 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 458 Simpsonite and stibiotantalite from Benson pegmatite mine, Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia. By O. vox KNORRIXG...Summary. A new occurrenceof the tantalum minerals simpsonite and stibiotantalite is described from a lithium...powder X-ray data are given and the formula of simpsonite is considered ; a new formula is proposed. S...comprise the Benson mine at Mtoko, in the north-eastern part of Southern Rhodesia. Simpsonite has been previously...four pegmatite areas only: Tabba Tabba in Western Australia (Bowley, 1939), Alto do Giz and Onga mines |  | | Report (issue) | | MILES, D.Sc. F.C.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY O F WESTERN AUSTRALIA, - AND DOROTHY CARROLL, PLD., P.I.C. GOVERNMENT... - WESTERN - AUSTRALIA. P A ~ T M E N TOF MINES. . MINERAL RESOURCES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA BULLETIN... F.G.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY O F W E S T E R N AUSTRALIA, AND AND GOVERNMENT CHEMICAL LABORATORIES.... The production of tantalum ores has been one of Western Australia’s contributions to the war effort and...considered a comprehensive reference book f o r the Western Australian 1-esources of tantalnm and niobium. |  | | Report (issue) | | 22 TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J. M. Fetherston TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA FRONTISPIECE:... FRONTISPIECE: Historic pump at the Wodgina tantalum–tin mine. Brought from Port Hedland by camel train about 1905...SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 22 TANTALUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J. M. Fetherston...Limerick DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Tim Griffin REFERENCE The recommended reference...FETHERSTON, J. M., 2004, Tantalum in Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 12 THE TIN DEPOSITS OF ~ E S T E...Minister for Mines 77793-1 i National Library of Australia card number and ISBN 0 7244 7617 2 11 PREFACE...Although small by Australian and World standards, Western Australia’s tin deposits have yielded concentrates...million and have maintained mining communities at Greenbushes and in various parts of the Pilbara. The present...interested in searching for tin deposits in Western Australia. J H Lord 19th June 1978. DIRECTOR iii |  | | Report (issue) | | earthscience and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the...earthscience and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the...earth-science and mineral-resource agencies of Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the...~port- - - - -- - - - - - - - - Graph showing world mine production of niobium concentrate, for selected...earth-science and mineralresource agencies in Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the |  | Galliski, M. A., Marquez-Zavalia, M. F., Lira, R., Cempirek, J., Skoda, R. (2012) Mineralogy and Origin of the Dumortierite-Bearing Pegmatites of Virorco, San Luis, Argentina. The Canadian Mineralogist, 50 (4) 873-894 doi:10.3749/canmin.50.4.873 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Stilling et al. (2006); 69.14 and 14.67 wt.% for Greenbushes, Partington et al. (1995)] or abyssal pegmatites...associated. Holtite, originally described from Greenbushes, Australia (Pryce 1971, Hoskins et al. 1989) as approximately...in three localities other than Virorco: Greenbushes, Australia (Pryce 1971), Vasin-Myl’k, Voron’i Tundry...origin is non-uniform and rather unclear. In the Greenbushes occurrence, holtite, in association with stibiotantalite...from small (2-15 mm) pebbles in alluvium of the Greenbushes pegmatite. It is present mainly as intergrown |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the solid solution series foordite-thoreaulite, simpsonite, rankamaite, cesplumtantite, fersmite, rynersonite...Canada; 2.64 Ga); Wodgina (Western Australia; 2.9 Ga); Greenbushes (Western Australia, 2.53 Ga); Kolmozero...Austroalpine, Kamativi, Bastar, Back Hills, Greenbushes); complex types with spodumene (#Mn = 60; e.g...Nigeria. Major occurrences are recorded from Greenbushes, Marowgne (Guyana), Finish Lapland, Bastar and...Granites of Nigeria, Damara Belt, Tanco, Wodgina, Greenbushes, Volta Grande, Bastar, Black Hills, Eastern Colombia |  | Van Lichtervelde, M., Salvi, S., Beziat, D., Linnen, R. L. (2007) Textural Features and Chemical Evolution in Tantalum Oxides: Magmatic Versus Hydrothermal Origins for Ta Mineralization in the Tanco Lower Pegmatite, Manitoba, Canada. Economic Geology, 102 (2) 257-276 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.102.2.257 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Engli rovince Subp Subp Uchi e rovinc Subp Western Canada Sedimentary Basin 200 km Archean granites...alteration, such as Greenbushes, Australia (Partington et al., 1995), Wodgina, Australia (Sweetapple and...hydrothermal processes. M an On itob ta a rio 258 150 m mine openings pegmatite limits Lower Pegmatite (LP) orebody...Tanco mine, and east-west and south-north cross sections through the pegmatite, showing the mine openings...samples from four drill holes and four samples from mine walls). Polished sections were studied under transmitted |  | | Book | | partial patterns of lanthanite(Ce) from the Britannia Mine, Wales, UK (Bevins et al. 1985) and oflanthanite-(N... Brazil (a) and lanthanide-(Ce) frorn Britannia Mine, UK (b) 16 F. Cesbron 6 REE Minerals and Related...absent in most deposits of a given type (e.g. simpsonite or cesstibtantite in granitic pegmatites) may...trimers Zig-zag chains of edge-sharing octahedra Simpsonite i) Finite duster I. [M30,3] Description (of...ergusonite-Ce ß- F ergusonite-Nd Samarskite Simpsonite Species MnNb20 6 FeNb20 6 MnTa.,06 (Fe,Mn) |  | | Report (edition) | | Stocklmayer GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia FRONTISPIECE Euhedral black... MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer...Stocklmayer Perth 2013 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM Hon. Norman...EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Rick Rogerson REFERENCE The recommended reference...VC 2013, Gemstones of Western Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Bulletin |  | | Report (edition) | | maps produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...Bulletin 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia second edition While systematically...authoritative, the second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is written not only for the professional geologist...et al. The second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is an updated version published in response...formal inception of the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) in 1896. In this second joint publication |  | McNeil, Alysha G., Linnen, Robert L., Flemming, Roberta L. (2020) Solubility of wodginite, titanowodginite, microlite, pyrochlore, columbite-(Mn) and tantalite-(Mn) in flux-rich haplogranitic melts between 700° and 850 °C and 200 MPa. Lithos, 352. 105239 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2019.105239 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | L. Flemming 6 Department of Earth Sciences, Western University, 1151 Richmond Street North, 7 London...pegmatite deposits such as Tanco, Canada; or Greenbushes, Australia, or granite deposits such as 42 Yichun...wodginite was predominantly mined from Wodgina, Australia. With respect to 43 tantalum, tantalite, wodginite...McNeil et al. (2015) and natural microlite (Ipê mine, Brazil), pyrochlore 96 (Vishnevogorsk, Russia)...200 MPa in cold seal pressure vessels (CSPVs) at Western University. 119 To create glasses with a peraluminous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pegmatite Hata and Iimori, 1938 Yinnutharra, Australia O96/6lJOz, metamict 0 8670 V O O59ToThOz pegmatite...radioactive. Frc. 3-"Feather" columbite, Globe mine, Petaca, N.M. (X2). MDIOACTIVE 1369 COLUMBITE...uniformly radioactive. Homogeneous in p.s. IIard.ing Mine, Taos Co., New Mer'i.co Ref.: Montgomery, 1950 G...thoreaulite stibiotantatite, bismutotantalite simpsonite microlite (behierite?) Examples are known of...of stibiotantalite replacing tantalite (Greenbushes, Australia), microlite replacing tapiolite (Strelley |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tracesof W, In and Co. In the Katherine-Darwin (Australia) area, Sn-Mo-W-Ta are locatednear to the contactand...showapicalmineralization.At Wodginaand Spargoville(W. Australia) the ore concentrates on the hangingwall. InternalZonin#...Ambatofotsy, Borborema, Cearfi, Tabba-tabba (simpsonite) Border Hai-ch•ng, Mocambique Composition...Tshamakain the Congoand in the Pilbarafield, Australia. A few such deposits still existin Ruanda-Urundi(Mayaga...and stibiotantalitein the old alluvia of Greenbushes (Australia). RESOURCES •tge of the Mineralization |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Diuision of Mineralogy, CSIRO, Floreat Park, Western Australia. 6014 Abstract Despite complications due tq...Nb)Oa; simpsonite,AlaTa3O13(F, OH) ; and wodginite,MnTa(Ta,Nb,Sn,Fe ) rOs-are in Western Australia, and...discussionof all the ferzusonitescan be contisuous. I. Simpsonite Simpsonitehas a composition close to AlflagOrs...-ll4--J--. FIc. 1. Idealized section of the simpsonite structure parallel to the approximately close-packed...have identified wodginite from Mt. Matthew and Greenbushes,separatedfrom the Pilbara occurrencesby 650 and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the open pits in an abandoned silicate nickel mine. The pegmatite dike represents the rare earth element...alluvial tin deposit near Greenbushes in the southwestern part of Western Australia. Voloshin et al. (1977)...Canada (Ferreira 1984), alteration products of simpsonite (Ercit 1986), holtite replaced by ferrotapiolite...an alluvial tin deposit near Greenbushes in south-western Western Australia (Pryce 1971), and a pegmatite...Mineralogy, 14, 821–836. Ercit, T.S. (1986) The simpsonite paragenesis. The crystal chemistry and geochemistry |  | Melcher, Frank, Graupner, Torsten, Gäbler, Hans-Eike, Sitnikova, Maria, Henjes-Kunst, Friedhelm, Oberthür, Thomas, Gerdes, Axel, Dewaele, Stijn (2015) Tantalum–(niobium–tin) mineralisation in African pegmatites and rare metal granites: Constraints from Ta–Nb oxide mineralogy, geochemistry and U–Pb geochronology. Ore Geology Reviews, 64. 667-719 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1.2. Mineralogy 4.3.2. Kamativi Schist Belt (western Zimbabwe) 4.3.3. Orange River Pegmatite Belt (Namibia...Küster et al., 2009; Greenbushes and Wodgina D pegmatites, Western Australia, Partington et al., 1995;...foordite-thoreaulite (Černý et al., 1988; Uher et al., 2008), simpsonite (Ercit, 1986), rankamaite, cesplumtantite, fersmite... 3. Methods Concentrate samples from different mine sites in many African countries have been investigated...taken place in the north-east of Zimbabwe, at Benson Mine, Sutswe, Rusambo and Shamva. T Archean ages were |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Metal Pegmatites in the North Pilbara Craton, Western Australia MARCUS T. SWEETAPPLE† AND PETER L. F. COLLINS...of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia Abstract The Pilbara pegmatite province in the...ARCHEAN North Pilbara Craton in northwestern Australia (Fig. 1) is one of the world’s major tantalum... W Cw 6 ME Sa Wodgina Mt. Francisco Western Australia Marble Bar S Yi CD Y T SH Nullagine...Pilbara granitoid-greenstone terrane, northwestern Australia (geology and nomenclature adapted from Hickman |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement To The Mineralogical Record, September–October 2020 ... Mineral Collections in Australia Organized by Robert Sielecki Designed by Wendell Wilson with Photography...September–October, 2020 Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record September–October...1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of the Australian...Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; Lee Spencer collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western |  | Černý, Petr, Chapman, Ron, Ferreira, Karen, Smeds, Sten-Anders (2004) Geochemistry of oxide minerals of Nb, Ta, Sn, and Sb in the Varuträsk granitic pegmatite, Sweden: The case of an “anomalous” columbite-tantalite trend. American Mineralogist, 89 (4) 505-518 doi:10.2138/am-2004-0405 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | accessory quantities and mainly concentrated in the western wing of the outcrop. Several low-temperature hydrothermal...concentrations in the otherwise comparable Tanco, Greenbushes, or Wodgina Brought to you by | New York University...Blockley, J.G. (1980) The tin deposits of western Australia, with special reference to the associated...associated granites. Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Bulletin, 12. Brown, C.D. and Wise...Programs, 27(6), A469. Ercit, T.S. (1986) The simpsonite paragenesis: The crystal chemistry and geochemistry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Archean pegmatites of the Pilbara field, Western Australia. The pegmatites can be linked to small and...include, for example, the Mole granite, Queensland, Australia: a well-documented I-type that culminates in topazquartz...Those in the Archean derive mostly from the Greenbushes, Tanco, and Bikita pegmatites. Paleozoic deposits...puts it in the same class as the Greenbushes pegmatite, Western Australia (Kesler et al., 2012). Jiajika...post-emplacement history of a pegmatite, the Harding mine near Dixon, New Mexico. They observed that the primary |  | | Catalog/List | | South Africa,Cobaltian Gersdorffite from Gortdmm Mine Containing unusual elements , Iquiqueite,Galkhaite...grey masses with possible Als1oni1e Fallowficld mine. Ix½ £4 Ba Ca C0/3 micros. Hexham.Nonhumbcrlond..._ _ __ ___ _____ _ _ _ _ 21 7 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro. Bol ivia 6x6mm £3 Pure grey metallic mass...Andesite _ .• __ _ ____ . __ lx2£2. 50 2x2 Holmbush Mine, Kelly Bray . 32 APATITE Variety Francol i te.rich...·va"i-i�ty-FRA- NCOLJTE r i ch whik �llular Holmbush Mine Cornwall £2.40 __ CaP0/4 C0/3 F __ _____ __ mass |  | | Journal (issue) | | France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony...Articles Famous mineral localities: The Trepc=a mine, Stari Trg, Kosovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 3.9 cm, on calcite, from Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa. This specimen...Research Laboratory for Phelps Dodge Corporation, Western Exploration Office, in Douglas, Arizona. The main...Sid left Phelps Dodge when the company moved the Western Exploration Office from Douglas to Tucson. Sid |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jan/Feb 2024 Vol.99, No.1 ROCKS MINE ."Iii[! iil"J www.tandfonline.com/vram Pegmatite Minerals & Gems...Robinson Ogdensburg, NY Malcolm Southwood Melbourne, Australia Woodrow B. Thompson, Maine Geological Survey...Choice: Topaz from Granite Pegmatites, Limoeiro Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara~uaf Pegmatite District, . Minas...(c/eavelandite), and microc/ine, 72.5 cm, Limoeiro mine, Virgem da Lapa, Ara<;uar district, Minas Gerais...14.1 cm, Pioneer mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; D: Elbaite, 8.9 cm high, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San |  | | Book | | USSR; as crystals in Cornwall; at Wallaroo, South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales. Found in sandstone...Keweenaw area of north Michigan; at the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico....Ballarat, Victoria and from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. In the USA gold is often obtained by individual... It is found along the mountain ranges of the western states, including California, Colorado, Nevada...areas including Kimberley, Pretoria (the Premier mine is in this area), and Jagersfontein in the Orange |
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