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Mopani, Distrikt

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Unterste Tagebausohle der Palabora Mine 1993
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Unterste Tagebausohle der Palabora Mine 1993
Im Bereich der untersten Sohle wurden große Blöcke von massiven Valeriit gefunden. In der Bildmitte unten ist der Förderturm des Tiefbaues zu sehen.
Copyright: Frank-Detlef Paul; Contribution: Detlef
Collection: Frank-Detlef Paul
Location: Südafrika/Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine
Image: 1398093495
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Unterste Tagebausohle der Palabora Mine 1993

Im Bereich der untersten Sohle wurden große Blöcke von massiven Valeriit gefunden. In der Bildmitte unten ist der Förderturm des Tiefbaues zu sehen.
Collection: Frank-Detlef Paul
Copyright: Frank-Detlef Paul
Contribution: Detlef 2014-04-21
Phalaborwa Mine
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Phalaborwa Mine
Der Phalaborwa Mine in der Limpopo-Provinz in Südafrika; 1987
Copyright: Wolfgang Hampel; Contribution: Collector
Location: Südafrika/Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine
Image: 1324577636
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Phalaborwa Mine

Der Phalaborwa Mine in der Limpopo-Provinz in Südafrika; 1987
Copyright: Wolfgang Hampel
Contribution: Collector 2011-12-22
Blick in den Tagebau der Palabora Kupfermine 1993
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Blick in den Tagebau der Palabora Kupfermine 1993
Im Bild unten ist der Förderturm des Tiefbaues zu sehen.
Copyright: Frank-Detlef Paul; Contribution: Detlef
Collection: Frank-Detlef Paul
Location: Südafrika/Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine
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Blick in den Tagebau der Palabora Kupfermine 1993

Im Bild unten ist der Förderturm des Tiefbaues zu sehen.
Collection: Frank-Detlef Paul
Copyright: Frank-Detlef Paul
Contribution: Detlef 2014-04-21

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Mineral images (12 Images total)

Beryll, Smaragd
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Beryll, Smaragd
Dieser etwa 17 mm x 7 mm große, prismatische Smaragdkristall stammt aus dem Cobra Pit der Gravelotte Emerald Mine in Südafrika.
Copyright: Klaus Schäfer; Contribution: Klaus Schäfer
Collection: Klaus Schäfer, Collection number: SyS-Beryll-5-1-7
Location: Südafrika/Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Gravelotte/Gravelotte Emerald Mine/Cobra Pit
Mineral: Beryl, Emerald
Image: 1619943871
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Beryll, Smaragd (SNr: SyS-Beryll-5-1-7)

Dieser etwa 17 mm x 7 mm große, prismatische Smaragdkristall stammt aus dem Cobra Pit der Gravelotte Emerald Mine in Südafrika.
Collection: Klaus Schäfer
Copyright: Klaus Schäfer
Contribution: Klaus Schäfer 2021-05-02
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Baddeleyit X
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Baddeleyit X
Größe: 25x22x10mm; Fundort: Phalaborwa, Limpopo, Südafrika
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Südafrika/Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa
Mineral: Baddeleyite
Image: 1146677497
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Baddeleyit X

Größe: 25x22x10mm; Fundort: Phalaborwa, Limpopo, Südafrika

Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2006-05-03
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Baddeleyit
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Baddeleyit
Palabora Mine, Limpopo Province, Süd-Afrika. BB:4cm.
Copyright: Doc Diether; Contribution: Doc Diether
Collection: Doc Diether
Location: Südafrika/Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine
Mineral: Baddeleyite
Image: 1522836255
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Baddeleyit

Palabora Mine, Limpopo Province, Süd-Afrika. BB:4cm.
Collection: Doc Diether
Copyright: Doc Diether
Contribution: Doc Diether 2018-04-04
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ged. Antimon
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ged. Antimon
ged. Antimon mit Stibiconit und Quarz; Größe: 63x58 mm; Fundort: Consolidated Murchison Mine, Gravelotte, Provinz Limpopo, Südafrika
Copyright: Philip Blümner; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Südafrika/Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Gravelotte/Consolidated Murchison Mine
Mineral: Antimony
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ged. Antimon

ged. Antimon mit Stibiconit und Quarz; Größe: 63x58 mm; Fundort: Consolidated Murchison Mine, Gravelotte, Provinz Limpopo, Südafrika
Copyright: Philip Blümner
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2011-01-19
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Zirkonolith 3T
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Zirkonolith 3T
Fo: Palabora, Phalaborwa, Transvaal, Südafrikanische Union; Größe: 30 x 15 mm
Copyright: rtbstone; Contribution: rtbstone
Collection: rtbstone
Location: Südafrika/Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine
Mineral: Zirconolite-3T
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Zirkonolith 3T

Fo: Palabora, Phalaborwa, Transvaal, Südafrikanische Union; Größe: 30 x 15 mm
Collection: rtbstone
Copyright: rtbstone
Contribution: rtbstone 2007-06-27
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Minerals (Count: 156)

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Actinolite1M
Aegirine1M
Analcime1M
Ancylite-(Ce)r
R. Johannes Giebel, Christoph D.K. Gauert, Michael A.W. Marks, Gelu Costin, Gregor Markl: Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa. American Mineralogist Vol. 102, Nr. 6 (2017) S. 1218-1233.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
1M
Antigorite1M
Antimony6 PM
Anzaite-(Ce)r
R. Johannes Giebel, Christoph D.K. Gauert, Michael A.W. Marks, Gelu Costin, Gregor Markl: Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa. American Mineralogist Vol. 102, Nr. 6 (2017) S. 1218-1233.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
1M
'Apatite group'3M
Aragonite1M
Argentopentlandite1M
Arsenopalladinite1M
Arsenopyrite3M
Atokite1M
Aurostibite2M
Azurite3M
Baddeleyite1 PM
Baryte2M
Barytocalcite1M
'Bastnäsite'r
R. Johannes Giebel, Christoph D.K. Gauert, Michael A.W. Marks, Gelu Costin, Gregor Markl: Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa. American Mineralogist Vol. 102, Nr. 6 (2017) S. 1218-1233.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
2M
Bastnäsite-(Ce)1M
Berthierite5M
Beryl1 PM
'Betafite group'r
R. Johannes Giebel, Christoph D.K. Gauert, Michael A.W. Marks, Gelu Costin, Gregor Markl: Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa. American Mineralogist Vol. 102, Nr. 6 (2017) S. 1218-1233.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
1M
'Biotite'2M
Bornite1M
Bravoite (Var.: Pyrite)1M
'Britholite group'r
R. Johannes Giebel, Christoph D.K. Gauert, Michael A.W. Marks, Gelu Costin, Gregor Markl: Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa. American Mineralogist Vol. 102, Nr. 6 (2017) S. 1218-1233.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
1M
Brucite1M
Burbankite1M
Cabriite1M
Calciter
Lorenzo Milani, Robert Bolhar, Dirk Frei, Daniel E. Harlov, Vinod O. Samuel: 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 Vol. 52, Issue 8 (2017) S. 1105–1125.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
5M
Carbocernaite1M
Celestine2M
Cervantite1M
'Chabazite series'1M
Chalcocite1M
Chalcopyrite2M
'Chlorite group'5M
Chondroditer
R. Johannes Giebel, Christoph D.K. Gauert, Michael A.W. Marks, Gelu Costin, Gregor Markl: Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa. American Mineralogist Vol. 102, Nr. 6 (2017) S. 1218-1233.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
1M
Cinnabar1M
Clinochlore1M
Cordylite-(Ce)r
R. Johannes Giebel, Christoph D.K. Gauert, Michael A.W. Marks, Gelu Costin, Gregor Markl: Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa. American Mineralogist Vol. 102, Nr. 6 (2017) S. 1218-1233.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
1M
Corundum1M
Covellite1M
Cubanite1M
Cuprite1M
Datolite1M
Diopside1M
Dolomiter
Lorenzo Milani, Robert Bolhar, Dirk Frei, Daniel E. Harlov, Vinod O. Samuel: 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 Vol. 52, Issue 8 (2017) S. 1105–1125.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
3M
Eglestonite1M
Electrum (Var.: Gold)1M
Emerald (Var.: Beryl)1 PM
Epidote3M
'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'1M
'Feldspar group'1M
'Fergusonite'r
R. Johannes Giebel, Christoph D.K. Gauert, Michael A.W. Marks, Gelu Costin, Gregor Markl: Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa. American Mineralogist Vol. 102, Nr. 6 (2017) S. 1218-1233.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
1M
'Fergusonite-(Nd)'1M
'Ferrohögbomite-6N12S'1M
Fluoborite1M
Fluorapatiter
Lorenzo Milani, Robert Bolhar, Dirk Frei, Daniel E. Harlov, Vinod O. Samuel: 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 Vol. 52, Issue 8 (2017) S. 1105–1125.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
1M
Fluorapophyllite-(K)1M
Fluorbritholite-(Ce)1M
Fluorite2M
Froodite1M
Fuchsite (Var.: Muscovite)2M
Galena1M
Geikielite1M
'Gersdorffite group'2M
Gold6M
Gudmundite3M
Gypsum1M
Hessite1M
'Heulandite series'1M
Hydrobiotite1M
Hydromagnesite1M
Hydrotalcite1M
Hypercinnabar1M
Ilmeniter
Lorenzo Milani, Robert Bolhar, R. Grant Cawthorn, Dirk Frei: In situ LA–ICP-MS and EPMA trace element characterization of Fe–Ti oxides from the phoscorite–carbonatite association at Phalaborwa, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita Vol. 52, Issue 5 (2017) S. 747–768.


(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
1M
Iowaite1 PM
Jalpaite1M
Kermesite2M
Küstelite (Var.: Silver)1M
Kyanite1M
Laumontite1M
Linnaeite1M
Mackinawite1M
'Magnesiohögbomite-2N3S'1M
Magnesite2M
Magnetiter
Lorenzo Milani, Robert Bolhar, R. Grant Cawthorn, Dirk Frei: In situ LA–ICP-MS and EPMA trace element characterization of Fe–Ti oxides from the phoscorite–carbonatite association at Phalaborwa, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita Vol. 52, Issue 5 (2017) S. 747–768.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
1M
Majakite1M
Malachite3M
Marcasite1M
Mercury1M
Mertieite1M
Mesolite1M
Metacinnabar1M
Millerite1M
'Monazite'r
R. Johannes Giebel, Christoph D.K. Gauert, Michael A.W. Marks, Gelu Costin, Gregor Markl: Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa. American Mineralogist Vol. 102, Nr. 6 (2017) S. 1218-1233.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
1M
Muscovite2M
Natrolite1M
Naumannite1M
Niobozirconolite (Var.: Zirconolite)1M
'Olivine group'r
Lorenzo Milani, Robert Bolhar, Dirk Frei, Daniel E. Harlov, Vinod O. Samuel: 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 Vol. 52, Issue 8 (2017) S. 1105–1125.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
1M
Parisite-(Ce)r
R. Johannes Giebel, Christoph D.K. Gauert, Michael A.W. Marks, Gelu Costin, Gregor Markl: Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa. American Mineralogist Vol. 102, Nr. 6 (2017) S. 1218-1233.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
1M
Pectolite1M
Pentlandite1M
Phlogopiter
Lorenzo Milani, Robert Bolhar, Dirk Frei, Daniel E. Harlov, Vinod O. Samuel: 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 Vol. 52, Issue 8 (2017) S. 1105–1125.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
1M
Piemontite2M
'Plagioclase'1M
Portlandite1M
Prehnite1M
Pyrite5M
Pyrrhotite2M
Quartz8M
Saponite1M
Scheelite3M
Schorl1M
Scolecite1M
Senarmontite2M
'Serpentine subgroup'3M
Siegenite1M
Silver1M
Sperrylite1M
Sphalerite1M
Stibiconite (Var.: Roméite group)4M
Stibnite7M
Stichtite2M
'Stilbite series'1M
Stilbite-Ca1M
Stromeyerite1M
Strontianite1M
'Synchysite'r
R. Johannes Giebel, Christoph D.K. Gauert, Michael A.W. Marks, Gelu Costin, Gregor Markl: Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa. American Mineralogist Vol. 102, Nr. 6 (2017) S. 1218-1233.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
1M
Synchysite-(Ce)1M
Taimyrite1M
Talc6M
Talnakhite1M
'Tetrahedrite series'4M
Tetra-auricupride1M
'Thomsonite'1M
Thomsonite-Ca1M
Thorianite1M
Ullmannite2M
'UM2000-65-SiO:CaCe'1M
'UM2001-01-As:HgPbPd'1M
Uraninite1M
Uranothorianite (Var.: Thorianite)1M
Valentinite1M
Valleriite1M
Vermiculite2M
Violarite1M
Witherite1M
Xonotlite1M
Zircon1M
'Zirconolite'1M
Zirconolite-3T (Poly.: Zirconolite-2M)1 PM
Zirkelite1 PM
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Rocks (Count: 12)

breccia1R
carbonatitesr
Lorenzo Milani, Robert Bolhar, Dirk Frei, Daniel E. Harlov, Vinod O. Samuel: 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 Vol. 52, Issue 8 (2017) S. 1105–1125.
(Limpopo, Provinz/Mopani, Distrikt/Phalaborwa/Loolekop/Palabora Mine)
2R
diabase3R
dolerite4R
granite1R
iron rich sedimentary rocks1R
metabasalt1R
mica schist1R
pegmatite1R
pyroxenite2R
schist4R
syenite2R
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GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) RbUaJD4pdkmklgNJjWQORg
GUID (Global unique identifier) 241AB545-293E-4976-A496-03498D640E46
Database ID 38778