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Botsuana (Botswana)

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Botsuana (Botswana)

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Botswana zählt zu den Ländern, die weltweit am meisten Diamanten ausführen. Weitere Bodenschätze wie Nickel, Kupfer oder Kobalt zählen ebenfalls zu wichtigen Ausführgütern.

Präkambrische Gesteine, proterozoische Gesteine im Nordwesten bestehend aus feldspatreichem Sandstein, Schiefer, Quarzit sowie Kalkstein oder aus porphyrischer, felsischer Lava, in die Sandstein oder tuffreiche Sedimente eingeschaltet sind.

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Botsuana wird unterteilt in 9 Distrikte: Central District, Ghanzi District, Kgalagadi District, Kgatleng District, Kweneng District, North-East District, North-West District, South-East District, Southern District. Der North-West District ging 2001 aus der Fusion von Chobe District und Ngamiland District hervor.

Minerals (Count: 133)

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Andalusiter
Cairncross, B. (2004). Field Guide To Rocks & Minerals Of Southern Africa. 30.
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'Clinoptilolite series'r
Smale, D. (1968).
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Cubo-ice (TL)r
Tschauner, O., Greenberg, E., Prakapenka, V., Ma, C. and Tait, K. (2017) Ice-VII, IMA 2017-029. CNMNC Newsletter No. 38, August 2017, page 1036; Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1033–1038
(Central District/Letlhakane/Orapa Kimberlit Komplex)
1M
Davemaoite (TL)i
Als Einschluss in einem Diamanten
(Central District/Letlhakane/Orapa Kimberlit Komplex/Orapa Mine)
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Tschauner, O., Huang, S., Yang, S., and Humayun, M.: Davemaoite, IMA 2020-012a, in: CNMNC Newsletter 58, Eur. J. Mineral., 32, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm32-645-2020, 2020.
(Central District/Letlhakane/Orapa Kimberlit Komplex/Orapa Mine)
1M
Diamondr
-M. U. Gress, S. Timmerman, I. L. Chinn, J. M. Koornneef, E. Thomassot, E. A. S. Valk, K. Zuilen, N. Bouden, G. R. DaviesTwo billion years of episodic and simultaneous websteritic and eclogitic diamond formation beneath the Orapa kimberlite cluster, Botswana. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Vol. 176, Nr. 7 (2021) Article number 54.
(Central District/Letlhakane/Letlhakane Mine)

-M. U. Gress, S. Timmerman, I. L. Chinn, J. M. Koornneef, E. Thomassot, E. A. S. Valk, K. Zuilen, N. Bouden, G. R. DaviesTwo billion years of episodic and simultaneous websteritic and eclogitic diamond formation beneath the Orapa kimberlite cluster, Botswana. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Vol. 176, Nr. 7 (2021) Article number 54.
(Central District/Letlhakane/Orapa Kimberlit Komplex/Damtshaa Mine)

-M. U. Gress, S. Timmerman, I. L. Chinn, J. M. Koornneef, E. Thomassot, E. A. S. Valk, K. Zuilen, N. Bouden, G. R. DaviesTwo billion years of episodic and simultaneous websteritic and eclogitic diamond formation beneath the Orapa kimberlite cluster, Botswana. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Vol. 176, Nr. 7 (2021) Article number 54.
(Central District/Letlhakane/Orapa Kimberlit Komplex/Orapa Mine)
4M
Kudryavtsevaite (TL)r
Anashkin, S., Bovkun, A., Bindi, L., Garanin, V. and Litvin, Y. (2013) Kudryavtsevaite, IMA 2012-078. CNMNC Newsletter No. 15, February 2013, page 10; Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 112.
(Central District/Letlhakane/Orapa Kimberlit Komplex/AK-8 Schlot)
1M
Perovskiter
Henrietta Farr, David Phillips, Roland Maas, Michiel de Wit: Petrography, Sr-isotope geochemistry and geochronology of the Nxau Nxau kimberlites, north-west Botswana. Mineralogy and Petrology Volume 112, Supplement 2 (2018) S. 625–638.
(North-West District/Nxau Nxau Kimberlite)
1M
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Dumortierit-Garben auf Matrix
FO: Tsodillo Hills, Botswana; Bildausschnitt etwa: 12 mm
Copyright: rtbstone; Contribution: rtbstone
Collection: rtbstone
Location: Botsuana (Botswana)
Mineral: Dumortierite
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Dumortierit-Garben auf Matrix

FO: Tsodillo Hills, Botswana; Bildausschnitt etwa: 12 mm

Collection: rtbstone
Copyright: rtbstone
Contribution: rtbstone 2008-02-29
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Rocks (Count: 38)

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Reference- and Source indication, Literature

Literatur:

  • Smale, D. (1968). The occurrence of clinoptilolite in pan sediments in the Nata area, N Botswana. Trans. Geol. Soc. South Africa, 71, 147-52.
  • Massey, N.W.D. (1973). Mineral Resources Report No. 3 - Resources Inventory of Botswana: Industrial Rocks and Minerals, Geol. Survey Dep., Botswana
  • Cole, M.M. and Le Roex, H.D. (1978). The role of geobotany, biogeochemistry and geochemistry in mineral exploration in South West Africa and Botswana - a case history. Trans. Geol. Soc. South Africa, 81, 277-317.
  • Schlegel, G.C.J., von Harmse, H.J. and Brunke, O. (1989). Granulometric and mineralogical characteristics of the Kalahari sands of southern Africa. South African J. Geol., 92, 207-22.
  • Shaw, P.A., Cooke, H.J. and Perry, C.C. (1990). Microbialitic silcretes in highly alkaline environments: some observations from Sua Pan, Botswana. South African J. Geol., 93, 803-08.
  • Cairncross, B. (2004). Field Guide To Rocks & Minerals Of Southern Africa. 30.
  • Dira, T.A. & L.R.M. Daniels (2018). The significance of termites on the future of kimberlite exploration in Botswana. Min. Petrol., Vol.112, Suppl. 2 (2018) S.767–74.

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GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) G63dw2aiRUCUXcnddqjBDg
GUID (Global unique identifier) C3DDAD1B-A266-4045-945D-C9DD76A8C10E
Database ID 3816

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