 | Giebel, R. Johannes, Gauert, Christoph D.K., Marks, Michael A.W., Costin, Gelu, Markl, Gregor (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa. American Mineralogist, 102 (6) 1218-1233 doi:10.2138/am-2017-6004 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa R. Johannes Giebel1,2,*, Christoph...250 Nelson-Mandela-Drive, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa 3 Department of Applied Geology and Geohazards...PO Box 94, Artillery Road, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa 5 Department of Earth Science, Rice University... Abstract The 2060 Ma old Palabora Carbonatite Complex (PCC), South Africa, comprises diverse REE mineral...the PCC as well as in a carbonatite complex in South Africa. The variable REE mineral assemblages reflect |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 05:17 17 August 2017 of PALABORA Limpopo Province South Africa MALCOLM SOUTHWOOD 7 Campbell Court...Gauteng Johannesburg, South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za A Figure 1. The abandoned Palabora open pit, photographed...bottom of the pit 300 meters below sea level. The Palabora* Igneous Complex (PIC) is located some 450 kilometers...kilometers northeast of Johannesburg in Limpopo Province, South Africa, just below the Tropic of Capricorn...and vermiculite from the complex. In 1956 the Palabora Mining Company was set up to develop the large |  | Milani, Lorenzo, Bolhar, Robert, Frei, Dirk, Harlov, Daniel E., Samuel, Vinod O. (2017) Light rare earth element systematics as a tool for investigating the petrogenesis of phoscorite-carbonatite associations, as exemplified by the Phalaborwa Complex, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 52 (8) 1105-1125 doi:10.1007/s00126-016-0708-2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | associations, as exemplified by the Phalaborwa Complex, South Africa Lorenzo Milani 1 & Robert Bolhar...and carbonatite rocks of the Palaeoproterozoic Phalaborwa Complex. Textural and compositional characterization...Witwatersrand, PVT Bag 3, Wits, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa 2 Department of Earth Sciences, University...the Western Cape, PVT Bag X17, Bellville 7530, South Africa 3 Department of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch...Stellenbosch University, PVT Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa 4 GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam Telegrafenberg |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | phoscorite–carbonatite association at Phalaborwa, South Africa Lorenzo Milani 1 & Robert Bolhar 1 &...of the phoscorite–carbonatite association at Phalaborwa. We trace the behavior of the compatible elements...Witwatersrand, PVT Bag 3, Wits,, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa 2 Department of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch...Stellenbosch University, PVT Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa 3 Department of Earth Sciences, University...the Western Cape, PVT Bag X17, Bellville 7530, South Africa revealing an evolutionary trend of decreasing |  | Bolhar, Robert, Whitehouse, Martin J., Milani, Lorenzo, Magalhães, Nivea, Golding, Suzanne D., Bybee, Grant, LeBras, Loic, Bekker, Andrey (2020) Atmospheric S and lithospheric Pb in sulphides from the 2.06 Ga Phalaborwa phoscorite-carbonatite Complex, South Africa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 530. 115939 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115939 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sulphides from the 2.06 Ga Phalaborwa phoscorite-carbonatite Complex, South Africa Robert Bolhar a,∗ , Martin...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa d Department of Geology, University of Maryland...Oxidation Event sulphur isotopes lead isotopes Phalaborwa Complex sub-continental lithospheric mantle magmatic...and carbonatites of the ca. 2.06 Ga Phalaborwa Complex in South Africa. Additionally, sulphide mineral separates |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | new, well crystallized material from the Palabora open pit mine, Transvaal. Microprobe, carbon analyser...blue-green. K~YwoRos: iowaite, pyroaurite, Palabora mine, Transvaal Introduction IowArrE was first described... Among a suite of specimens from Palabora open pit mine, Phalaborwa, Transvaal, sent to one of us (R...identical with iowaite. The new material from Palabora mine is far superior to the original iowaite in purity...Description and occurrence The Palabora open pit works parts of the Phalaborwa alkaline complex, the carbonatite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PalaboraIgneousComplex' A Brief Review PALABORA •{INING COMPANY LIMITED AND MINERALOGICAL MINE GEOLOGICAL STAFF Abstract...innumerable primitiveworkingson Loolekop, 177 178 PALABORA MINING COMPANY 15' LIMITED P..5' 35' ,...•...,..•" • • "..-.. PALABORA I,GNEOUS"---•._ ,.-.• s o ur • L,. AFRICA ! ..'• • • .", i J -"...1. Location map of the Palabora Igneous Complex in the Republic of South Africa. from which the Bantu...Corporationand NewmontMining Corporation. The Palabora Mining Company Limited was consequently formed |  | Wu, Fu-Yuan, Yang, Yue-Heng, Li, Qiu-Li, Mitchell, Roger H., Dawson, J. Barry, Brandl, Günther, Yuhara, Masaki (2011) In situ determination of U–Pb ages and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic constraints on the petrogenesis of the Phalaborwa carbonatite Complex, South Africa. Lithos, 127 (1) 309-322 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2011.09.005 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | constraints on the petrogenesis of the Phalaborwa carbonatite Complex, South Africa Fu-Yuan Wu a,⁎, Yue-Heng Yang...Council for Geoscience, Limpopo Unit, P.O. Box 620, Polokwane 0700, South Africa e Department of Earth...Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes Carbonatite Phalaborwa a b s t r a c t The Phalaborwa carbonatite Complex, situated...situated in the northeastern part of South Africa, is characterized by copper and zirconium mineralization,...emplaced. In contrast to other carbonatites, the Phalaborwa Complex is characterized by high initial Sr and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Life Sciences University of Wollongong New South Wales 2522 Australia malcolms@uow.edu.au BRUCITE...mineralogist Colonel George Gibbs (1777–1834) for chondrodite until it was established by Silliman (1818),...in the inaugural volume of AMJ, that the name chondrodite had precedence. Subsequently, Beudant (1824,...has a special interest in minerals from southern Africa and the United Kingdom. 428 ROCKS & MINERALS ...snow-white brucite, 16 cm, from the Wadh mine, Khuzdar district, Balochistan, Pakistan. Fine Art Minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FROM PHALABORWA, BADDELEYITE EASTERN TRANSVAAL1 S. A. HrBusrnd,, Geolog'icalSuraey, Pretoria, Soulh AJrica...irregular lragments of magnetite, calcite, yellowish chondrodite and apatite, with smaller amounts of phlogopite...This is the spelling of Palabora, recently adopted in the Union of South Africa. 3 That these calcite-rich...available to the author. Hasrr The baddeleyite from Phalaborwa occurs typically in the form of short black prismatic...108 (lg4). Manuscript ruedaeil April 20, 1954. BA DDELEYITE FROM EASTERN T RA NSVAA L Tnern 2. CoupenrsoNol |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Charlottesville] at 11:53 03 August 2012 Chondrodite TILLY FOSTER MINE, BREWSTER AREA PUTNAM COUNTY, NEW YORK...famous Dekalb locality). However, one mineral, chondrodite, occurred in world-class specimens from a New...historical significance. Still, chondrodite specimens from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Putnam County, New York...of the species. Consequently, an outstanding chondrodite has been nominated as the Connoisseur’s Choice...specimen for this, the New York State issue. Chondrodite is a typically unspectacular mineral that varies |  | | Catalog/List | | with admixed Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Wales. Chocolate brown massive, with minor rock...rich greenish yellow with white Barytes Whitesmith Mine Strontian Scotland lx2 £10 17. SCAPOLITE translucent...collected in the J960's Bjordammen, near Kragero South Norway A) large 3x2 £20 B) lesser piece 2x2.5 £12...specimen Quebec 3.5x2.5 inch £18 Kipawa 24. CHONDRODITE nice coverage ofred-brown 2 to 3mm crystals on...small magnetite crystals too. Palabora Pit Phalaborwa Transvaal South Africa large lx2 £12 25. RUIZITE fairly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OCCURRENCE OF MAGNATITE CRYSTALS FROM THE BALMAT DISTRICT, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK. S . C. Chamberlain...2500-foot level of the Zinc Corporation of America No. 4 mine near Balmat, New York. This occurrence was brought...OF THE PALABORA MINE, PHALAultramicrotome, and imaged again. Images from both BORWA, SOUTH AFRICA. W. A...either from partial rounding rocks at the Palabora mine. Chondrodite is Volume 68, March/Aprill993 123 found...brilliant octahedra with, on, or included in chondrodite and clear calcite; as rounded octahedra with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | distinct igneous rock type in the South African Palabora (Phalaborwa) ijolite-carbonatite complex [22]...carbonates known to be secondary (a mistake which the South African geologists did not make). Therefore it seems...carbonatite of the first intrusive phase of the South Carbonatite Pluton. The fragments are angular or...Sette-Daban, and in East Africa, Brazil, and Canada. In the Kovdor and Phalaborwa plutons, they form exploitable...relationships of pegmatoid diopsidite of the Phalaborwa pluton and the "phoscorite complex" of the Kovdor |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tectonics, magmatism, and mineralisation of the South African Precambrian shield is discussed. A geosynclinal...five times as long as the post-Precambrian. The South African shield appears highly suitable for investigations...preserved and well exposed. The Precambrian in southern Africa comprises a more or less continuous suite ofmetasediments...of more than 35,000 m. Furthermore, in southern Africa the earth's history, at least in outline, appears...mineralisation. There is hardly anywhere else in Africa an orogenic zone to which this applies. Recent |  | | Report (issue) | | 03 3.40 9.81 Total 100.59 (1) Huerta del Vinagre mine, Spain; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...boron-rich magnesian rocks. Association: Ludwigite, chondrodite, magnetite, calcite (Tallgruvan, Sweden); mooreite...Sussex Co.; from near Blind Mountain, Bristol district, Lincoln Co., Nevada; in the Crestmore quarry...Co., California. Large crystals from the Cardiff mine and several roadcuts in the vicinity of Wilberforce...Au–Cu mine, about 75 km southeast of Pyongyang, Suan Co., North Korea. From the Palabora mine, Transvaal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | be related to olivine. Lamellae of titanian chondrodite (TiCh) are found, and the presenceof lamellae...returned to the problem, sr ggesting that titanian chondrodite (Tich) and not Ticl "ought to be evaluated further...a-cl o-c3 tr-cq X - REACTIONROCK E u na "- CHONDRODITE o -cl 6 = l z z o Xx F ooz oo 1*"" F...olivine. It was in these crystals that rims of chondrodite have been found during the analysis, and no optical...ilmenite, and calcite are tor of 2 results because chondrodite contains twice as common. In a few casesthe TiCl |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Namibia. 5 Bond zone, Oka. 6, 7 PMC pit, Palabora, South Africa. 8, 9 Oka. 10 Alno, Ol Ne Cpx Amph Badd...Oka. 15 Oka. 16 Dicker Willem, Namibia. 17 Alno; Palabora. 18 Kalyango, Fort Portal. 19 Badloch quarry,...Tweerivier, Kreidfontein, and Bulhoek, South Africa. 22 Oka; Palabora. 23 Dicker Willem 8 9 10 11 12...arbitrary for amphibole, garnet, clinohumite and chondrodite. Minerals are not tabulated if they show reaction...zirconium-rich garnet, melilite, clinohumite, and chondrodite are much more sporadic. Hornig-Kjarsgaard (1998) |  | | Book (edition) | | OF OF SOUTH AFRICA MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF REPUBLIC OF THE SOUTH AFRICA...Second World War, and partly as a result of it, South Africa experienced vast industrial expansion. This...official ‘handbook on the mineral resources of South Africa, it has become necessary to revise, or rather...great diversity and magnitude of South African mineral deposits and local mining operations, the Economic...Chamber of Mines of South Africa with Mr G. H. Grange as co-ordinator, and the South, African mining industry; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | for diopside from a kimberlite in Dutoitspan, South Africa. The name diopside is from the Greek δις (double)...Commonly associated minerals include forsterite, chondrodite, monticellite, clinohumite, wollastonite, grossular...carats, from Baicheng. Diopside from the Handan iron mine, Wu’an County, Handan Prefecture, Hebei Province...An unusual locality in the collection is the Posu mine, Changbak, Hangyong, North Korea. The lone specimen...pale green crystals to 1.5 cm come from the Horado mine, Gifu Prefecture. These are bladelike crystals with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dikes and are enriched in rare elements; Sr, Nb, REE, Ba, Zr, and Ta. Carbonatite complexes occur mainly in...canoes at Elgon, Napak, Rangwa, and Bunyaruguru in Africa). However, formations of medium scale predominate...Oldoinyo Lengai, Toror, Jombo, Hanang, and Burko in Africa). The volcanoes always include tuffs and agglomerates...melilitites and melanephelinites (the Eastern Rift in Africa), which are sometimes enriched in K2O (containing...complexes of various ages are known: Proterozoic in Africa, India, Greenland, Finland, and the Ukraine, Early |  | | Catalog/List | | mass. small pale blue crystals on matrix. Benallt Mine,Lleyn ,Wales lxl £5 lx2 £8 Parclho, Pariba,Brazil)...Parnmirim Region, Agua Quen1a,Bal1ia, Brazil Benallt Mine, Llcyn Wales A)£3 B) £5 3mm £4 5mm £6 lxl £6...micros gemmy yellow-green crystal section. Bcckermet Mine. Cumbria lxl £2 131 40 BARYfES 211 BRAZILIANITE...Goldstrike Pit, Elko,Nevada. U.S.A Divino des Laranjeiras Mine, Minas Gerias,Brazil Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA ½...Comwall Wagholi Quarry,Poona,India lxl £3 Funauchi Mine, Aikta Prefecture.Japan Venice Dome, Lousiana, U |  | | Book (edition) | | Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Angola and South-West Africa, i.a. Carbonatites are now the major sources...Canada Brazil Greenland, Europe, and the U.S.S.R. Africa India APPENDICES REFERENCES LOCALITY INDEX SUBJECT...Society of South Africa and C. A. Strauss and F. C. Truter (1950A) : Geological Society of South Africa and...Society of South Africa and R. L. Johnson (1961) 6-12: Geological Society of South Africa and R. L. Johnson... Figure Figure 10-1: Geological Society of South Africa and S.J. Shand (1921A) 10-5: American Journal |  | | Journal (issue) | | Nineteen, Number Three Articles The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, A rizona by G. B. Allen & W. Hunt...........221 COVER: ANGLESITE from the Touissit mine, Morocco. The large crystal measures 4.5 cm. This...Chichibu mine” (by Kuniaki Kato and Hidemichi Hori), “ Collecting report: Hikagezawa gold mine, Shizuoka...Avenue Sun City, Arizona 85351 he Tonopah-Belmont mine is a micromounter’s paradise. An un common suite...sulfates, molybdates and chromates can be found at the mine. The abundance of species makes it an ideal introduction |  | | Book (edition) | | Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia;...vein in jasper (red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey...argentite reaction rim (greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL...matrix (dark grey); Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Germany |
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Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa