 | | Book | | AiAiba / farm Anibib 136 8 Grosse Spitzkoppe, Erongo 9 , .,/, loringa tree . Khomas Highland...Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...South-CentralDeposits Onganja Mine and Surrounding Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz... 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 |  | | 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unpublished.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 |  | | 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...from the Geological Survey P.O. Box 2168, Windhoek, Namibia Price Local (+GST) Abroad (Post Free) R20... ______ ........ 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 | | .,,., ..,,.... w + ..... . ·. .... . - Namibia Zauberwelt edler Steine und Kristalle ooa Dieses...Erdgeschichte 8 Zur Geschichte des Bergbaus in Namibia 17 Der Brandberg und die Mineralfunde in seiner...110 Auf Turmalinsuche in Namibia Die Demantoide von Tubussis in Zentral-Namibia 112 116 Sodalith von...Zeolithe vom Grootbergpaß in Namibia Kamphaugit-(Y) von der Rössing-Mine 120 124 126 136 Das Gahnit-Vorkommen...Khusib Springs - Von schönen Wulfeniten und mehr Onganja - Fundort schöner Cuprite und Malachite 163 166 |  | | Journal (issue) | | with Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...explore literally thousands of mineral occurrences, mine dumps and abandoned mines in the public domain administered...Heintzelman (1805-1880) shipped ore specimens from his mine to be exhibited at the Cincinnati Merchant's Exchange...later when Edwin Over paid a visit to the Red Cloud mine and made one of history's most spectacular wulfenite...discovery at tbe Red Cloud mine, Ed Over moved on in 1939 to investigate tbe Hilltop mine in Cochise County. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...collecting has flourished throughout the Northwest region in recent decades; a history of the mineral discoveries...the estate. Many early minerals collected in the region about Spokane, Washington, are represented in the...Alaska, ca. 1906. She organized her own company to mine the garnets, and may have distributed thousands...that men would be hired as laborers to work the mine and help develop it, but that no men would be involved |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Front cover: Sulfur on Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto...place in the Sardinian mines and the Traversella mine (Piedmont). The second edition of the Catalogue...Marches Region, and the sphalerite, chalcopyrite and various rare sulfosalts from the Bottino mine in Tuscany...exploring the underground workings of an historic gold mine in the Brusson area, Val d' Ayas, western Alps....momentum came from my first visit to the Jeffrey mine in Asbestos, Quebec in 1997. I was fascinated by |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Guanajuato (Mexico) and has become the richest silver mine in the world, in more recently Bou Azzer and Imiter...ceased vein. The San Juan production by the de Rayas mine in time of World War II. Guanajuato also In 1946...very city In Morocco, the of Oberschlema Bou Azzer mine, itself, which finally already very had to be relocated...and east of Schlema, 2014 Tucson show. The Imiter mine began its modern producing many quality specimens...outcrop them”. next to the La Estrella The most famous mine, in Pardos, locality for this type Guadalajara (Spain) |  | | Book (edition) | | in this way. Right (bottom): Hematite replaces siderite along its cleavage planes in a regular network...Rhodochrosite Defernite Olivine Garnet lamellar Siderite polysynthetic Hedenbergite contact twins spinel... 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 |  | | Book | | bare hands. At the Agua olgada quarry, Atacama Region, Chile, rutile is found in agmatite veinlets that...veinlet at the Agua Colgada quarry, Freirina, Atacama Region, Chile. Specimen is about 6 cm tall. RJL3431 Formation...occurs with quartz crystals at the Ellenville Lead mine, granite at Topsham, Maine. Figure 20. A thumbnail-sized...Titania in Metamorphic Rocks The Onganja mining district, Namibia, perhaps more noteworthy to collectors...Mountain, Georgia, and at the Champion andalusite mine, Mono County, California (Cook 1985, Cook 2003а; |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill mine, Idaho; Wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona; Calcite and Fluorite...Fluorite from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine from Pakistan; Wire Silver from Kongsberg, Norway;...in Calcite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia; Novacekite from the Brumado mine, Brazil; Elbaite from Nuristan...from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald from the Coscuez mine, Colombia. OUTSIDE BACK COVER: Beryl crystals: heliodor...aquamarine (right), 5.1 inches, from the Pioniera mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Freilich Collection. ♦ 4 |  | | Journal (issue) | | indhoek and about 30 km north o f the tow n of Seeis. T h e site is at an altitude o f 1800 m eters on...considered to be the northerly extension o f the Khomas H ighland. H ere a num ber o f small copper and...) ■»' 1 *% ^° \ O I > % si Y /N e /V © i X Farm boundaries / ■ * Rivers X o1 I i Otjizonjati...,6 $ Copper prospect . r-f e *— ^ Abandoned mine t i jf :ia 10 ..A Xi / — r" ' CO tO ' i %... j Vs Thorn Tree ; mine •_ f s ,--'v '1 / • ’> i Otjozonati ; \ Okamuvia ; ) mine \ ; 144 i kilometers |  | | Book | | [(OH)5 (P04)4]' 6 H20 (monoclinic, brown) Rotlăufchen Mine near Wetzlar/FRG Original size 5 x 6 mm ISBN-13:...mines. The deepest mine shafts are those of the gold mines in the Witwatersrand region, near Johannesburg...chemical processing. Large quantities of silver, in the farm of chlorides and bromides, are consumed in the photographic...century. Its thatched 3 Native Gold on Quartz Grace Mine, Ontario/Canada Original size 19 x 30 mm Isometric...in 1849, as did the discoveries in the Klondike region, Yukon River, Alaska. Only 2 years later, in 1851 |  | | Book | | 248: Quartz (amethyst variety), Erongo Mountains, Namibia * 5 x 6 x 3 cm Page 251: Calcite, Irai, Rio Grande...Nesosilicates Wace = J... saree ene ale eee 235 Chapter 6 Phosphates, Arsenates & Vanadates ....hundred kilometers. Most of them orbit the Sun in a region called the asteroid belt, which is between the...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22... Massive sodalite, Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan |  | | Book | | (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing editor: Helen de Villiers Editor and indexer: Tina Mössmer Project...Republic, 6 cm). Figure 1.2 Halite crystals (Namibia, 5.8 cm). 6 section devoted to the display of...(field of view 8 cm). Figure 1.3 An opencast iron ore mine (Postmasburg, South Africa). 7 microscopes, or...78 Pt 82 Pb 81 Tl 84 Po 83 Bi 85 At 86 Rn 235 198 169 144 134 130 128 126 127 130 134 149 148 147...in groups 8–12, show marked deviation. In this region of the Periodic Table, electronegativity increases |  | | Journal (issue) | | cover Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection;...custom jewelry. Wulfenite, 5.4 cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn...photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected...pseudomorph after azurite, 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken...Cerussite twins on matrix, 6.5 cm, from the Grand Reef mine, Aravaipa district, Graham County, Arizona. Ken |  | | Journal (issue) | | FLUORITE crystal group, 8.1 cm, from the Shangbao mine, H unan, China. Collector's Edge Minerals specimen;...color, and give a historical background for each mine or mining venture. These catalogs, still available...developm ent and m ineralogy o f this reknowned region o f the Kola Peninsula by Dr. Igor Pekov. Hardcover...than 120 minerals have been identified from this mine, but as a mineral locality it is best known fo r...approximately 195 km east-northeast of Budapest. This region is characterized by low (200-300 meter-high) rounded |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens found there in the ore cars and in the mine itself. Even today Sr. Folch’s collection is, by...requirement for high-quality Figure 3. Apatite with siderite, 11.0 × 5.5 × 6.0 cm, Panasqueira mines, Panasqueira... West Cumberland iron field, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England. Figure 5 (above)...8. Samsonite, main crystal 1.1 × 0.3 cm, Samson mine, Saint Andreasberg, Saint Andreasberg district,...Touissit district, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. specimens. Apart from the criteria of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | similar to that of calcite. rhodochrosite (MnCOJ. siderite (FeCOJ. magnesite (MgCOJ, otavite (CdCOJ, smithsonite...seen in specimens from Sbaba, zaire, and Tsumeb, Namibia (fig. 17). However, it is generally thought that...causes the lilac color of calcite from the Pelican mine, Picher, Oklahoma? Trace amounts of transition elements...described in the literature include Boccheggiano mine, Tuscany, Italy; Franklin, New Jersey; Kalahari...Republic; Santo do Encoberto, Brazil; Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey; and Terlingua, Texas, Robbin's |  | | Book | | should be of specimens from localities within the region of that museum, or at least from the country concerned...and well-formed crystal of linnaeite, perched on siderite, from the Grube Georg, near Horhausen, Westerwald...acquisitions, pseudomorphs, and minerals from Tsumeb, Namibia. On the whole, the lighting and labelling are good...Tsumeb, Namibia Grube Wolf, Herdorf, FRG Alston Moor, Cumberland, GB Tsumeb, Namibia Tsumeb, Namibia Tsumeb...Tsumeb, Namibia Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, GD R Christian-Levin, Essen, FRG Hagendorf, Oberpfalz, Bavaria |  | | Thesis/Dissertation | | Engineering ii ABSTRACT The Kansanshi Cu-(Au) mine exploits a structurally controlled deposit hosted...southern Africa. It is currently the largest active Cu mine in Africa, with a total endowment of nearly 12 Mt...Kansanshi antiform. The deposit occurs within the Domes region of the Central African Copperbelt, where amphibolite...Domain is separated from the overlying Kansanshi Mine domain by the Evaporitic Sequence, a >300 m thick...of vanished evaporites. The base of the Kansanshi Mine domain is represented by the Dolomitic Sequence |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. BACK COVER: Copper, 13.5 cm, from the Ray Mine, Pinal County...a superb crystal of kunzite from The White Queen mine in California lends important provenance to the...the White Queen mine, California (plate 8) The Cerussite from the Kombat mine, Namibia (plate 19) The...Tourmaline Queen mine, California (plate 31) "The Dragon" Gold from the Colorado Quartz mine, California (plate...the Tsumeb mine, Namibia (plate 51) The "Alma Queen" Rhodochrosite frorn the Sweet Horne mine, Colorado |  | | Book | | was a site on what was known in 1887 as the Yale Farm, about two miles northeast of the town of Litchfield...localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...crystals in calcite-cored vein-dikes (by L. Moyd) 21:235-248 ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G |
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