 | | 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) | | MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NAMIBIA 1991 Open File Report l\ffi.S 31 2 Abstract Germanium...epigenetic ore bodies of Tsumeb, Kombat and Abenab. The Tsumeb Mine produced germanium in 1922 and from...2. Occurrences 2.1. Germanium 2.1.1. The Tsumeb Mine 2.1.2. Other occurrences 2.2. Gallium 3. References...germanium and gallium, occur in Namibia. These are known as the Tsumeb, Kombat and Abenab Mines (Fig. 1)....The Tsumeb Mine The only mine in Namibia that has ever produced germanium is the Tsumeb Mine. A comprehensive |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MITT.ÖSTERR.MINER.GES. 148 (2003) THE OTAVI MOUNTAIN LAND IN NAMIBIA: TSUMEB, GERMANIUM AND SNOWBALL EARTH...Neoproterozoic carbonate successions in the Otavi Mountain Land, Namibia, host a large number of polymetallic...Springs deposits, and are compared to the ores of Kombat and Berg Aukas. At Tsumeb, local pockets of germanite...structure. Massive Cu ore at the Khusib Springs mine is composed of tennantite, enargite, galena and...As, Sb, Ag, Ga, Mo, Sn, W and Re. Cu-Pb ores at Kombat and Zn-Pb ore at Berg Aukas generally carry lower |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Congo (formerly Zaire) comes out on top with 88; Namibia is next with 73; the Republic of South Africa is...1992. Type mineralogy of Namibia. Windhoek, Namibia: Geological Survey of Namibia bulletin 1. . 1997. Mineralogy...shares with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Namibia, and both djerfisherite and niningerite share with...France. CHAD (1) Localities (1) Kanemite: Kanem region, Lake Chad. CONGO(3) People (2) Fornacite: Lucien...Leopold mine, Kipushi district, Shaba, where the mineral was found. (Also described from Namibia in the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | discovered more than two hundred years ago in a remote region of what is now central Kazakhstan. The mineral...1994). Similarly, it is reported from the Perkiomen mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922)....planchtite is described in ore from the Algomah mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan (Williams 1962). In...heterogenite and malachite occurs in the Blue Jay mine, Goodsprings district, Clark County, Nevada. Dioptase...the Black Pine mine, Granite County, Montana. In California it occurs at the Blue Bell mine and with linarite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cardiff CF102HH, Wales 2 Geological Survey of Namibia, Windhoek Abstract: The Tsumeb polymetallic carbonate-hosted...carbonate-hosted replacement deposit in northern Namibia, although now closed, is a world-renowned deposit...these minerals. Mineralisation is hosted in the Otavi Dolomite and the main ore body was a pipe that comprised...through the deposit and during operations into the mine workings, even during early mining, often with different...collections housed in the Geological Survey of Namibia include specimens collected by Hans Schneiderhöhn |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tsumeb Specimen Mining Ltd. P.O. Box 344 Tsumeb, Namibia b-nicolson @hotmail.com IAN R. BRUCE Crystal Classics...azurite@iafrica.com.na In 1996 the famous Tsumeb mine was shut down and allowed to flood, seemingly ending...specimens has at least some familiarity with Tsumeb, Namibia. For most, it is the source of the finest examples... a challenge, and a dream. Unfortunately, every mine, no matter how great, has a finite life that can...Tsumeb mine, the town of Tsumeb just beyond and to the left of the mine complex, and the Otavi Mountains |  | | 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) | | 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...azurite nodules but would there be any cerussite, duftite, cuprite, mimetite, ... .... .. ... .. ? One could |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | you have und what you would ... ~ AND TSUMEI>,NAMIBIA (S0UTHWESTAFRICA) HKR-4 CERRUSITE Tsur.ieb A...matrix are covered -with a coating of lime green Duftite. 4-5 3/16" Calcite rhombs are seated on top of·...$20.00 crystals to C (2) K0MDATAND TSUMED, NAMIBIA (S0UTHWESTAFRICA) CR-319 CALCITE WITH MIMETITE...minor lime green Duftite. 2-3/4" x 2" x 2" $50.00 C F-65 DI0PTASE, CALCITE, AND DUFTITE Tsumeb 1/8"+ Calcite...been almost completely covered by olive green Duftite and then sprinkled with approx. 30 individual Dioptnse |  | | Book | | Productive Era of Lhe Otavi Minen- und Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft: 1906-1946 . Tsumeb Mine . Ore Concentration...at Tsumeb? Who discovered the copper ores of the Otavi Mountain Land'/ These questions led the writer,...truth is that in total metal production the Tsumeb mine has become one of the foremost on the African continent...sta tistics do, however, reveal why the Tsumeb mine has attained world status as a base metal producer...time - some indefinite day when Bushmen of the Otavi Upland showed the outcrop of green malachite to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | nearby Osborne district, such as the Moon Anchor mine, Potter-Cramer property, and Rat Tail claim, where...Inyo County, and with wulfenite in the El Dorado mine near Indio, Riverside County. Downloaded by [University...Dundas, Tasmania, most likely from the Adelaide mine. Judith Gould specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...unverified crocoite occurrence at the Ponderosa mine, Cerro Gordo, Chile. Several European occurrences...from the Hopeful vein, Leadhills, and the High Pirn mine, Wanlockhead, Lanarkshire, Scotland, and from the |  | | Journal (volume) | | Trevor F. Bridges 61-65 A report on Westernhope Old Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham Trevor F. Bridges Journal...Långban in Sweden, the Kombat Mine in Namibia, and the Mammoth St. Anthony Mine in Tiger, Arizona. • Production...manganese-hosted Pb deposits found throughout the region. This has proved to be an unexpectedly complex...from localities around Bristol such as the Wesley Mine and Coombe Farm and from other quarries around Frome...localities around Priddy including the Higher Pitts Mine. Consequently, we have good knowledge of these particular |  | | Journal (issue) | | The research chapter is a gold mine (or perhaps we should say a copper mine) of data; a trio of new species...of others. Geochemists will be puzzling for some (mine included) and look at some facts. time over the...surrounded on all sides (ex Tiger, Arizona; the Palermo mine, New Hampshire; and a new cept the ocean side) by...of rare mineral to rise. Who knows how long the mine will continue to operate? species at Tsumeb. In...Nations by which Southwest Africa was renamed “Namibia”; the Security Coun cil was requested to take |  | | Journal (issue) | | wulfenite and other minerals from the Bwlch-Glas mine, Central Wales ....................151 by R.S.W...people: telephone: COVER: ADAMITE from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mex ico; collected in 1981. The...found on a unique dioptase specimen from Tsumeb, Namibia, which came from the second oxidation zone, presumably...partly coated with very fine-grained, light green duftite and much smaller amounts of malachite needles....is as follows: 1. Calcite + zincian dolomite + duftite (also in small veins within the matrix). 2. Dioptase |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...spent the rest of their lives there as miners and mine captains. Cornish tradition favored the collecting...build his mineral collection. His job at the Moonta mine was sampling ore for the company’s assay office |  | Mondillo, Nicola, Accardo, Mariafrancesca, Boni, Maria, Boyce, Adrian, Herrington, Richard, Rumsey, Mike, Wilkinson, Clara (2020) New insights into the genesis of willemite (Zn2SiO4) from zinc nonsulfide deposits, through trace elements and oxygen isotope geochemistry. Ore Geology Reviews, 118. 103307 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103307 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zambia), Kabwe (Zambia), Berg Aukas and Tsumeb (Namibia); 3. Supposedly supergene deposits: Mumbwa area...formal description of the mineral from the Altenberg mine (Moresnet, 69 Belgium) and he named the new mineral...Kabwe (Zambia) 79 and Berg Aukas and Abenab (Namibia). These deposits occur in Neoproterozoic to Early...Belgium (Coppola et al., 2008; Choulet, 2019), Namibia and Zambia 96 (Terracciano, 2008; Schneider et...Zambia), Kabwe (Zambia), Berg Aukas and Tsumeb (Namibia); 3. Supposedly supergene deposits: Mumbwa area |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | atlas refers to 6 villages under this name in this region of China, but none of them is situated at the distance...Abbreviations: (Dst.) district, area; (Co.) county; (m.) mine; (Mf.) massif; (Q.) quarry; (N) north, northern...\\1958lusungite;…1987althupite 7 – Kombat \ (19°42`N, 17°42`E), ~50 km S of Tsumeb, Namibia \\1986kombatite;…1990...\\1914metahewettite (Jo Dandy Claim);…1962hendersonite (J. J. mine) 4 – Pitigliano \ (42°37`N, 11°39`E), Grosseto,...Republic \\1820cronstedtite;…1990znucalite (Lill mine) 6 – Rapid Creek \(point A: 68°33`N, 136°47`W; point |  | | Book (edition) | | cially in bluish grey shades fine platelets 44 Duftite Mimetite Zircon Hübnerite Graphite Anglesite... 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | FLUORffE Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife...photo Backcover: (upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection;...Rhodochrosite, 11.5 cm, Good Luck pocket, Sweet Horne mine, Alma, Colorado. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe...Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China. Ex Steve Smale Kunzite spodumene, 11 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais...photo. Benitoite on natrolite, 5.5 cm, Dallas Gern mine, San Benito County, California. Ex Robert Gill collection |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Mineralogy and paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California...plus an interesting range o f rare species. The mine, first opened in 1903, continues to produce fine...fine specimens. T INTRODUCTION The Little Three mine is one of several mines located on the Little Three...Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed in the Little Three...state o f Minas Gerais, Brazil, and St. A nne’s mine, Karoi district, Zimbabwe. Fine specimens of dark |  | | 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; |  | | 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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