5.OO 2x2...purple-brown crystalline masses (Colebrook Hill Mine,Roseberry, Tasmania) lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 2x2 f6.OO...BOKITE black to dark brown masses (Monumnt No 2 Mine Apache County 1/2 x 1/2 f3.5O lxl f5 C266 DEFERNITE...(BORON) pink cleavage in of otavi, Namibia) lem grey HAUSMANNITE (Kombat f3.5O C267 BUSTAMITE excellent...C269 CHABAZITE good covering location. (Ramsley Mine lxl fl.5O lx2 f3 of glassy micros Devon) 2x2 f6 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in diameter, com- a manganeseore lens at the Kombat mine, 49 km south monly showing semispherulitic texture...texture consisting of fi- of Tsumeb, Namibia. The new name relates to the Dabrolamellar crystalsup to... 1 4 6 ( 9 ) . new mineral from the Cap Garonne mine, Var, France. The mineral occurs in a lenticular...pleochroic a: 0 : colorless, ^y: pale green to Kombat mine, Namibia (South West Africa). Mineral. palegray;orientationa':(00I...from gray The mineral occurs at the Cap Garonne mine, Var, to slightly bluish gray, weakly anisotropic |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | private appointments Topaz, Cleavelandite Mokrush Mine, Russia Thomas Spann Photo 2 3 CONTENTS 06...Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania. 14.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, mim specimen #1313:...written by Bryan Swoboda. 12 Väyrynenite. Lolu Dahku mine, Roundu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan...specimens from the mim museum Stibiotantalite. Urandu mine, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan... James Elliott photo 14 Malachite. Kalukuluku mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, D.R. Congo. 60 x 48 x 26 cm |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | micaceous cleavage in a vug from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona, associated with grandreefite...Named for the Aravaipa mining district in which the mine is located. Arupite. V. F. Buchwald, 1990. Neues...of the wall crust in the lower adit of the Johann mine, Wittichen, Germany. Ideal formula CaMg(AsO4)OH...latter. On spoil tips of the abandoned Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Formula Ag4TeS. Cubic...1400. lens in the Asis West section of the Kombat mine, Namibia. Ideal formula 3PbO.PbCI~. Greyish crystalline |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fe3+(SO4)4O(H2O)2, is a new mineral from the Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile...the interlayer region. Alcaparrosaite is named for the locality, the Alcaparrosa mine. Three cotype specimens...in Sb mineralization in the Western Carpathians region. Mineralized veins and stockworks of the Dúbrava...The first Cr-dominant amphibole from the Akaishi Mine, Higashi-Akaishi Mountain, Ehime Prefecture, Japan...discovered in a chromitite deposit in the Akaishi Mine, Higashi-Akaishi Mountain, Ehime Prefecture, Japan |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1993), in sandstone-hosted deposits at the Kombat mine, Namibia (Dunn 1991); and in carbonate-hosted deposits...quartz ± stilpnomelane. Locally, “skarns” with aegirine, hematite or magnetite developed at the contact...garnet, tephroite, rhodochrosite and kutnohorite, aegirine, hematite, braunite, jacobsite, barylite, and...consisting of quartz, rhodonite, rhodochrosite ± aegirine, andradite–calderite garnet, parsettensite, and...garnet, tephroite, rhodochrosite and kutnohorite, aegirine, hematite, braunite, jacobsite, and strontian |  | | Journal (issue) | | precious stone. Opalbanya is the name of the original mine location. Possibly Magyar, ancient Hungarian. These...are fine Some aren't unpacked yet -a few are now mine! But rocks in the garage and more in the shed, Were...for Vitec, our contact for our visit to the Tsumeb Mine. It has to be said that some of that time was spent...Figure 1 Headframe of the De Wet Shaft, Tsumeb 1 Namibia Handbook (Footprint) p324 -7- SMLS Journal 176...and diversity of mineral resources throughout Namibia. Although widely ranging and distributed, a large |  | | Journal (issue) | | v/Dec2023 1. 98, No.6 - - - - - - - - ROCKS & MINE $12.95US $12.95CAN IIUJ ., . vww.tandfonlirie...tandfonlirie .com/vram MIM MUSEUM Vesuvianite Jeffrey Mine. Val-des-Sources. Les Sources RCM, Es t rie, Quebec... Figure 16. Chalcocite, 12 cm across, Bristol Copper mine, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut; mim specimen...Figure 14. Stibiotantalite, 4.5 cm tall, Urandu mine, Shigar Valley, Shigar district, Gilgit-Baltistan...photo. Figure 15. Legrandite, 19 cm tall, Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Mapimi Municipality, Durango, Mexico; |  | 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...mineralogical variety, the small dump of the old Valletta mine one of the richest Italian deposits of arsenate...tilasite CaMg(AsO4)F; these are found along with aegirine, albite, azurite, baryte, braunite, calcite, diopside...descriptions of As-bearing minerals from Valletta mine (Cámara et al., 2014). The sample containing braccoite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Westcott copper mine, comprised three separate collecting sites in two short adits and the mine dump. Nearby...Nearby was the Badger Level section of the Huglith mine complex, which was our other location. We were too...a layby in the forestry surrounding the Huglith mine. When we did so later in the day there were some...more interesting of the. sites at the •Westcott mine, though a few good finds were made in the two ad...• • •, :. • I Originally started as a copper mine in the latter part of the 1800s, the workin·gs at |  | | Book (edition) | | MINE andtheir LOCALITIES JAN H. BERNARD AND JAROSLAV HYRSL INERALS DESCRIBED SINCE 2004 MINERALS...25111111, Naipa mine, Mozambique Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As deposit, Takab region, Iran Grandviewite...Domafov, Czech Rep. Juangodoyite, 60111111, Santa Rosa mine, Chile Back cover photo: Ho/fertile on hematite...piment pseudomo,phs after realga,; 75 mm, Palomo mine, Pen, Page 3: Stepite on arsenic, 45 111111,Jachymov...2(4) - 4.0(6) - 2.58(10) - 2.04(5). At the Kiura mine, Saiki City, Oita pref., Japan. IMA 2012-101. Adolfpateraite |  | Brugger, J., Berlepsch, P., Meisser, N., Armbruster, T. (2003) Ansermetite, MnV2O6·4H2O, a new mineral species with V5+ in five-fold coordination from Val Ferrera, Eastern Swiss Alps. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (6) 1423-1431 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.6.1423 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | species, crystal structure, metavanadate, Starlera mine, Val Ferrera, Eastern Swiss Alps. SOMMAIRE L’ansermetite...espèce minérale, structure cristalline, métavanadate, mine Starlera, Val Ferrera, Alpes orientales, Suisse...deposits, such as at Långban in Sweden, the Kombat mine in Namibia, and at Franklin, New Jersey, U.S.A., are...Ansermetite occurs sparingly at the Fianel Fe–Mn mine near Ausserferrera, Ferrera Valley, Graubünden,...occur in veinlets filled with massive quartz, aegirine and rhodonite that crosscut the main schistosity |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lustre, yellow-brown streak, H 5-6, associated with aegirine, fluorite, magnetite, dolomite, and baryte. Orthorhombic...1984. Schweiz. Min. Pet. Mitt. 64, 11. At the Clara mine, nr. Oberwolfach, central Black Forest, W. Germany...Hero Town (420 m, 44 ~ west of south), QalaDizeh region, NE Iraq, in melilite skarn in contact with banded...M. 50, 681. At the dumps of the disused Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, as monomineralic crusts...museum specimens of Te-bearing ore from the Good Hope mine, Vulcan, Colorado, USA, as grey metallic, opaque |  | | Book (edition) | | Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL...argentite reaction rim (greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL... Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (sample: Melcher/Oberthür); PPL D Fine-grained |  | | 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 |
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