Geo-Safari research
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Investigating the fluorescent minerals
of South Africa, Namibia and also including Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Mozambique, Tanzania and Madagascar (generally the entire Southern
African region, including some of East Africa). |
New:
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South Africa
New Fluorescence
LW Fluorescent Uranium & Thorium Minerals
SW Fluorescent Uranium & Thorium Minerals
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Field trip reports
and info - SA
|
Gemboree
2007
The 2007 GEMBOREE will be hosted
by the Witwatersrand Gem and Mineral Club and will take place
in Phalaborwa from 6th to 9th April
Gemboree
2006 article |
Mindat Localities
South Africa
Location List
Including potential fl. minerals
Collecting status mostly
unknown
|
Northern
Cape |
|
Kalahari
Manganese Fields |
|
Wessels
Mine
Aragonite, Barite, Brucite,
Charlesite, Clinochrysotile, Datolite, Diopside, Foshagite, Gowerite,
Grossular, Gypsum, Hibschite, Jennite, Kutnohorite, Manganoan
Calcite, Pectolite, Poldervaarite, Richterite, Rhodochrosite,
Wollastonite, Xonotlite |
N'Chwanning
II
Afwillite, Analcime, Anglesite,
Anthophyllite, Apatite, Aragonite, Barite, Becquerelite, Boltwoodite,
Brucite, Calcite, Celestite, Charlesite, Datolite, Diopside,
Gowerite, Hibschite,
Kutnohorite, Oyelite, Pectolite, Phlogopite, Poldervaarite, Richterite,
Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite, Strontianite |
|
Hotazel
Mine
"abandoned
open pit"
Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony,
Cymrite, Gypsum, Opal, Rhodochrosite |
* Pering
Mine
Dolomite, Sphalerite |
|
Pella,
Orange River
Corundum, fluorite, opal |
fluorescent "herkimer
diamonds"
Springbok-Steinkopf and Onseepkans
area, Northern Cape province |
|
Groendorn
IV pegmatite
Steinkopf, Namaqualand
Apatite, Calcite, Corundum,
Eucryptite, Phenakite, Spodumene, Topaz, Uraninite |
Mollenfontein
Eucryptite |
|
Abassu
Namaqualand
Scheelite |
Aggeneys
Apatite, Barite, Calcite,
Cerussite, Corundum, Diopside, Grossular, Gyspum, Hemimorphite,
Kalinite, Leadhillite, Pyromorphite, Rhodochrosite, Smithsonite,
Sphalerite, Titanite, Zircon, Zoisite |
|
Nababeep
West mine
Namaqualand
Anhydrite, Barite, Calcite,
Fluoroapatite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Prehnite, Scheelite, Sphalerite |
Garies
on border with Western Cape
province
Grossular, Vesuvianite, Wollasonite |
|
Keimoes
SW of Kakamas
Bertrandite (Middel
Post pegmatite), Wollastonite |
Postmasburg
manganese field
Barite, Calcite, Gibbsite,
Opal, Pyrophyllite, Zunyite |
|
Prieska
Copper Mine
Namaqualand
Anhydrite, Apatite, Barite,
Calcite, Corundum, Diopside, Dolomite, Dravite, Forsterite, Gypsum,
Phlogopite, Sphalerite, Spinel, Tremolite |
Gamsberg
zinc mine, Aggeneys
Apatite, Barite, Pyromorphite,
Sphalerite |
|
Mamatwan
Mine
southern Kalahari Manganese
Fields
Open
pit mine
Calcite, Chalcedony, Dolomite,
Tridymite |
|
|
Gauteng |
|
Pilanesberg
Mt.
Analcime, Apatite, Calcite, Catapleeite,
Helvite, Microcline, Opal, Pectolite, Sodalite, Sphalerite, Zircon |
Transvaal
mine, Argent, Gauteng
Anglesite, Cerrusite,
Pyromorphite, Sphalerite, Wurtzite
Argent is 100 km east of Jo'burg.
South of Bronkhorstspruit. |
|
Moepe
Mine - Pilanesberg
Mt.
Fluorite |
Wydhoek
farm- Pilanesberg
Mt.
Fluorapatite, Fluorite |
|
Rand
London quarry, Krugersdorp
Aragonite |
Argent
100 km E of Jo'burg. S of
Bronkhorstspruit
Anglesite, Barite, Calcite,
Cerussite, Dolomite, Hemimorphite, Hopeite, Hydrocerussite, Lanarkite,
Leadhillite, Matlockite, Minium, Phosgenite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite,
Wurtzite |
|
Northwest
Province |
|
Mineral
profile maps |
Lujavrite
outcrop, Pilanesberg Complex
Analcime, Fluorapatite, Huttonite,
Microcline, Sphalerite, Strontium-Apatite, Titanite, Weloganite,
Zircon |
Spitskop
Calcite, Diopside, Meionite
|
Ottoshoop
district
Cerussite, Fluorite, Smithsonite |
|
Witkop
Fluorite Mine, Ottoshoop
(source:
Online Mins)
Tremolite |
Marico
district
Anglesite, Cerussite, Fluorite |
|
Western
Bushveld Complex |
Pering
mine
Kuruman
Dolomite, sphalerite |
|
Waaikraal
gold deposit, Western Bushveld
Andesine, Apatite, Calcite,
Sphalerite, Spinel |
Swartruggens
Apatite, Barite, Calcite,
Diamond, Strontianite, Zircon |
|
KwaZulu-Natal |
|
Marble
Delta area, Port Shepstone
Apatite, Calcite, Chondrodite,
Clinohumite, Diopside, Dravite, Grossular, Marialite, Meionite,
Opal, Phlogopite,Tremolite, Wollastonite
Port Shepstone Lime Quarry |
2006
Marble Delta field trip
*Diopside
crystals over a meter long, Marble Delta* |
Idwalla Quarry
Calcite |
Rhebok
workings, Hlbisa
Chalcedony, Fluorite |
|
Alladin
fluorite mine, Sinkwazi
Barite, Calcite, fluorite |
Ridgeview
quarry,
Umbilo Valley, Cato Manor,
Durban
Barite, Calcite, Dickite,
Fluorite, Gypsum |
|
Limpopo |
|
Vergenoeg
mine
Fluorite, Gearksutite |
Syferfontein
Calcite Mine, Nylstroom
field trip |
|
Palabora
Mine
Analcime, Baddeleyite, Barite,
Brucite, Calcite, Celestine, Chabazite, Chondrodite, Datolite,
Dolomite, Fluorborite, Fluorapatite, Laumontite, Magnesite, Natrolite,
Pectolite, Phlogopite, Prehnite, Sphalerite, Xonotlite
Phalabora
Complex article |
Foskor
Apatite pit
Phalabora
Apatite, Barite, Brucite,
Calcite, Celestine, Chondrodite, Dolomite, Fluoborite, Hydromagnesite,
Phlogopite, Witherite |
|
Vivo
Soutspansberg District
Opal |
Penge
Aragonite, Meionite |
|
Mica
Siding area
Mica
Andesine, Corundum, Fluorapatite,
Margarite |
Gravelotte, Murchison Range
Albite, Anthophyllite, Apatite,
Dravite, Grossular, Magnesite, Margarite, Microcline, Scheelite,
Senarmontite, Spodumene, Talc |
|
Palmietfontane
farm
Andesine, Corundum
Andesine, fl. bright blue
is found in a corundum pegmatite with similar name |
Potgietersrust
District (Zaaiplaats tin field)
Albite, Anorthite, Anthophyllite,
Aragonite, Bastnastite-Ce, Calcite, Cookeite, Corundum, Fluorapatite,
Fluorite, Grossular, Orthoclase, Phenakite, Scheelite, Sphalerite,
Xenotime-Y, Zircon |
|
Western
Cape |
|
Rietkuil (Uranium mine)
Beaufort West
Autunite, Torbernite, Uranophane
Beta, Uranospinite, other uranium minerals |
Salpeterkop
Mts
Carbonatite complex SE of
Sutherland
Analcime, Barite, Calcite,
Chalcedony, Fluorite, Gypsum, Natrolite, Thorite |
|
Beaufort West District
Sabugalite |
|
Possible fl. minerals of
South Africa
|
Calcite
Many
locations in SA |
Fluorite
Fl. blue-purple, LW, and
other colors, including pink SW, yellow, white
Many
locations in SA |
|
Cerussite
Fl. pale yellow. Fl. blue
also reported
Many
locations in SA |
Barite
Wessels, N'Chwanning II,
Hotazel Mine, Aggeneys, Nababeep
West mine, Prieska Copper Mine, Gamsberg Zinc Mine,
Postmasburg manganese field, Argent, Salpeterkop Mts, Palabora |
|
Sphalerite
N'Chwanning II, Pering Mine,
Aggeneys, Nababeep West mine, Gamsberg Zinc Mine, Pilanesberg
Mt., Argent, Palabora, others |
Aragonite |
|
Richterite - bright fl. orange
Wessels, N'Chwanning mines |
Zircon
fl. yellow
Pilanesberg Mt, Bushveld
Complex, various pegmatites, Northern and Western Cape provinces |
|
Wollastonite
Garies |
Natrolite
various
locations |
|
Grossular
N.
P. C. Simuma quarries, Marble Delta
Aggeneys
+ Garies
Wessels |
Thaumasite
fl. dull white
Wessels Mine, N'Chwaning
I, II Mines
My Wessels specimen not fluorescent |
|
Andalusite
fl. yellow
Many
locations in South Africa |
Allophane
possibly fl. blue, green,
white or yellow
Okiep
copper district, Namaqualand
Mbobo
Mkulu Cave, Nelspruit District,
Mpumalanga Province |
|
Fluoborite
Palabora
TVM reports it's not fluorescent
from Palabora |
Autunite
fl. yellow-green
Rietkuil, Beaufort West
radioactive |
|
Dickite
fl. bright blue-white coating
Ridgeview
Quarry,
Umbilo Valley, Cato Manor,
Durban
Clairwood Quarries - now
a recreation area (?) |
Hydrocerussite
fl. white LW
Argent |
|
Lanarkite
fl. yellow
Argent |
Clinohumite
Marble Delta |
|
Stronitum-Apatite
Lujavrite
outcrop
Pilanesberg complex |
Strontianite
fl. blue
N'chwanning II, others? |
|
Xonotlite
Fl. pale cream-white
N'Chwanning II, Wessels mine,
Palabora mine |
Topaz
Fl. pale yellow
many
locations |
|
Hibschite
synonym of Hydrogrossular
Wessels mine, N'Chwaning
II mine, others |
Andesine
fl. blue -"extraordinary
brightness", from corundum pegmatite, "Palmietfontein,
Transvaal", probably this location
Mica
Siding, Limpopo |
|
Witherite
Fl. white
Foskor
Apatite pit, Phalaborwa |
Talc
Messina, Kalahari manganese
fields, other locations |
|
Anthophyllite
fl. red
Limpopo
locations |
Tremolite
Marble Delta, Kalahari Manganese
Fields, Jenkinskop (Richtersveld), Prieska
Copper Mine, Northern Cape (Namaqualand) |
|
Hemimorphite
fl. blue, sometimes white
or green
Broken
Hill, Aggeneys, Argent,
Edendale
lead mine, Marico District |
Pyromorphite
fl. orange or yellow
Gamsberg
Zinc Mine (Aggeneys), Transvaal mine (Gauteng) |
|
Cerussite
fl. pale yellow
Aggeneys,
Shimwell vein, Gauteng |
Anglesite
fl. pale yellow
Transvaal
mine, Gauteng |
|
Uvarovite
some are fl. red
Lydenburg
district, Mpumalanga
Rustenberg
district, Northwest Province |
Analcime
fl.
Lujavrite
outcrop, Pilansberg Complex |
|
Celestine
various
location in SA
My KMF specimen not fluorescent |
Microlite
fl.
according to New
Fluorescence |
|
Bustamite
Fl. red
N'Chwaning I, II Mine |
Senarmontite
fl. orange
Alpha-Gravelotte
mine, Limpopo |
|
Opal
various
locations |
Dravite
fl. yellow
Kubannek Quarrys, Gravellote,
Limpopo, Prieska Copper Mine, Northern Cape, Mooinooi Mine, west
of Pretoria, NW Province |
|
Chabazite
fl. yellow-green
various
locations |
Diopside
Fl. bright blue
Many
locations |
|
|
Rare fl. species
- SA
|
Charlesite
Weak Fluorescence, SW light
violet, LW light green.
Wessels Mine, N'Chwaning
Mines
2 reports from Kalahari not
fluorescent |
Gowerite
fl. weak white
Wessels, N'Chwanning mines |
|
Clinochrysotile
fl.
according to New
Fl.
Wessels Mine and Barberton
district |
Kalinite
Aggeneys, Northern Cape Province |
|
Becquerelite
Bokse
Puts Farm (Bokseputs farm)
Namaqualand, Northern Cape |
Gearksutite
Vergenoeg
mine, Limpopo Province |
|
Torbermorite
Wessels
Mine, others |
Thorite
fl. green
Many
locations listed here
Radioactive |
|
Amblygonite
Groendorn
pegmatites, Steinkopf, Namaqualand |
Uranospinite
fl. yellow-green LW |
|
Abernathyite
fl. yellow-green LW and SW
Beaufort
West district |
Foshagite
fl.
pale yellow-white
Wessels Mine |
|
Jennite
fl. weak yellow-white
Wessels Mine |
Torbernite
fl.
yellow
Rietkuil, Beaufort West
radioactive |
|
Uranospinite
fl. yellow-green LW
Rietkuil, Beaufort West |
Cymrite
fl. bright green
Hotazel
Mine, Black
Rock Mine
Kalahari Manganese Fields |
|
Sabugalite
fl. bright lemon yellow
Beaufort West District |
Bertrandite
fl. green SW + LW
Jakkalswater; Noumas I pegmatite;
Blesberg mine), Steinkopf
Middel
Post pegmatite, Keimoes
Oup
pegmatite, Kenhardt District, Namaqualand |
|
Hydromagnesite
fl. white (possibly green)
Foskor
Apatite pit
Phalaborwa |
Laumontite
fl. white
Palabora, others |
|
Bavenite
fl.
Clift
quarry
Paarl
granite |
Baddeleyite
Palabora
My Palabora specimen not
fluorescent |
|
Lanarkite
Argent |
Huttonite
Lujavrite
outcrop
Pilanesberg complex |
|
Weloganite
Lujavrite
outcrop
Pilanesberg complex |
Hopeite
Argent |
|
Wurtzite
Argent |
Zinnwaldite
fl. peach-yellow, SW + LW |
|
Taranakite
South Africa is only location
given |
Periclase
fl. light yellow LW
Uitfarm
Mpumalanga |
|
Margarite
fl. bluish-white
Mica
Siding area, Mica, Limpopo |
Gibbsite
Postmasburg
manganese field, Northern Cape |
|
Minium
fl. orange LW + SW
Argent and Marico
district |
Afwillite
fl.
Wessels Mine |
|
Banalsite
fl.
according to New
Fl.
Kalahari Manganese Fields,
Postmasburg
manganese field |
Heulandite
Palabora, others |
|
Mordenite
fl. white
Drakensburg
region |
Harmotome
fl. weak white
Drakensburg
region |
|
Uranophane
Beta
fl. green
Rietkuil, Beaufort West District, Western Cape |
Stellerite
fl.
Drakensburg region |
|
Epistilbite
fl. white LW
Drakensburg region |
Tridymite
fl. red
Mamatwan
Mine
southern Kalahari Manganese
Fields |
|
Anorthite
fl. blue (rare)
Merensky
reef, NW Province |
|
Resources
Geology Info
|
Kalahari
Manganese Field details
Minerals
from the Kalahari Manganese Field |
|
Bushveld Complex
The Bushveld complex is a large,
layered intrusive. It contains many magmatic ores, pegmatitic
and hydrothermal ore deposits and has metamorphosed the floor
rocks of the intrusive. The major deposits are of platinum group
elements, chrome, nickel, vanadium and uranium. The complex occurs
in a number of South Africa's provinces. |
Museums
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Online Dictionaries
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Namibia
Mindat Localities
|
Namibia |
|
Tsumeb
Mine
Adamite, Barite, Cerussite,
Greenockite, Hedyphane, Hemimorphite, Leadhillite, Magnesite,
Minium, Phosgenite, Pyromorphite, Smithsonite, Stolzite, Talc,
Thaumasite, Tremolite, Willemite, Wurtzite |
Kombat
Mine
Anglesite, Aragonite, Barite, Brucite,
Calcite, Carbonate-hydroxylapatite, Cerussite, Dolomite, Fluorite,
Gypsum, Harkerite, Hedyphane, Helvite, Kutnahorite, Leadhillite,
Microcline, Oligoclase, Phlogopite, Pyromorphite, Rhodochrosite,
Richterite, Sakhaite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Talc, Witherite,
Zircon |
|
Berg
Aukas
Anglesite, Aragonite, Calcite,
Cerussite, Greenockite, Leadhillite, Mimeitite, Minium, Pyromorphite,
Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Willemite |
Abenab
West Mine
Anglesite, Calcite, Cerussite,
Dolomite, Greenockite, Hemimorphite, Microcline, Mimetite, Minium,
Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Willemite
Article
about Abenab West mine |
|
Erongo
Mountain
near Usakos
Albite, Fluorapatite, Fluorite,
Metazeunerite, Microcline, Scheelite, Topaz, Torbernite, Zinnwaldite |
Krantzberg
Mine, Erongo
Abandoned tungsten deposit
on Krantzberg Mt., on Farm Pristelwitz. Restricted access.
Burbankite, Calcite, Fluorite,
Danburite, Opal, Powellite, Scheelite, Titanite, Topaz, Tourmaline,
Zircon |
|
Aris
quarry
near Windhoek
Analcime, Barite, Calcite,
Calcio-ancylite-(Ce), Fluorapatite, Fluorite, Kenyaite, Opal,
Polylithionite, Sodalite, Sphalerite, Thornasite, Villiaumite,
Wurtzite, Zircon |
Brandberg
West Mine
Opencast
mine, can drive into it
Fluorapatite, Fluorite, Nahcolite,
Scheelite |
|
* Rossing
Mine *
Arandis
Boltwoodite, Calcite, Milarite,
Spinel, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite, Uranophane Beta, Weeksite, various
uranium minerals
Visited on Horst W. trip,
2002
no collecting |
Klein
Spitzkoppe
Erongo
Bertrandite, Fluorite, Gibbsite,Hydroxylherderite,
Opal, Pyrophyllite, Scheelite, Talc, Zircon
Located 30 km from Usakos. |
|
Strathmore
pegmatites,
28 km east of Cape Cross,
Erongo
Amblygonite, Eucryptite,
Montebrasite, Spodumene, Yttrofluorite, Zircon
see Henties
Bay Tourism |
Uis
Pegmatites
Amblygonite, pink
tourmaline
Tubessis |
|
Khan
mine, near Swapokmund
Apatite, Calcite, Fluorite,
Sphalertite |
* Namib Lead Mine *
Aragonite, Calcite, Hydrozincite,
Pyromorphite
Swakopmund
Visited on Horst W. trip,
2002 |
|
Henderson
Mine
13 km SW of Usakos
Usakos, Karibib District
Apatite, Calcite, Diopside,
Phlogopite, Rubellite, Titanite, Zircon |
Neuschwaben
(Neu Schwaben)
Karibib district
Pink tourmaline (siberite?, morganite?) |
|
Khorixas, Damaraland
Scheelite, ? |
Otjua tungsten
prospect
Calcite, Marialilte-Meionite, Scheelite
Otjua
pics |
Garub Mine
Keetmanshoop District
Fluorite mine 100 km north
of Karasburg
Anglesite, Calcite, Cerussite,
Fluorite
|
Giant
crystals location, Farm Verloren
Quartzberg, Hakos Mts., near
Gamsberg
Calcite rhombs up to 1 meter,
Tremolite crystals up to 20 meters, Dolomite up to 1 meter length,
Talc |
|
Brukkaros Crater
Barite
Not fluorescent, according
to Rob. W.
located in the Gibeon Meteorite
strewn field |
Kalkfeld
Omaruru, Damaraland
Burbankite, Calcite var:
Manganoan Calcite, Cryolite, Fluorite, Halite, Nahcolite |
|
Rosh
Pinah Mine
Barite, Cerussite, Norsethite
Skorpion,
Rosh Pinah article
Mines
info |
Skorpion
Mine
Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite,
Smithsonite, Tarbuttite
Skorpion
Mine website
Skorpion
Mine info |
|
Goanikontes claim
Uranium claim (mine) 4 km
SE of Goanikontes and 27 km E of Swakopmund
Boltwoodite |
Arandis area
includes Goanikontes
Apatite, Boltwoodite, Calcite,
Danburite, Fluorite, Sphalerite |
|
Rubikon
Mine
pegmatite, Karibib district
Amblygonite, Petalite
Giant
Petalite crystals |
Clementine
II pegmatite
Okatjimukuju farm
18 km ESE of Karibib
Manganapatite, Petalite,
Strunzite, Topaz |
|
Seven
Pillars mine
Orange River
Fluorite |
Warmbad
Orange River
Albite, Calcite, Fluorite |
|
Pot
Mine
gold mine, Erongo
Scheelite |
Dicker
Willem
Hardap region, NW of Aus
Apatite, Calcite, Tainiolite,
Titanite, Wollasonite, Zircon |
|
Okahua
Private claim. 30 km SE of
Otjiwarongo.
Calcite, Chondrodite (?),
Clinohumite, Diopside, Dolomite, Forsterite, Meionite, Phlogopite,
Spinel (black), Titanite, Wollasonite |
Namib
Mine
Small quarry just south of
Wlotzkas Baken, approx. 2.3 km east of the coastal road between
Henties Bay and Swakopmund.
Calcite |
|
Tubussis
Erongo
Calcite, Diopside, Magnesio-axinite |
Tafelkop
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg
Analcime, Barite, Calcite,
Chalcedony, Gypsum, Heudlandite, Laumontite, Prehnite |
|
Mesopotamia
504
Copper Valley, Khorixas,
Damaraland
Albite, Aragonite, Calcite,
Cerussite, Dravite, Gypsum, Phlogopite, Scheelite
camping allowed |
|
|
Fl. species - Namibia
|
Calcite
Fl. various colors
Rossing Mine, Tafelkop, Henderson
Mine, Tubessis, Khan Mine, Stiepelmann Mine, Namib Lead Mine,
Namib Mine |
Cerussite
Fl. pale yellow. Fl. blue also reported
Mesopotamia 504, Berg Aukas, Tsumeb
Mine, Tsumeb
West Mine, Kombat Mine, Abenab West
Mine,
Auros mine, Nosib
mine, Uitsab
Mine (Otavi)
|
|
Willemite
Tsumeb
Mine + Berg
Aukas
Abenab
West Mine,
Guchab-Rodgerberg
area |
Tarnowitzite
(Plumbian Aragonite)
Tsumeb
Mine
Tsumeb has produced large
tarnowitzite crystals up to 20 cm. |
|
Fluorite
Fl. blue-purple, LW, and
other colors, including pink SW, yellow, white
Many
locations in Namibia
including Okorusu, Erongo,
Orange River, Kalkfeld, Kombat Mine |
Cobaltoan
Dolomite
fl. red
Tsumeb Mine |
|
Barite
Rosh Pinah, Tafelkop |
Opal
various
locations |
|
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