 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za AJOITE Messina Mine, Musina, Limpopo Province, South Africa I t...begin a description of ajoite by first referring to quartz, but the reason will become obvious. Some collectors...collectors (and dealers) do not consider quartz even collectible because it is such a common mineral and...or high-end mineral dealer. What elevates some quartz specimens, however, is the presence of inclusions...examines quartz originating from the Messina mine in South Africa. (Note that the town where the mine existed |  | Van Reenen, D.D., Boshoff, R., Smit, C.A., Perchuk, L.L., Kramers, J.D., McCourt, S., Armstrong, R.A. (2008) Geochronological problems related to polymetamorphism in the Limpopo Complex, South Africa. Gondwana Research, 14 (4) 644-662 doi:10.1016/j.gr.2008.01.013 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | related to polymetamorphism in the Limpopo Complex, South Africa D.D. Van Reenen a , R. Boshoff a,⁎,...Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa b Department of Petrology, Geological Faculty...Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogologvka, Moscow district, 142432, Russia d Isotope Laboratory for Geology...Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban, South Africa f Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian...the Central Zone (CZ) of the Limpopo high-grade terrain in South Africa. Together, these two important |  | Keeditse, M., Rajesh, H.M., Belyanin, G.A., Fukuyama, M., Tsunogae, T. (2016) Primary magmatic amphibole in Archaean meta-pyroxenite from the central zone of the Limpopo Complex, South Africa. South African Journal of Geology, 119 (4) 607-622 doi:10.2113/gssajg.119.4.607 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | meta-pyroxenite from the central zone of the Limpopo Complex, South Africa M. Keeditse and H.M. Rajesh Department...Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa e-mail: gbelyanin@gmail.com M. Fukuyama Graduate...Johannesburg, South Africa e-mail: tsunogae@geol.tsukuba.ac.jp © 2016 December Geological Society of South Africa...high-grade metamorphic Central Zone of the Limpopo Complex, South Africa, delineated meta-peridotite, meta-pyroxenite...to mafic rocks form part of the Palaeoarchaean Messina layered intrusion. Modal mineralogy of the pyroxenite |  | Xie, Hangqiang, Kröner, Alfred, Brandl, Günther, Wan, Yusheng (2017) Two orogenic events separated by 2.6Ga mafic dykes in the Central Zone, Limpopo Belt, southern Africa. Precambrian Research, 289. 129-141 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2016.11.009 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ga mafic dykes in the Central Zone, Limpopo Belt, Southern Africa Hangqiang Xie, Alfred Kröner, Günther...Ga mafic dykes in the Central Zone, Limpopo Belt, Southern Africa, Precambrian Research (2016), doi: http://dx...mafic dykes in the 2 Central Zone, Limpopo Belt, Southern Africa Hangqiang Xie1, Alfred Kröner1,2 Günther...Germany 3 Council for Geoscience, Limpopo Unit, Polokwane, South Africa 9 10 Abstract 11 Mafic dykes...Suite in the Central Zone of 12 the Limpopo Belt, South Africa, and were classified in the past into |  | Kröner, Alfred, Brandl, Günther, Brandt, Sönke, Klemd, Reiner, Xie, Hangqiang (2018) Geochronological evidence for Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic polymetamorphism in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa. Precambrian Research, 310. 320-347 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2018.03.013 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | polymetamorphism in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa Alfred Kröner, Günther Brandl, Sönke...polymetamorphism in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa, Precambrian Research (2018), doi: https://doi...polymetamorphism in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa Alfred Kröner1,2, Günther Brandl3, Sönke...3 4 5 Council for Geoscience, Limpopo Unit, Polokwane, South Africa GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Universität...Hong Kong, China Abstract The Central Zone of Limpopo Belt is a polymetamorphic and complexly deformed |  | Chudy, T.C., Zeh, A., Gerdes, A., Klemd, R., Barton, J.M. (2008) Palaeoarchaean (3.3 Ga) mafic magmatism and Palaeoproterozoic (2.02 Ga) amphibolite-facies metamorphism in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt: New geochronological, petrological and geochemical constraints from metabasic and metapelitic rocks from the Venetia area. South African Journal of Geology, 111 (4) 387-408 doi:10.2113/gssajg.111.4.387 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | amphibolite-facies metamorphism in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt: New geochronological, petrological and geochemical...X131Í Alice. S700. South Africa, and P.O. Hox 72196, Parkview. 2122, South Africa e-mail: ¡ay.barton@telkomsa...barton@telkomsa.net s 2008 December Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT NXV prfst-nt new geochronological...Venetia Klippen Complex in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, Thf combined data.sel.s provide evidence...Beit Bridge Terrane of the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, in particular witli regard to the titning |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE LIMPOPO BELT, SOUTH AFRICA H. MOURI Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa...Council for Geoscience, Limpopo Unit, P.O. Box 620, Polokwana, 0700, South Africa e-mail: gbrandl@geoscience...gbrandl@geoscience.org.za © 2013 June Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT Komatiites occur in many Archaean...highgrade polymetamorphic Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa. The composition of the rocks overlaps...Archaean age – the first such manifestation in the Limpopo Belt and in a high to ultra-high grade (≥900°C |  | Rajesh, H.M., Belyanin, G.A., Safonov, O.G., Vorster, C., Van Reenen, D.D. (2018) Garnet-bearing low-Sr and high-Sr Singelele leucogranite: A record of Neoarchean episodic melting in collisional setting and Paleoproterozoic overprint in the Beit Bridge complex, southern Africa. Lithos, 322. 67-86 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2018.10.004 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Paleoproterozoic overprint in the Beit Bride complex, southern Africa H.M. Rajesh, G.A. Belyanin, O.G. Safonov, C. Vorster...Paleoproterozoic overprint in the Beit Bride complex, southern Africa. Lithos (2018), doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2018.10.004...Paleoproterozoic overprint in the Beit Bride Complex, southern Africa PT H.M. Rajesh1,* rajesh.hm@biust.ac.bw, G.A...Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa 3 Korzhinskii Institute of Experimental Mineralogy...Bridge Complex terrane PT of the Limpopo Complex, southern Africa. The Singelele leucogranite is magnesian |  | Perchuk, L. L., van Reenen, D. D., Smit, C. A., Boshoff, R., Belyanin, G. A., Yapaskurt, V. O. (2008) Role of granite intrusions for the formation of ring structures in granulite complexes: Examples from the Limpopo belt, South Africa. Petrology, 16 (7) 652-678 doi:10.1134/s0869591108070023 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Granulite Complexes: Examples from the Limpopo Belt, South Africa L. L. Perchuka, b, c, D. D. van Reenenb...PO Box 524, 2006 Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa e-mail: dirkvr@uj.ac.za c Institute of Experimental...four such structures from the Central Zone of the Limpopo complex, which were formed during granulite exhumation...within the whole area of the Central Zone of the Limpopo complex. This implies that the rocks were metamorphosed...Neoarchean stage of the development of the Limpopo granulite complex. Local mineral equilibria and fluid inclusions |  | Rajesh, H.M., Safonov, O.G., Basupi, T.O., Belyanin, G.A., Tsunogae, T. (2018) Complexity of characterizing granitoids in high-grade terranes: An example from the Neoarchean Verbaard granitoid, Limpopo Complex, Southern Africa. Lithos, 318. 399-418 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2018.08.019 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Neoarchean Verbaard grantioid, Limpopo complex, Southern Africa Rajesh Hariharan, Oleg Safonov, Thembiso...the Neoarchean Verbaard grantioid, Limpopo complex, Southern Africa. Lithos (2018), doi:10.1016/j.lithos...the Neoarchean Verbaard grantioid, Limpopo Complex, Southern Africa 3 Korzhinskii Institute of Experimental...Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa US 4 Graduate School of Life and Environmental...highlights this issue from the Limpopo Complex high-grade terrane in CR southern Africa. The Beit Bridge Complex |  | | Journal (issue) | | net Famous Mineral Localities: The Berezovsk District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia .....................ajoite-included quartz in the Artonvilla mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa .............know, we supplied a DVD on the famous Pederneira mine with the May-June issue. This DVD is a supplement...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Locality map of the Albert Silver mine, Mpumalanga, South Africa, prepared by William Besse. Downloaded... The ALBERT Silver Mine and TRIPPKEITE Occurrence Mpumalanga South Africa Figure 3. Plan of the...the underground workings at the Albert Silver mine based on Van Zijl (1965), prepared by William Besse...Department of Water Affairs PO Box 1745 Bela Bela, South Africa meulenbeldp@dwa.gov.za Department of Geology...Pretoria Private Bag X20 Hatfield, Pretoria 0028 South Africa wiebke.grote@up.ac.za XRD Analytical & Consulting |  | Perchuk, L.L., van Reenen, D.D., Varlamov, D.A., van Kal, S.M., Tabatabaeimanesh, , Boshoff, R. (2008) P–T record of two high-grade metamorphic events in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Complex, South Africa. Lithos, 103 (1) 70-105 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2007.09.011 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metamorphic events in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Complex, South Africa L.L. Perchuk a,b,c , D.D. van Reenen...Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow District, 142432, Russia Department of Geology, University...Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa Received 11 September 2006; accepted 3 September...different D/M events in the Central Zone of the Limpopo high-grade (HG) terrain, which previously had been...data with the following conclusion: the CZ of the Limpopo Complex was subjected to three superimposed tectono-metamorphic |  | Rajesh, H. M., Belyanin, G. A., Safonov, O. G., Kovaleva, E. I., Golunova, M. A., Van Reenen, D. D. (2013) Fluid-induced Dehydration of the Paleoarchean Sand River Biotite-Hornblende Gneiss, Central Zone, Limpopo Complex, South Africa. Journal of Petrology, 54 (1) 41-74 doi:10.1093/petrology/egs062 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Biotite^Hornblende Gneiss, Central Zone, Limpopo Complex, South Africa H. M. RAJESH1*, G. A. BELYANIN1, O....JOHANNESBURG, AUCKLAND PARK, JOHANNESBURG 2006, SOUTH AFRICA 2 INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY RAA...PUBLICATION SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 A clear case study of local-scale, fluid-induced dehydration of the Paleoarchean...biotite^hornblende gneiss from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Complex is presented here. Field and petrographic...adjacent zonesçdarker Sand River orthogneiss with local occurrence of orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene, a |  | | Journal (issue) | | 0026-4628 ‘Continued on p. 247 Articles The Outlaw mine, Nye County, Nevada ..............................J. P. Cassedanne & L. Barreto The Messina mining district, South A frica .............................Valley Road Watsonville, California 95076 The Outlaw mine has long been known as an occurrence o f rare and...benjaminite, fo r which it is the type locality. The mine has been idle fo r more than 60 years, and because...More than 30 minerals have been identified from the mine and studies continue on the sulfosalt mineralogy |  | RAJESH, H. M., SAFONOV, O. G., BELYANIN, G. A., KRAMERS, J. D. (2014) MONAZITE-FLUORAPATITE CHARACTERISTICS AS EVIDENCE FOR INTERPLAY BETWEEN 2.04 GA FLUID-INDUCED DEHYDRATION AND MELTING OF THE SAND RIVER GNEISS, LIMPOPO COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA. South African Journal of Geology, 117 (2) 237-254 doi:10.2113/gssajg.117.2.237 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AND MELTING OF THE SAND RIVER GNEISS, LIMPOPO COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA H.M. RAJESH Department of Earth and...Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2001, South Africa e-mail: oleg@iem.ac.ru G.A. BELYANIN AND J...Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2001, South Africa e-mail: gbelyanin@gmail.com; jkramers@uj.ac...ac.za © 2014 December Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT A tonalitic vein from a representative...and Rajesh et al. (2013) from the Limpopo Complex in South Africa. The present study follows these two |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | composition from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa T. Sarkar Department of Earth Sciences...University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa e-mail: tapabrato@gmail.com H. Mouri Department...2006, South Africa e-mail: hmouri@uj.ac.za © 2016 September Geological Society of South Africa. Abstract...metamorphic evolution of the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt. However, most investigations on the P-T evolution...komatiitic composition, which occurs in the vicinity of Musina in the Central Zone. These rocks are composed mainly |  | Laurent, Oscar, Martin, Hervé, Doucelance, Régis, Moyen, Jean-François, Paquette, Jean-Louis (2011) Geochemistry and petrogenesis of high-K “sanukitoids” from the Bulai pluton, Central Limpopo Belt, South Africa: Implications for geodynamic changes at the Archaean–Proterozoic boundary. Lithos, 123 (1) 73-91 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2010.12.009 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | “sanukitoids” from the Bulai pluton, Central Limpopo Belt, South Africa: Implications for geodynamic changes...intrusive in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt (Limpopo Province, South Africa). It is made up of large volumes...2007) within the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, in South Africa. The goal of this study is twofold:...boundary. 2. Geological setting 2.1. The Limpopo Belt The Limpopo Belt (Fig. 1) is a ~ 650 km-long and ~200...high-grade granulitic terrane, outcropping in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. It corresponds to a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Arizona 85011 jeffscovil@earthlink.net Figure 1. Quartz (4.8 cm) from Middleville, Herkimer County, New...faces (fig. 5), but skeletal quartz (also called fenster or window quartz) (fig. 6) is an even better...in marl (6.7 cm) from the Ampliación a Victoria mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain. Chris and Agatha Galas...characteristic of hopper crystals from the Zapata mine, Santa Elena de Uairen, Bolivar, Venezuela. Keith...cavernous basal faces (3.4 cm) from the North Geronimo mine, Trigo Montains, LaPaz County, Arizona. Dick Morris |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Bornite Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan S ...species (green diamond) or an unusual habit (faden quartz). Rarity may also apply to a mineral species whose...well as in contact-metamorphic deposits and in quartz veins in pegmatites. Bornite may alter to chalcocite...crystalline Figure 1. Bornite with dolomite and quartz, 10 × 15 cm, from Dzhezkazgan, Karagandy Province...December 2014 Figure 2 (above left). Bornite with quartz and pyrite, 11 × 9 × 4 cm, from Butte, Silver Bow |  | | Book | | 214 222 228 233 Proterozoic orogens of Southern Africa 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 v Mahanadi shear zone Nagavali-Vamsadhara...Aravalli-Delhi Orogenic Belt 2.5.1 Introduction 2.5.2 South Delhi Terrane 2.5.3 Sandmata Terrane 2.5.4 Sirohi...References Introduction The Limpopo Belt The Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt The Mahalapye Complex 4...Proterozoic orogens of India, Sri Lanka, Botswana, South Africa, East Antarctica, and Western Australia. All...Antarctica, Western Australia and some parts of the Limpopo Belt. We thank profusely the Geological Survey |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | magmatism in the Beit Bridge Complex, southern Africa H.M. Rajesh, G.A. Belyanin, D.D. Van Reenen PII:...magmatism in the Beit Bridge Complex, southern Africa. The address for the corresponding author was captured...magmatism in the Beit Bridge Complex, southern Africa H.M. Rajesh1*, G.A. Belyanin2, D.D. Van Reenen2...Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa T 1 CR IP *Corresponding author. Telephone:...Bridge AN Complex terrane of the Limpopo Complex in southern Africa. These include the smaller ~2.65- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Department of Geology, University of Natal, Durban (South Africa) (Received August 15, 1973, revision accepted...margin particularly within the Zambezi and the Limpopo belts. The distribution of the associated early...development were due to thermal highs centred on the Limpopo mobile belt and possibly the Zambezi belt. INTRODUCTION...of the international metamorphic map of southern Africa b a s e d o n t h e c o n c e p t o f m e t a m...post-Shamvaian. (4) The granites and granitic gneisses. (5) Limpopo Group metasediments. ANCIENT BASEMENT RELICS -- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copper-Bearing Breccia Pipes of the Messina District South Africa J. B. E. Jacobsen and T. S. McCarthy...Johannesburg, South Africa G. J. Laing The Messina (Tvl.) Development Company (Pry.) Limited, Messina, South...South Africa The Messina Copper Mines comprise a group of breccia pipes, disseminated replacement andfissure...emplaced within high-grade metamorphic rocks of the Limpopo mobile belt. Breccia pipes as well as associated...grading to an albitite, and finally to zoisite-quartz rock around the immediate brecciated contacts, |  | Hor, A.K., Hutt, D.K., Smith, J.V., Wakefield, J., Windley, B.F. (1975) Petrochemistry and mineralogy of early Precambrian anorthositic rocks of the Limpopo belt, southern Africa. Lithos, 8 (4) 297-310 doi:10.1016/0024-4937(75)90013-4 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Precambrlan anorthositic rocks of the Limpopo belt, southem Africa. Lithoa ~8, ~97-310. T w o sections...l~e anorthosite ,complex' were examined at Messina. South Afdca and at Pikwe, Botswana. Thirty XRF whole-rock...in stratigraphic order show that alkalies a t Messina increase upwards from leuco-gabbros to anorthosites...decrease and increase, respectively, with height at Messina, but 22 analyses from Pikwe show no such trends...Fe-rich. also like the Fiskenaesset ones. The Limpopo anorthositic rocks belong to a layered igneous |
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Messina Mine, Musina, Musina Local Municipality, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa